Kanab Trail Ride
(Left) If you
choose to
experience the
Kanab Trail
Ride for
yourself, we
highly
recommend
bringing a
camera. Photo
opportunities
are ample.
(Left) The group
stops to
discuss their
options. Thanks
.to relatively low
entry numbers,
organizers can
custom-tune
the ride to your
liking.
(Right) Lunch
stop - Kanab
style.
Accomodatlons
leave a bit to be
desired, but the
view more than
makes up for It.
300 feet above the its narrow creek bed,
which ranged from 10 to 100 feet wide.
The occasional tree, with its leaves in full
fall color, stood sparsely along the banks
of Last Chance Creek as we traveled to
the northern base of Smoky Mountain"10
miles away.
We made our way up Smoky Mountain via two-track and paved road to a
plateau area that overlooked the Glen
Canyon National Park and Lake Powell
areas, located about 20 miles away. We
then proceeded to Glen Canyon City for
a much-needed fuel stop before t~g
Highway 89 west back to our starting
point. In all, we had covered 155 miles
during the day.
Day three brought us back to Mount
Carmel Junction for a 3D-mile ride led by
UTMA club member Dave Nicholson.
We started from Dave's house, located
. just outside Mount Carmel Junction. The
~ ride consisted mostly of technical single0\ track, but we were treated to varying terr i rain as we made our way back and forth
across ridges to a vantage point called
r i the Barracks.
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Dave Jed us down a 100-yard trail
..os that required us to employ varying
"bulldogging" techniques. The trail went
Q) from what seemed like a near-vertical
> drop to a 20-foot-wide clearing nearly
o 150 feet below. From that vantage point
Z we overlooked the East Fork of the Virgin River, flowing nearly 1000 feet
below. After a brief stop it was back to
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magine tpirlg OIl a dual sport ride that would
taR you overseas fOI' a six-month adventwe.
Each IIigbt you would camp out under the
stars and live oif the suppties you carried along.
11le trip would take you
