New-to-me trails in the Vail Vortex, AZ

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Glad I checked out the MTB trails at Goblin Valley State Park, but honestly—these trails are a pass. At their best they’d be mediocre, but the entire trail network has been massively impacted by a recent rain event. Everywhere you look the trails are eroding away, including some big trenches cut through the singletrack. Part of this is due to the torrential rain the region had in August (I think), but one of the reasons these trails were so impacted by the rain is because they were built in a zone that just isn’t ideal for sustainable MTB trails. The terrain consists of small mounds of soft dirt and sand crisscrossed by drainages and washes, instead of good, solid mineral soil and rock. It’s cool to see state parks building more MTB trails, but the trails at Goblin Valley are a swing and a miss.

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Goblin Valley State Park MTB Trails, UT

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New-to-me trails in the Vail Vortex, AZ

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