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Waypoint Name |
Mile |
Description |
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Start/Finish |
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Lower Thunder Mtn trailhead
in Red Canyon. Campground about a mile
up the road has showers (need quarters), fills early. Ride start time is 8AM
Sat June 25. Parking and bathrooms (no
water) at trailhead, water at campground and visitor center up the
canyon. Neutral roll out on paved
bikepath until we reach the Cassidy Trail. |
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Cassidy Trail |
1.66 |
Fun hoodoo
singletrack |
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Left down Losee canyon |
6.50 |
Fun hoodoo
singletrack |
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Casto Canyon trail |
10.80 |
More fun in
the red rock zone. |
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Water in this area |
21.50 |
Several
creek/irrigation crossings in the next 8 miles |
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Tom Best Spring |
26.70 |
Great water
just past the creek crossing slightly off-route. |
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FR 219 |
29.20 |
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Right/south on faint 2-track |
34.30 |
Part of the
Great Western Trail. Look for tire
tracks, there should be 2 sets if you are leading ;) Singletrack in spots. |
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Powell Pt |
39.00 |
Optional
out and back. 10 hour time bonus. It's about a 4 hour trip in normal
conditions. Snow models show it as
clear, but be ready for a little snow and wet conditions up top. Best view in southern Utah at the top. |
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Powell Point |
48.90 |
Nice
camping up here! |
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South at ATV staging area |
58.90 |
Look for
short trail to campground on other side of fence. Water spigots in campground. |
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Footbridge to lake |
59.30 |
Short
singletrack section along lake |
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Henderson Canyon Trail |
62.60 |
Super fun
descent to Tropic |
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Tropic |
76.00 |
General
store, gas stations, hotels. Limited
hours. Leaving Tropic, take pavement
to Cannonville then gravel/dirt via Skutumpah road in Grand Staircase
national monument. Once you hit the
grandview trail expect average speeds to be less than 4mph until the drop to
Tropic Res. |
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Stock Tank |
99.30 |
May or may
not have water - have not been here since '09. In '09 it was good clean piped water. |
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GrandView Trail |
101.40 |
Often
difficult, always beautiful. Slow
going from here to King Creek Campground, plan water carefully. |
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Ascend Crawford Pass |
106.80 |
Leave the
Grandview temporarily, ascend GWT/ATV to Crawford pass |
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Crawford Pass Trail |
109.30 |
Great
singletrack winding beneath the Pink Cliffs of the southern terminus of the
Paunsaugunt Plateau. |
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Water Canyon #2 |
118.60 |
Reliable
water in this canyon. |
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Water Canyon |
126.00 |
Good water
source
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Robinson Guzzler |
130.90 |
Rainwater
catchment. Look well below the large
tanks, water access is under boards in a small enclosure at ground level, way
downhill. Not reliable if it's been dry. |
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Pole Canyon |
137.50 |
Bailout or
long resupply option here. |
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Chimney Rock trail |
152.80 |
Hoodoo
singletrack. |
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Water
Spigot |
154.20 |
In King
Creek campground |
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Fremont ATV
trail |
155.00 |
Usually
quiet but can have some fast motor traffic - heads up, mp3 on low…initially
wide open turns to fast fun berms in the woods. |
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Thunder Mtn
trail |
166.60 |
A classic. |
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Finish |
173.80 |
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