The Best Mountain Biking Trails in Moab

Moab is renowned for tech gnar and death-defying cliff exposure, but what if you’re a beginner rider who’s not interested in risking life and limb? In recent years, Moab Trail Mix has done a superb job of building trails for all types of mountain bikers, and the Lazy EZ trail in the Moab Brand Trails trail system is one of the most easily-accessible beginner trails in the region....

Rusty Spur is very likely the easiest singletrack mountain bike trail near Moab. On Rusty Spur, you'll get a taste of narrow, flowy singletrack that also offers incredible views of the nearby rock cliffs....

"Dead Horse Point State Park is one of Utah’s most spectacular state parks," according to DiscoverMoab.com. "The view from Dead Horse Point is one of the most photographed scenic vistas in the world....

While Moab is renowned for its highly-technical mountain bike trails, there are still some easy, flowy beginner trails to be found as well. In fact, the 5-mile-long set of loops shown here follows some of the absolute easiest singletrack you'll find in the Moab region! The route shown here connects the Agate Trails to the Jasper Trails and Chilkoot Pass to create three small loops connected by a common thread....

You can begin your epic White Rim ride from a plethora of possible locations. The route shown here starts at a fairly large trailhead parking lot at the end of Mineral Bottom Road, which provides parking for riders who want to leave cars here and run their own vehicle support logistics on the White Rim....

Moab is renowned for its uber-technical death-defying trails like Portal and Porcupine Rim. But what if you're not interested in risking life and limb, all in the name of a mountain bike ride? Then Klonzo is for you....

There are a LOT of riding options in the Moab area—after all, Moab is internationally known as a premier mountain biking destination. Famously, Moab riding is known for slickrock... lots and lots of slickrock! The Monitor-Merrimac route is perfect for a non-technical introduction to riding it....

The White Rim Road, running through Canyonlands National Park, is one of Utah’s premier multi-day mountain bike rides. Granted, select badasses will choose to pedal the 102-mile distance (with 7,000 feet of climbing) in one day, but most riders choose to divide the route into 2-4 days....

Moab is best-known for its ultra-technical, rocky, drop-filled mountain bike trails. While this sort of trail will always be Moab’s primary draw, recent trail development in the region has only continued to diversify Moab's singletrack offerings....

"Dead Horse Point State Park is one of Utah’s most spectacular state parks," according to DiscoverMoab.com. "The view from Dead Horse Point is one of the most photographed scenic vistas in the world....

Every trail system has a "Sidewinder" trail, and the Moab Brand Trails is no exception. This rendition of Sidewinder does wind around the side of a dramatic hillside, dropping quickly downhill over a series of rock slabs and via a few steep pitches....

If you're looking for a non-technical cross-country pedal in the Klondike Bluffs Trail System, look no further than this straightforward loop! The loop shown here begins from the Klondike Bluffs South trailhead, heading up the mellow valley grade to the north via the easiest trails in the trail system: Jurassic, Jasper, and Agate....

"Climbing" is the name of the game for Day 4. It makes sense: if you descended thousands of feet off the Island in the Sky to reach the White Rim layer on Day 1, you're going to have to pay for that downhill eventually....

Klondike Bluffs isn’t the best known or most-ridden trail system in Moab, and it’s arguably not quite as good as the iconic trails that have made Moab famous. But one thing it does offer that many other Moab trail systems don’t is mileage—miles upon miles of technical slickrock and singletrack....

Much of Moab’s trail development in recent years has taken place in and around the Navajo Rocks area. In fact, a decade ago “Navajo Rocks” didn’t exist. This zone has been built from the ground up by mountain bikers, for mountain bikers....

The North 40 trails provide a flowier counterpart to the techy rock gnar found on the other side of the Moab Brand Trail System in the Deadman's Ridge Trail. Of course, North 40 has its own technical parts, but this half of the network is quite approachable for intermediate riders....

"Dead Horse Point State Park is one of Utah’s most spectacular state parks," according to DiscoverMoab.com. "The view from Dead Horse Point is one of the most photographed scenic vistas in the world....

"Bartlett Wash is an Entrada sandstone slickrock ride featuring incredible views and fun undulating waves of great rock,” writes [UtahMountainBiking.com](https://www.utahmountainbiking.com/trails/bartlett.htm). Unlike most other mountain bike rides, Bartlett Wash is actually more of a mountain biking playground than it is a destination-oriented pedal....

The Eagle Eye, Hawk's Glide, and Falcon Flow trails are the newest significant addition to the Moab mountain bike trail network and together are known as the "Raptor Route." The Raptor Route serves as a new finish to the iconic Whole Enchilada route....

This loop on Circle O might be short, but it provides an excellent introduction to Moab slickrock slab riding for beginners and early intermediate riders. On Circle O, riders will be able to practice following painted lines to complete the trail—an unusual experience if you've never done it before....