 | Great Escape - Lariat ride via Bull Run,
19.7 miles
The Great Escape trail is a bikes-only singletrack in the Gemini Bridges area near Moab. Great Escape itself is 3.5 miles long with just over 400 vertical feet of elevation change. It's intermediate in technical requirement, and not too tough aerobically. The top altitude (near Gemini Bridges) is 5120 feet. The trail begins on the Gemini Bridges Road (straight across from Arth's Corner singletrack), about 0.4 miles downhill from the Gemini Bridges main parking and the Bridges hiking trail. It extends downhill to join the Little Canyon Singletrack about 1/2 mile from where Little Canyon ST ends on the Gold Bar Rim road. |
| Lariat Loop with Bull Run, Little Canyon,
and Arths, 19.6 miles: 0.0 Park immediately after turning L off 313 N38 34.401 W109 47.523 Pedal downhill on Gemini Bridges Road 1.2 R to Bull Run TH N38 34.921 W109 46.581 1.3 R on Bull Run ST 3.1 Join DT, keep R N38 35.443 W109 45.156 3.3 R off DT onto ST N38 35.434 W109 44.903 4.9 Cross Crips Hole Road N38 35.389 W109 43.508 5.8 R on Gemini Bridges Rd N38 35.307 W109 42.589 6.0 R to Gemini Bridges parking (why not?) N38 35.309 W109 42.589 Trail and parking N38 35.228 W109 42.595 6.3 Rejoin Gemini Bridges main road, keep R N38 35.271 W109 42.396 6.5 R on Great Escape N38 35.246 W109 42.238 6.6 Short spur to view of Bridges on L N38 35.147 W109 42.241 | 8.3 Cross Bull Canyon Road N38 34.971 W109 40.960 10.0 L on Little Canyon Singletrack N38 35.652 W109 40.540 10.7 Cross Bull Canyon Road N38 35.732 W109 41.007 11.6 ST ends, straight across Gemini Bridges Rd to Metal Masher road N38 35.776 W109 41.624 11.7 L uphill on ST Arth's Corner N38 35.885 W109 41.673 13.2 R on Gemini Bridges Road N38 35.246 W109 42.238 13.4 Keep R on main road N38 35.271 W109 42.396 13.6 Keep straight (R) on main road N38 35.309 W109 42.589 13.8 L on Bull Run singletrack N38 35.307 W109 42.589 14.8 Cross Crips Hole road N38 35.389 W109 43.508 18.4 Bull Run TH, uphill on Gemini Bridges Rd 19.6 Back at parking |
 | Getting there: From I-70 and Crescent Junction, drive south on US-191 for 20 miles. Or, drive about 9 miles north of the Colorado River if you're driving out from Moab. Turn west on Highway 313 (the road to Dead Horse Point and Canyonlands). Drive 13 miles on 313 to the Gemini Bridges sign and turn L onto dirt road. For Bull Run lariat ride: Find a spot to park immediately after turning off 313. Begin riding down the dirt road and turn right to the Bull Run trailhead at mile 1.3. Copyright 2012 Mad Scientist Software Inc. Trail conditions change. Use this guide at your own risk. |