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Maverick Trail? Just a little one-way off
North 40.
At the Brand Trails (Bar M area), the Maverick Trail is a 1/2-mile
twisting dirt ribbon. It's a one-way shortcut on the eastern side of the
North 40 loop. The information has been added to the North 40 trail page.
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more... November 2012 |
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Klonzo Trail System now open
The Klonzo Trails lie just east of the Sovereign/Salt Wash trail system,
on Willow Springs Road north of Moab. Four miles are complete, with
additional trails opening over the coming months. Read
more... November 2012 |
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We have a real store, you know.
In the spirit of tooting our own horn, let us show you around the UMB shop
in Lehi.
UMB is not just a web site. Come buy the highest-quality bike stuff. Go biking on Saturday, because we're
only open Monday through Friday. Read
more... November 2012 |
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Wild Rose trails in North Salt Lake!
The easy Wild Rose Loop is 2.4 miles and starts right off the (paved)
Bonneville Shoreline in the rugged foothills. There's a little DH trail,
and nasty connectors to the ridgeline above City Creek Canyon. Read
more... October 2012 |
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The Agate and Jasper Loops. Easy stuff!
These two little connected loops have no exciting riding and feature blah
uninspiring views. What Agate and Jasper offer is some very easy
singletrack riding. The loops are in the
Klondike Bluffs riding area north of Moab. Read
more... October 2012 |
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7-Up. Dirt and rock route to the top of
the Mag 7!
Another new trail in Moab is 7-Up. While most (lazy) riders are riding it
as a shuttled downhill, it's a great climbing route to the top of Bull
Run. This opens up some very nice but brutally long loop rides. Read
more... September 2012 |
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Jenni's Trail. New riding option in
Park City!
Just finished in August 2012, Jenni's Trail offers a new climbing option
from Park City Mountain Resort to Midmountain. Several nice new loop
options are now possible. Read
more... September 2012 |
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UMB racers on the podium!
UMB put 21 racers on the season podium for the Intermountain Cup, and won
the team competition. Here's the story. Read
more... September 2012 |
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Elk Park. Uintahs riding near Flaming Gorge.
Elk Park has some flattish dirt roads for beginners and kiddies. But the
real riding here is the Elk Park Loop, which I will charitably describe as
a bit of an adventure. Read
more... August 2012 |
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Snowbasin's Basin Bash
10th and last ICup race of the 2012 season! The August 4 race at
Snowbasin was a great finish to the Intermountain Cup racing season. UMB
takes the team championship, and 21 UMB riders take spots as overall
category winners for the season. Read
more... August 2012 |
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Solitude! 16th Chris Allaire Memorial
It was a beautiful day at Solitude Resort in Big Cottonwood Canyon, with
trails in great shape. At the 9th race of the 10 races of the
Intermountain Cup season, the UMB race team made a strong performance.
Read
more... July 2012 |
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Wasatch Back 50
The third race of the USCS 2012 season was a brutal test of climbing: 7300
vertical feet over 52 miles. There were more than a few DNFs. The downhill
was fun, fast, and sick on this race that included Soldier Hollow and ATV
track in the Little Deer Creek area. Read
more... July 2012 |
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Red Pine Road Trail
The is the "other" Mill Creek Canyon trail. It's a fast climbing
route to the Crest, or a blazing descent if you're trying to outrun a
thunderstorm. Or do a six-mile loop ride, which I describe here.
Read
more... July 2012 |
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Pine Cone Ridge
Here's the info on Pine
Cone Ridge, a new trail that links Midmountain (near upper Armstrong) to the Wasatch Crest
at Puke Hill. It is, without overstatement, a game-changer.
I've done it from Park City and from Mill Creek. It is awesome.
Read
more...
July 2012 |
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The new HAM trail in Park
City...
HAM is only 0.8 miles long. You might wonder why they bothered digging it.
Well, it creates a good easy loop ride (or a last minute quickie), plus a
new more-efficient route up to northbound Midmountain or to the Wasatch
Crest via Pine Cone Ridge. Read
more...
July 2012 |
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New "Prospector" Trail at
Dutch Hollow
Prospector forks north
from the top of Donkey Ridge and contours north to the Dutchman road. This
opens up new riding combinations, and finally makes the area west of the
road worth riding. Updated maps, GPX track for Prospector loop ride.
See our updated Dutch Hollow page...
July 2012 |
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Snowbird Mountain Bout
In the 8th race of the 2012 Intermountain Cup season, riders found that
the new downhill singletrack turned Snowbird from an OK race venue into a
great big loop of fun. Here's the report from the UtahMountainBiking.com
race team. Read more...
July 2012 |
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Wimmer's XC at Sherwood
Here's the UMB team page for the Sherwood Hills race (delayed a few days
by evacuation for the Alpine fire). In memory of Patrick McKnight. Read more...
June 2012 |
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Round Valley USCS race #2 report
In an afternoon race in upper-80 heat, racers hit the twisting singletrack
of Round Valley in the second Utah State Championship Series race of 2012.
Here's a quick report and the run-down on the UMB team racer results.
Read more...
June 2012 |
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Deer Valley Pedalfest report
The Deer Valley Pedalfest for 2012 was a USA Cycling qualifier event. As
such, racing categories were different than the usual ICup groups. Read more...
June 2012 |
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Deer Creek South Fork reroute
opens
On National Trails Day on June 2, the UMB race team joined URMB (Utah
Rocky Mountain Bikers, an IMBA-affiliated club) and many volunteers to
open a new trail segment in American Fork Canyon. It's ready to ride. Do
the Deer Creek South Fork Loop and check it out! Read more...
June 2012 |
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Rush is finished!!!
Section number 4 of Rush is now open and ready for business. (Some trail
improvements are still going on.) The twisty turns are butter-smooth and
highly bermed, jumps and stunts are there for those who want them. Read
more...
May 2012. Also see the new Corner Canyon
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Stan Crane Memorial -- ICup racing at Draper
On Memorial Day, the UMB team hits Corner Canyon in Draper for the 6th
Intermountain Cup race of the season. Our racers deliver a good turnout
and strong performances in the fun but tough race. Read more...
May 2012 |
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Eagles Rise singletrack at
Mantua
New trail is ready to ride on the slopes east of Mantua Reservoir (above
Brigham City, on the way to Logan). A scenic but short 2.5 mile loop is
finished, with a partly-done side trail nearing a viewpoint -- ready to go
if you're willing to walk 100 yards. Go to Eagles
Rise page...
May 2012 |
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Mantua Dike Trail. Nice family
ride
Take your family around the Dike Trail, then go ride the new Eagle Rise
singletrack while they try to catch a fish. Go to Mantua
Dike Trail page...
May 2012 |
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Providence Canyon Trail.
Gene and Joel helped me test this shady singletrack route up Providence
Canyon south of Logan. The climb is pretty, and the downhill is amazing.
It's a short ride (6.4 miles round trip), so you may want to combine it
with another ride in the Logan area. Read more...
May 2012 |
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Hammerfest at the Hollow.
The UMB team hits Soldier Hollow for the half-way point of the 2012
Intermountain Cup season. The trails were perfect for the race, with
sunshine and pleasant temperatures. Read more...
May 2012 |
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Sorenson Trail.
This Heber-area trail was cut last fall and is being buffed up this
spring. It's ready to ride now. It traverses the mountain from Highway 32
to Coyote Canyon at the north end of Heber. It's 6 miles in length with
almost constant views over the Heber Valley. Read more...
May 2012 |
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Sundance Spin!
At Sundance Resort in the North Fork of Provo Canyon, the
UMB team hits the fun twisty singletrack of the Intermountain Cup's 4th
race of the season. Read more...
May 2012. |
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Five Mile Pass!
The UtahMountainBiking team makes a strong showing in the
dusty doubletrack of Five Mile Pass. The morning started with a chilly
wind, but conditions were great for the race at 10 a.m. as Intermountain
Cup racers hit the third race in the 2012 series. Read more...
April 2012. |
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USCS Lambert Park race.
Awesome!
The trail was perfect for the high-speed Lambert Park race that kicks off
the 2012 Utah State Championship Series of four races. UMB was
well-represented at this event, putting nine racers onto the podium.
Read more...
April 2012. |
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North Ogden Bonneville
Shoreline update.
I've been waiting 10 years for this trail to be finished. But here's the
latest update, including a helpful multi-track GPX file and high-res map
that shows the connectors to subdivision trailheads. It's the current
navigation for those heading north from Rainbow Gardens. Read more...
April 2012. |
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Pineview Trail. Short
fun ride for the kids..
I've done the Pineview Trail a few times with scout groups and as a return
route from the Southern Skyline loop. But I didn't realize that there was
no information about it on this site. Until now... Read more...
April 2012. |
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UFO. Nice change for
the Baby Steps Loop at Klondike.
UFO is a short singletrack and slickrock trail connecting the top of Baby
Steps South to Little Salty. UFO lets you bypass a couple of miles of
worthless dirt road when riding Baby Steps Loop. I also describe a 12-mile
lariat loop that's a quick and satisfying ride. Read more...
April 2012. |
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Cactus Hugger! ICup Race 2.
Red Rock's Cactus Hugger was held April 7 at the Green
Valley competition area of St. George. Highlights were great weather and
fine technical singletrack riding. Here's the report from the UMB race
team. Read more...
April 2012. |
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North 40. The latest
in the Brand Trails complex.
North 40 is a loop or figure-eight ride within the north end of the Bar M
loop. Great for experienced beginners or early-intermediate riders. I
describe a loop that combines North 40 with the slickrock trails east of
Bar M. Read more...
March 2012. |
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Dino Flow Trail. New
easy
option in the Klondike Bluffs area!
This trail runs parallel to the EKG Trail,
transecting Baby Steps (North and
South) and Little Salty before ending
on Mega Steps. It's mostly dirt and is
quick riding for the tired or the inexperienced. Read more...
March 2012. |
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Great Escape. New trail in the
Mag 7 area.
Great Escape opened for bike tires this spring. This trail is similar to
Arth's Corner and Little Canyon Singletrack. Not too tough, not too
technical. It offers nothing radically new, but is another nice riding
option in the area. I describe a long ride and a short ride. Read more...
March 2012. |
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True Grit Epic race report!
The 2012 True Grit had 23, 50, and 100-mile options. The
weather was fabulous, and the trails were fun but brutal.
UtahMountainBiking.com racers took 2 podium spots. Here's the race report
from Bruce. Read more...
March 2012. |
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Desert Rampage! ICup 2012 Race
Number One is History.
On March 3, racers from the region fled the snowy north for the sunny dirt
of St. George. This always-fun race course was a great start to the
Intermountain Cup 2012 season. Read more...
March 2012. |
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Try new CocoNutz Fuel!
We have the new energy
balls from CocoNutz Fuel in stock at the UMB shop. This is the great
on-trail energy food developed by Casey Zaugg, cycling pro with the UMB
Race Team. Call UMB at 801-653-2689 or order
CocoNutz Fuel on-line. January 2012 |
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Congratulations on a
successful 2012 Frozen Hog
UtahMountainBiking.com team members were at the 2012 Frozen Hog as
volunteers and as racers. Team Pro Casey Zaugg takes 2nd place. Frozen Hog website...
For UtahMountainBiking.com Race Team results, read
more. January 2012 |
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