 | Gould's Rim Trail Gould's Rim Trail is a new singletrack above Hurricane. The trail has equal portions of doubletrack, fairly buff singletrack skirting the edge of Gould's Canyon, and undulating narrow singletrack near US-59. Point-to-point it's 8.9 miles, starting at 3600 feet and climbing to 4350. The singletrack on the upper 1/3 requires good bike-handling skills, earning the trail an upper-intermediate rating overall. Other iding options include a 12.7-mile loop using the highway, and a nice 21.5-mile loop using the JEM and Hurricane Rim trails. |
| Riding notes, one-way from top: 0.0 From JEM parking, backtrack to U-59 0.3 Cross U-59 to ST, N 37 08.096' W 113 14.564' 0.9 Keep R at fork 2.7 At corral, DT southwest (Not main dirt road) N 37 08.310' W 113 15.649' | 3.3 Keep L on DT 3.5 Trailhead, R on ST, N 37 08.142' W 113 16.280' 6.6 L on gravel road N 37 09.606' W 113 16.330' Alt=4000' 8.7 R on U-59 uphill 8.9 At lower trailhead |
| Riding notes, Gould/JEM/ Hurricane Rim Loop: Start from parking area on US-59 above Hurricane 0.0 R (downhill) on US-59 0.2 L uphill on DT 1.8 Top of DT climb 2.3 R off DT onto ST N 37 09.606 W 113 16.330 Alt=4000' 5.4 Trailhead, L on DT, head NE N 37 08.142 W 113 16.280 6.2 At corral, find ST rear on R N 37 08.310 W 113 15.649 8.0 ST comes in from R 8.6 US-59. For Big Loop, cross to DT N 37 08.096 W 113 14.564 Alt=4350' For small loop, head downhill on road | 8.9 JEM Trailhead, cross
cattleguard N 37 08.329 W 113 14.527 Immediate R onto ST 9.3 Cross DT 11.0 Cross gravel road 14.0 Fork L to Hurricane Rim N 37 11.261 W 113 13.862 Alt=3650' 15.8 Virgin Dam trailhead N 37 11.781 W 113 14.109 16.0 Keep L (R=Virgin Dam trail) 18.7 R across Chinatown Wash 19.6 Dam trail rejoins on R 20.2 Panorama Point N 37 11.169 W 113 16.179 Alt=3850' 21.5 Back at parking |
 | Getting there:
In Hurricane, turn south on US-59 (towards the Grand Canyon). Follow the
road
uphill 0.9 miles, then turn left into the trailhead parking near the cell
phone towers. GPS N 37
10.740' W 113 16.601', Alt=3650'. The dirt road 0.2 miles back down U-59
is the trail's start. Upper JEM trailhead: In Hurricane, turn south on US-59 (towards the Grand Canyon). Drive exactly 5 miles uphill. Turn left on cindered doubletrack right as you approach the base of Gooseberry Mesa. Drive another 0.3 miles to the parking area. For Gould's Rim, backtrack to U-59 and find the ST on the other side. N 37 08.329' W 113 14.527' Copyright 2003 Mad Scientist Software Inc
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