Moab....thoughts, etc.

ah - hazard county. I felt privileged to ride that about 5 years ago - too bad that now it's gonna pale in comparison to the original.

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Originally Posted by lph

yeah that is what i meant though didn't express it properly.

where is the shuttle drop off. someone told me it was the same as for UPS but then you had to pedal/climb to ride hazard, is that true?

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I don't know exactly how to link it all together, but you can actually start at the top of burro pass in the la sals (elev. 11,000 ft or so) and ride all the way down to the bottom of porc (about 4,000 ft). If anyone knows how to do this and wants to show me or wants to come with me to try to figure it out I'd love to give it a go.

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Originally Posted by lph

yeah that is what i meant though didn't express it properly.

where is the shuttle drop off. someone told me it was the same as for UPS but then you had to pedal/climb to ride hazard, is that true?

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Technically, the Whole Enchilada starts with Burro Pass. You drive up to the top of Geyser Pass, then ride around on the backside of the La Sals briefly and climb up and over Burro, which drops you into Hazard (with a little climbng)and so on.

Bags, Rockstacker is singletrack on the river side of Amasa Back above the original AB singltrack or "Jacksons Trail". You get on it by riding out towards Pothole Arch towards the top of Amasa Back.

The way I understand it, Jackson was some rancher dude who would bring his cattle up and over AB from town/Kane Creek rd to his "hole". The singletrack and the hike a bike is his route. Some people call the hike Jacobs Ladder, some call it Jacksons Ladder. When the rideable singletrack was officially recognized they called it Jackson's Trail.

The Amasa Back route that we ride up was originally built just to service the pipeline and the power wires that roughly follow Jacksons old route.

Edit: You can drive to the top of Hazard, I believe its Walker Lake Road. They built a parking lot there now.

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Originally Posted by Big Blue

I don't know exactly how to link it all together, but you can actually start at the top of burro pass in the la sals (elev. 11,000 ft or so) and ride all the way down to the bottom of porc (about 4,000 ft). If anyone knows how to do this and wants to show me or wants to come with me to try to figure it out I'd love to give it a go.

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That is one of the ones on my list when I get there in a week... I may have a (friend of a friend) guide, but I wouldn't mind just figgerin' it out...

I haven't been to Moab in quite a few years, but another one in addition to some of the ones mentioned would be the Gold Bar rim connecting to the Portal on the Poison Spider Mesa trail to finish at Potash Rd. We shuttled a vehicle to the start of Gold Bar Rim ( Gemini Bridges parking lot???)

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Originally Posted by flowtron

You can drive to the top of Hazard, I believe its Walker Lake Road. They built a parking lot there now.

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I think it is Warner Lake Road that comes off of Lasall Mtn Road to Hazard's start. Here is some info on Hazard v2.0: MTBR Post...

Bags, PM sent...

Edit: link contains some interesting info on the legality of the trails there for those who are... uhh, interested.