Proposed Rides, Moab 2011

First two rides that would be new to us:

POISON SPIDER & PORTAL TRAIL- This is as extreme as Moab gets - "Death on the Left" has a serious meaning here. But first, Poison Spider has a fairly serious 1000' climb at the start and it doesn't get any easier after the climb. 8.2 miles of grinding over petrified sand dunes later, and you reach the Portal Trail. The Portal Trail is not safe to ride completely. There will be sections you have to walk. After the cliff edge section of the trail is completed, we'll bomb downhill to the road and ride the road back to the van.


 
AMASA BACK -The Amasa Back trail is one of the classic rides of Moab. It ascends from the Colorado River just west of Moab, climbing up onto an outcropping of rock surrounded on three sides by the Colorado. The trail is a rocky Jeep trail with ledges and drop-offs, and is for advanced riders. Intermediates can manage the ride, but will walk most of the rougher climbs. As an out-and-back, the trip is 10 miles. Vertical climb is 1050 feet.
 
 
Then some old favorites we may want to revisit:
 
PORCUPINE RIM Possibly connected with the Porcupine singletrack PORCUPINE SINGLETRACK and HAZARD COUNTY and kokopelli (I don't really want to do the WHOLE ENCHILADA again)
 

SLICKROCK I'm not saying I wanna ride the whole loop again (damn those climbs) but we may consider just doing the "training loop" so that mike can say "hell yeah I rode slickrock" and GB and Chris can hit their favorite slickrock-drop a few more times.

 
FRUITA rides and more FRUITA-2 rides (we rode 18 road last year) and of course there is always GRAND JUNCTION

Please feel free to edit this post to add more rides, I was just doing a brain dump.  I was just trying to get a feel for how many days we want to ride in Moab vs. Fruita.  Mike if you haven't figured it out from all the links..... the utah mountain biking website is a pretty good resource.