Thread: TR dream destinations: Moab, Fruita, Morrison

The past 3 weekends have been great. Escaped mud season for consecutive desert camping, then to the city. Biked all over, spent quality time with the lady and dogs, bought new bike parts I shouldn't have, life is good.

Fisher Towers


Castleton Valley


On the way to the campsite, up Onion Creek


Solo ride on Slickrock


Hole


Beautiful weekend, full trail. But its easy to get around people and ride wherever you want. Plus, everyone was really friendly and happy, because they too were riding Slickrock.


Moab, UT


A grand river


Post ride cool down at Big Bend


Typical sight to wake up to


Hiking up Mill Creek


Shallow jumps


Is this heaven? No, its Utah


Meanwhile, trails in Colorado's high country are not dry yet


Desert weekend #2, Fruita. Rabbit Valley #3

.

.

.

.

.


Down #4!


Black dog digging for cool ground


Desert rose


Rabbit Valley #2, past Castle Tower


La plata culebra


Western Rim (didn't ride much of this, girls turned around, I was solo with no map and very lost)


Bookcliffs, Chutes and Ladders


Me, killing it


The lady, killing it


Yeah girl!

.

.

.

Another ski day


Then down to Morrison, to hit Dakota hike-a-bike Ridge

.


Stumbled onto this guy


He let us know, loud and clear, that it was best not to fuck with him


Morrison Slide


Apex, Golden


Golden and Denver, Colorado


The reason I have strong legs and no $

Awesome! Thanks for the stoke!

Get to work you bum! You gotta pay for them toys somehow!

I love you.

Thanks for the TR!

Nice...I wiped out hardcore on Dakota yesterday. First time I almost actually went "over the edge". REALLY need to get me a FS bike again, as the fully rigid 29er on that trail is worse than sitting at home and sticking thumbtacks in my taint.

Looks like you had an awesome few weeks.

Excellent TR!

So having never ridden Rabbit Valley... is it entirely the buffness it looks like in the pics? If it is sidewalk-smooth wide singletrack as it looks, I'd be stoked to take the wifey out there. (She loves Rustler's loop over on the Koko side of Fruita.)

Rabbit Valley is excellent and highly recommended for wife/gf rides. We warmed up on 3/4, short, easy, beautiful. Not 100% singletrack, like ATV wide trails, but 100% good fun. Same can be said for 2, which takes you out toward the Western Rim. Next time, definitely riding this one but its a little longer, like 15-20 and there is are lots of trails everywhere so by myself, didn't want to push it.

Powtron - full rigid 29er on Dakota Ridge? To each his own I guess! Dakota Ridge is NOT a good gf/wife trail, I was apologizing the entire ride...

SAHM - I like you a lot, but I think its a little early in the relationship to be tossing out L bombs.

O, and Rabbit Valley has lots of cool free camping. We got buzzed fairly often by dirt bikes, atvs and mtn bikers, but I would recommend it and love to go back. Trail runs (or more like slick rock exploration), bike trails, bouldering, all immediately outside the tent flap.

Originally Posted by Tips^Up

Powtron - full rigid 29er on Dakota Ridge? To each his own I guess! Dakota Ridge is NOT a good gf/wife trail, I was apologizing the entire ride...

\

Yeah, it is the only bike I have at the moment...first and LAST time riding that on that bike. Immediately made me start looking for skis, jackets, etc to sell around the house to get a trail bike again.