Red Canyon Bike Trail to Bryce Canyon Multi-use Path with a Side of Gravel скачать в хорошем качестве

Red Canyon Bike Trail to Bryce Canyon Multi-use Path with a Side of Gravel

Are you looking for a fantastic biking adventure in one of Utah’s most beautiful areas? The Red Canyon Bike Trail and the multiuse trail to Bryce Canyon National Park are two of the country's premier bike paths and now they are actually connected. These two trails make for a popular route for outdoor enthusiasts, both hikers and bikers. Planning a trip to Bryce? You will need a place to stay! https://www.moabadventurecondo.com/zi... Bryce Area Vacation Guide: https://www.moabadventurecondo.com/bl... Red Canyon Bike Trail: This is a scenic trail that takes you through the stunning red rock formations of the Dixie National Forest. Some may consider this a warm-up for the main event at Bryce Canyon with its beautiful vistas. However, I think I enjoyed the Red Canyon trail more as you are riding through the scenery and not just riding up to it and observing from viewpoints. The path is paved so it is accessible to any type of bike, on-road bike or off-road. Our group actually consisted of three gravel bikes and one mountain bike. Many mountain bikers use the Red Canyon Trail to climb to the Thunder Mountain trailhead and then have a generally downhill off-road ride back to their car at the Thunder Mountain Trailhead, the start of the Red Canyon Trail. The route is also very popular with walkers and people accessing the many hiking trails along the path. Along the way, you will pass the Red Canyon visitor center and several campgrounds. Thus, this ride can take as long as you like. Just ride the trail for a quick visit to the canyon or visit the visitor center and learn more about the area. With so many campgrounds along the road, you will never be too far away from a restroom if nature calls. If you are not familiar with Red Canyon, it is like a mini Bryce Canyon with red rock hoodoos and a few arches. Speaking of arches, the main highway next to the trail actually passes through two manmade arches. If you are wanting to bike but others in your group are more interested in hiking, my favorite family hiking trail in all of Utah is located in Red Canyon, the Birdseye Trail. Once on the Bryce Canyon Multiuse trail, it is still a mile or two to the entrance of the National Park. As soon as the trail enters the forest you know you are a gem of a trail. Instead of the typical boring straight path, this path weaves in and out of the ponderosa pine trees. It is almost like you are on a well laid out but paved mountain bike trail. Never once is the trail straight, you are always sweeping to the left or right and all of the climbs are just the right incline for pedaling up. The next stop along the trail is Sunset Point. The views from Sunset Point are spectacular. The overlook offers breathtaking views of the hoodoos and other geological formations the park is famous for. If you have a sharp eye, you can see the hiking trails located below the rim as they snake their way through all of the fantastical-shaped hoodoos. Unfortunately for bikers, those trails are for hikers and equestrians only, but it is hard not to dream of ripping a mountain bike and long the flowy trails. The last stop along the multi-use path is Inspiration Point. Don’t despair that you are missing other viewpoints. The stops along the multi-use path are the best viewpoints in my opinion and there is no real need to continue up the busy park road. Inspiration Point is where the fun really starts, as it’s all downhill back to the National Park entrance. This means you can rip the downhill and have a great time. Just remember, there are others using the trail so don’t get too excited near the busier areas, and always be on the lookout for others as you zig and zag along the path through the trees. Immediately after exiting the park, we decided to make a detour for our return route. Instead of riding back across the boring Emory Valley we turned left and took the gravel forest service roads through the Dave’s Hollow Dispersed Camping area. This turned out to be a great addition to our trip. These roads are frequented by UTVs and their tires had made burms in each of the corners. This meant that we could rip each little downhill. Also, instead of being in the open field we were on the edge of the field and were still zigging and zagging through the trees. Now we had a decision to make a left and go to the Thunder Mountain Mountain Bike Trail and risk a flat tire with our gravel bikes or turn right and head back to the Red Canyon Trail and rip the descent. We decided to rip Red Canyon Trail and it was awesome. It only took us ten minutes to zoom through the entire canyon. Since we had already taken in the scenery on the climb there was nothing stopping us from letting loose on the paved trail. Even after all of the majestic scenery, this was the best part of the ride. There was nothing by grins, laughs, and stories when we returned to the trailhead. What a great ride.