red canyon mountain biking

Dina takes a moment to catch her breath after starting her longest mountain bike of the summer. We took it easy, but I didn't bring out the camera nearly as much as in Bryce.

We parked and rode the bike path up to a dirt road. After a few miles the epic singletrack heads west.

[ red canyon // thunder mountain ]

Dina happy to be out on the trail

We were looking at a great view and then realized our track went down some very steep, twisting sections with nice cliffs below you.

After dropping down a bit, you climb back up among the hoodoos.

Some sections were too steep to ride and we pushed up. Maybe Lance could've ridden it. Now that we know the trail, we'd go back and do it again. And we'll probably get this section next time... maybe.

We spotted this fin and wondered how thin it really was.

Dina ready to ride the fin! It ended up being pretty wide, and not a big deal. We came down a few steep switchbacks again and then a super fast gradual downhill that took us right to where we parked. We had awesome weather and even had cell reception at one point. It's a 15 mile loop, and one ride that you have to check out if you make it this way.