 | Handsome Cabin Boy Trail This is a scenic ride just north of Red Fleet Reservoir in the Vernal area. It has some absolutely brutal climbs, so attack this one while you're fresh. It requires advanced technical skills. The singletrack is 2.6 miles, with pavement closing the loop for a total of 3.2 miles. Dirt options include riding the return portion of the Jass-Chrome Molly trail. This trail may be short on miles, but it will take a lot out of you. Absolute elevation change is 400 feet, but climbing will total 800. Peak altitude is 6100. |
| Cabin Boy, riding counter-clockwise: 0.0 Exit parking, L on paved road N40 35.923 W109 27.470 100 feet later, R on narrow ST N40 35.926 W109 27.430 0.6 Keep straight R (L=bailout to road) N40 35.720 W109 26.896 0.7 Fork, L through wash and up rock N40 35.619 W109 26.858 1.0 Climbing eases (you've done 200 vertical in 0.4 mi) 1.1 Keep L (R = J-Boy) N40 35.847 W109 26.653 1.4 Cross paved road, up rock on left N40 35.927 W109 26.404 (Northwest, uphill to find ST) 1.6 Keep L (R = J-Boy) N40 36.031 W109 26.219 2.1 Keep L (R = J-Boy) N40 36.351 W109 26.127 | 2.6 At paved road, go R N40 36.181 W109 26.373 Option paved road only, go R Stay on pavement 3.2 Back at parking Option full HCB to Lower Jazz Cross road to continue ST 2.9 Cross road, go L of grate N40 36.142 W109 26.621 3.0 Fork L N40 36.248 W109 26.708 3.4 Keep R and R N40 36.227 W109 27.015 3.7 L on DT N40 36.355 W109 27.184 Option B Straight on ST for more JCM 4.3 Back at parking |
 | Getting there:
In Vernal on US-40 (the main drag), turn north on US-191. Drive to mile
10.7 and turn right at the paved road signed "Red Fleet Dinosaur
Trackway." Drive uphill 0.6 miles. At the top of the hill, turn left
onto a dirt road and immediately park in the wide area on the left. On
your bike, go back to the paved road and turn left. 100 feet later, find
the narrow singletrack on the right side of the road, heading south.
Bathroom: 2.4 miles from US-191 on the Dinosaur Trackway road is a bathroom at the the trackway trailhead. No water. Copyright 2007 Mad Scientist Software Inc
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