Zion Mountain Bike Trails & Utah Mountain Bike Trails

Within a 1.5 hour radius Southern Utah boasts, railing desert singletrack rides, Slickrock riding akin to Moab yet altogether different, Alpine Rides amidst conifer and aspen clad forests, all of which are world class rides.

Southern Utah is quickly being recognized and discovered as the new mountain biking mecca of the southwest. With the ridnig opportunities being so rich and diverse, and having Vegas as our travelling hub only 2.5 hrs away-visiting Southern Utah and Zion National Park ensures that your mountian biking vacation will be a success.

Below is a listing of trails within a reasonable distance fromion National Park and Springdale. Rides are listed by geographical area with the closest rides to Springdale listed first.

The rides that have become absolute favorites for their respective disciplines are:

• Gooseberry Mesa - Technical slickrock riding unlike anyplace else.
• JEM Trail - Smokingfast desert singletrack riding.
• Navajo Lake - Alpine riding with cooler summertime temps

Famous for its twisting singletrack trail through slickrock bowls and ledges, Gooseberry Mesa serves up a multitude of trail options to suit almost all riding abilities with fantastic views of Zion National Park and the Southwestern Colorado Plateau. Gooseberry Mesa is a great place to improve your mountain bikinig skillsets with abundant rock rollers and balancey steep but short uphill grinds.

Gooseberry Map & Description

Desert singletrack so fast and furious it'll bring a smile to your face. Relatively easy (technically) riding provides us with some wicked downhill riding fun as we juke and jive our way through the sagebrush lined singletrack and along the rim of the same Virgin River that carved the famous Zion Narrows in Zion National Park .

JEM Trail Map & Description

Aproximately 25mi. in length the combination of these trails makes for a great full day mountain bike ride for most people. This ride is strenuous because of it's length and only moderately technical. Most people have a ne found love for the desert landscape after this ride as the views are tremendous and the riding is miles and miles of sculpted singletrack

Jem-Hurricane-Goulds Map & Description

Welcome to the high country. Here at just over 9000ft. the air is thin but the scenery is amazing. This aspen clad lake loop is aproximately 12mi. in length and can afford one the opportunity to look down Zion Canyon. This ride is a great place to escape the heat as temps can be as much as 20 degrees cooler at this altitude. Drive time is aproximately 1.5hr but scenic as can be.

Navajo Lake Map & Description

Short in length but definitely one of the coolest rides you'll ever do. This ride is stellar, from its twisting sigletrack climbs amongst pines and hoodoos, to its ripping final downhill section this ride delivers through and through. Some do this as a shuttled ride, but earning your turns is worthwhile. The first part of the ride is on a paved bike trail through Red Canyon, a miniature Bryce Canyon of sorts that provides a teaser of what's to come.

Thunder Mountain Map & Description