Intrepid Trail at Dead Horse Point

One last item on our list for this particular trip was a mountain bike trail, for which we choose the Intrepid Trail System at Dead Horse Point State Park.

This trail has three hiking and biking loops, from 1 to 9 miles and varying in difficulties.
The Intrepid is the first and shorter of the three for those novice riders wanting a decent ride without rattling too many teeth -i.e. me. The loops are relatively flat with about 140 ft elevation change on the longer loop, and made of sand and rock and a few sections of slickrock along the way.

I can tell you I'm not much of a mountain biker and I thoroughly enjoyed this one.

We stopped at every overlook off course (what did you expect, ha) and I assure you they are well worth it. The view is breathtaking.

Oh, by the way, it is $10 to get in Dead Horse Point State Park.

Here are the bullet points, taken from the link provided above:

• Trailhead: Dead Horse Point State Park, 32 miles west of Moab
• Difficulty: Easy to Moderate
• Length:
• Intrepid Loop: 1.1 miles
• Great Pyramid Loop: 4.2 miles
• Big Chief Loop: 9.0 miles
• Elevation @ Trailhead: 5900
• Directions: Nine miles northwest of Moab on US 191 and then 23 miles southwest on Utah 313 to the end of the highway.

Enjoying the view...

This post concludes the Utah trip. :)