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Moab Mountain Bike Trail Builders In Action
Moab’s singletrack trail builders must never sleep!
More new trails are open to mountain bikers in Moab, hot on the heels of the official opening of the Pipe Dream Trail in late June. Moab Trail Mix trail builders have been working hard, adding to the Moab Brands Trail System, which is the venue for the Outerbike event in October. The Rusty Spur Trail is open to all riders, but is designed specifically for beginners. It’s a wide, non-technical mile long singletrack looping from the paved bike path to the Bar M road, giving novice mountain bikers an easy introduction to trail riding. The views from Rusty Spur are spectacular. Also now open in the Moab Brands area is the Long Branch Trail, which provides an additional challenging option for more skilled riders. It connects the Bar B Trail to the Deadman’s Ridge Trail, snaking through the steep boulder studded terrain pictured here. With so many loop options and combinations, for most skill levels, this area is becoming a Moab favorite riding destination. Come in to Poison Spider Bicycles for directions and suggestions.
Moab Trail Mix is also working on lots of new singletrack in the BLM’s Klondike Bluffs Mountain Bike Focus Area north of Moab. The first of these trails to open is the EKG Trail. Ninety percent slickrock, it’s called EKG because that’s what it looks like on a map, and because your heart will be pegged while riding its many ups and downs. It gives mountain bikers riding the Baby Steps Trail the option to return from the north end on singletrack rather than road. It’s challenges match the nature of the Baby Steps Trail, which is fun for fit and skilled cross country riders. Future plans by the Moab Trail Mix designers and builders, who never sleep, include more tough trails and lots of moderate mileage as well. So stay tuned and plan a week long trip to Moab, because there are more than a weekend’s worth of new mountain bike trails to ride!