Longbranch Trail in Moab

Longbranch Trail
The Longbranch Trail is 1.1 miles in length, and is part of the Brand Trails complex just north of Moab. It's not a stand-alone trail. To reach either end, you need to cover a couple of miles on expert-level singletrack trail. Your minimum ride will be several miles. Longbranch is expert-level technical, and is one of the more difficult in the Brand Trails area. It might be a tad tougher than Deadman's Ridge (which is a bit tougher than Bar B ), but not as hairy as Killer B .

Sample ride, counterclockwise loop:
0.0   East on DT from parking (lower lot!)
N38 39.107 W109 40.110
0.2   R on ST (Lazy-EZ Loop)
N38 39.188 W109 39.990
0.3   R on EZ N38 39.165 W109 39.853
1.5   L to stay on EZ N38 38.517 W109 39.400
1.6   R on Deadman's N38 38.574 W109 39.280
3.3   R to stay on Deadman's N38 38.255 W109 38.671
3.8   Stay straight (R) N38 38.072 W109 38.586
4.3   Fork L on Longbranch
N38 37.845 W109 38.612
5.4   L on Bar B N38 37.599 W109 38.186

6.3   Keep straight (R) N38 38.089 W109 38.563
6.6   Fork R N38 38.262 W109 38.593
6.7   Cross DT to Rockin A
N38 38.273 W109 38.489
8.4   Cross wide area to Circle O
N38 39.167 W109 38.907
11.0 R on DT N38 39.712 W109 39.689
11.2 L on Bar M N38 39.640 W109 39.861
11.4 R uphill on shortcut N38 39.488 W109 39.716
12.0 Straight on DT (EZ-Lazy fork)
N38 39.188 W109 39.989
12.2 At parking

Getting there: From the north, exit I-70 at Crescent Junction and drive south on US-191 for 22 miles. From Moab, drive 7 miles north from the Colorado River on 191. When you see the Gemini Bridges parking area, look for a gravel road on the opposite side (east, away from the cliffs). Turn onto the gravel road and immediately go right. Drive past the first parking lot. (This is restaurant parking or fee parking GPS N 38° 39.38' W 109° 40.66'.) As you approach the fence and kiosk at the paved trail, turn left and drive 1/4 mile to the gravel parking lot in the bottom of the valley N38 39.107 W109 40.110.

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