Cholla II Loop (Northern Warner Valley)
This 10.8-mile loop is located in Warner Valley, south of Hurricane and east of St. George. The trail is intermediate-technical, with a couple of short advanced sections. At an altitude of 3600 feet, this area is only marginally cooler than St. George. In mid-summer, we recommend an early morning start time. This loop is a fast ride. It starts with a few sand pits, some sorta-technical slickrock, and a 300-vertical climb in the first two miles. Then there's a steep doubletrack plunge back to the valley, followed by fast cruising. A conditioned rider can hammer this loop in under an hour.
Cholla II Loop Riding Notes:
0.0    Go north on DT over the levee
N 37° 03.467' W 113° 18.547'
0.25  Veer L onto ST in small wash
N 37° 03.651' W 113° 18.533'
0.70  Fork R towards slickrock
N 37° 03.350' W 113° 18.787'  Alt=3700'
2.2    At ridgetop, L on DT
N 37° 03.024' W 113° 19.509' Alt=4000'
Begin descent that gets uglier
2.8    At bottom of hill, fork R out of wash
Alt=3600'
3.6    R on DT
3.8    Cross main westbound gravel road
N 37° 02.197' W 113° 19.003'
DT for 100 yards, then R on ST
4.2    Back to main road, go through cattle grate
N 37° 001.920' W 113° 19.105'
100 yards, then veer onto ST on L
100 yards, then turn L on DT
4.8    Veer R onto ST
N 37° 01.616' W 113° 18.852'
5.4    Cross wash, then L on DT
N 37° 01.205' W 113° 18.701'		5.8    Cross main southbound gravel road
N 37° 01.114' W 113° 18.276'
6.1    Sharp R (downhill) on DT
N 37° 01.049' W 113° 18.059'
6.2    L on DT which becomes ST
N 37° 00.961' W 113° 18.171'
6.6    R uphill on DT
N 37° 01.075' W 113° 17.981'
6.9    DT becomes ST, drop into wash!
8.2    L on main gravel road
N 37° 01.766' W 113° 18.405'
8.45  L off main road on DT
N 37° 01.979' W 113° 18.404'
8.8    R at N 37° 02.054' W 113° 18.702'
8.9    Fork R onto ST
N 37° 02.088' W 113° 18.835'
9.55  Cross main westbound road
N 37° 02.555' W 113° 18.936'
10.2  Cross DT turnaround, keep straight
N 37° 03.113' W 113° 18.812'
10.5  Fork R on DT
N 37° 03.319' W 113° 18.777'
10.8  Back at start
Getting there (Southbound, through Hurricane): Get off I-15 at the Toquerville/ La Verkin exit and head south to Hurricane. Turn south at the Chevron Station in Hurricane (700 West). Go south 2 miles and turn right at 2060 South. (If you arrive at a T-intersection, with a right turn going into the airport, you went too far.) Follow the road west of the airport and past the Sky Ranch to end of the pavement at a cattleguard. (About 6 miles, GPS N 37° 05.425' W 113° 18.696'.) Keep straight on the biggest and leftmost of 3 roads that fork after the cattleguard. Continue another 2.2 miles on gravel to a junction at GPS N 37° 03.501' W 113° 18.375' and turn right. Just 100 yards later, turn right onto a small doubletrack. After another 100 yards note a doubletrack going right across a catch-basin levee. That's the trail. Park here, GPS N 37° 03.467' W 113° 18.547.

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