Vernal, Utah in NE Utah has quietly been attracting more mountain bikers in the last decade. Derek and I stopped here back in 2015 on our way back to Bend from Steamboat Springs, CO. I think we only spent...
Temple Mountain Gravel Loop
We already posted about the mountain bike trails in Goblin Valley State Park, which unfortunately are the only real mountain bike trails nearby. There are a lot of off-road (OHV) routes around here that are popular with the jeep...
Wild Horse Mountain Bike Trails
Our second day in Goblin Valley State Park we checked out the mountain bike trails. There are 5 loops, all pretty easy but scenic. Derek put together a ride involving all of them, even doubling up and rode 12...
Hurricane Cliffs Mountain Biking
Camping right on the trail system makes riding so easy! We spent several days riding different loops in the Hurricane Cliffs trail system right from camp. I won’t bore you with details of all the trails we rode, just...
Wire Mesa, Undisclosed, and Pigs in Space Ride
Woohoo, for this ride we started with Wire Mesa which is one of my favorite loops in the area, and added some new to us trails for a great ride of 21.3 miles with 1620′ of climbing. There are...
Virgin Rim & Goulds Loop
We are boondocking on the trail network here in Hurricane and it is very convenient to ride right from camp. Our first mountain bike loop was 25 miles with 2433′ of climbing. As I mentioned the other day, this...
Prospector Trail, Utah
After spending a month in Nevada we moved a state and we’re up in Utah. We didn’t make it very far though, we’re back in Hurricane, UT. We have been here a handful of times over the past couple...
Gravel Ride to Gold Butte Town Site
All the roads out here are gravel but pretty rough in some spots. So, we rode our mountain bikes out to the historic Gold Butte town site. Our ride was 35 miles with 2610’ of climbing. This was an...
Jackrabbit Mountain Bike Trails
You find mountain biking in the most unlikely places sometimes! Derek and I rode the Jackrabbit Trail system in Overton, Nevada on two separate days and they are fun. Both days we rode around 15 miles with 1800′ of...
McCullough Hills Mountain Biking
Derek and I mountain biked at McCullough Hills in Henderson, NV on a beautiful 80 degree morning. I did some online research and Trailforks says there are 50 trails for a total 66 miles. I rode 15.8 miles with...