Gooseberry Mesa - Hurricane, Utah * September 28-30, 2006
Nancy riding on the edge of the world…….
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The same edge on the South Rim Trail…. Steve’s Nomad looking over the abyss
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We spent a couple of fantastic days at Gooseberry Mesa after Interbike. It’s only about 150 miles from Vegas and has rippin singletrack and tech slickrock riding. There are over 20 miles of trails up there and they’re all mega fun. Of course the scenery is awesome. More than half the riders we saw were coming from Interbike also - everybody was glad to be there.
Randy, Nancy & Steve w/ Zion behind us.
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This was Randy’s first intro to Slickrock riding and he was mob’n it in no time!
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They call this section The Maze… it’s really cool!
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View from the North Rim
We were stoked to do the Windmill loop the 2nd day.
Our camp on the South Rim. Camping is primitive - there’s no water up here so bring it with you!
BLM sign and map of Gooseberry (click to enlarge)
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Links:
- More Gooseberry Photos at Yahoo Photos
- UtahMountainBiking.com trail maps and ride descriptions. Good resourse - the maps we used for our rides.
- FatCyclist blog this guy is funny. Some good Gooseberry pics too.
- Pete Fagerlin Gooseberry Videos good!
- Gooseberry Article in Akron Beacon Journal - they liked it.
- More photos on MTBR.com
- Gooseberry in the Rain Photos on MTBR.com
- DirtWorld.com Trails
- IMBA Trails Gooseberry
- Utah.com Gooseberry description
- Campgrounds: Utah Campgrounds
October 5, 2006 at 2:49 pm
Who wants to do some shuttle runs at Diamond Peek Sunday?
Dave Bright at bright-d@sbcglobal.net
October 5, 2006 at 5:26 pm
We’d love too… Oh wait we’re goin to be sippin Margaritas at the beach on sunday… nevermind. Have a cold but good ride.