A must in any mountain biker's rites of passage is the White Rim Trail. If you only had time for one mountain bike trip in your life, this should be the one.
Details
Length:
4 Days - 90 Miles
Additional Details:
One of the advantages of a bike trip is the flexibility of the daily
itinerary. It can vary widely from one trip to the next based on group
desires, Mother Nature, and courtesy for other groups in the area. This
typical itinerary illustrates a bike trip through the Island in the Sky
District. The White Rim itinerary will vary with the time of season, weather
conditions on the trip and scheduling of campsites.
Day 1
Meet group at headquarters in Green River,
Utah. A two-hour van ride to the head of the Shafer Trail marks the
start of the trip. The first day''s ride will take the group down the
switchbacks of the Shafer trail before cutting back south toward Musselman
Arch. The trail continues to wind southward as it follows the meandering
course of the Colorado River. Camp on this evening is made at or near
Gooseberry Canyon.
Day 2
Our ride will take us over
undulating roads past the white, sandstone-capped monoliths of Monument
and Twin basins. Then in the afternoon up to Murphy''s Hogback, the
first of this trips'' two challenging uphill stretches. After conquering
the hill we will set camp for the night.
Day 3
By the morning of this day the trail has
turned back north and is following the contours of the Green River.
We ride around the labyrinths of Soda Springs Basin and by Candlestick
Tower before reaching Potato bottom where we camp for the night.
Day 4
This morning we will tackle the challenging
Hardscrabble incline and visit prehistoric Indian ruins at a lookout
point above Fort Bottom. After descending from Hardscrabble Ridge
to river bottom we will follow the Green River to Mineral Canyon.
Our vans will meet us for a 2-hour drive back to Green River.
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