Slickrock Moab UT
I rode Slickrock trail last week on our whirlwind tour of the great southwest. Needless to say before I arrived at the trail head I was a bit intimidated. I bought a book the night before, about the trails in the Moab area and it described Slickrock as an "advanced"and highly difficult trail. I had been riding the Sedona AZ area trails a couple of day before and there were a couple of trails in that area that were "unridable" in sections. I thought if this trail is as advanced and difficult as I was being told, I would be doing a lot of walking. So off I went 7:00 am on a windy morning just me and a bag of nerves. I just kept telling myself if a bike can roll on it I can ride it.
This is the sign at the trail head.....Didn't do much for my bag.... of nerves and other bag too.
So off I went it is all Rock with a tiny bit of sand in areas. "it is all rock" with very steep climbs VERY STEEP and if you stop in the middle of these climbs and you don't hit your brakes and get your feet down very quickly "DOWN GOSE FRAZER" I Did (get my feet down) and I didn't go down. Thank God cuz it would of left a mark...... I did take a couple of chunks of skin off the back of my calfs saving my ass from taking all the skin off of anything exposed, if I would have fallen.
The down hill sections or I should say the straight down rock sections were fun ......STAY WAY BACK and I MEAN WAY BACK or you are going right over your front tire and that would leave a big mark.
See the white marks going up this section, that is how the trail is marked so you know where to go and that is the only way you know were to go.
All and all it was the coolest and I have to say one of the most difficult rides I have ever been on. But it was The Bomb and I would do it again just not the next day...... cuz it does take it out of you. It is just short of ten miles and it took me 2.5 hours to ride and Yes I did push my bike up a couple of the climbs because no human well maybe someone...... but not ME can climb straight up a rock wall for 50 - 100 yards.
Very cool.
Colorado River
Me Stopping for an Apple.
If you look at the horizon you can see the Arch in Arches National Park
(which was Fn Closed due to the morons in Washington)
Sedona will be next
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