A few random photos from "training" rides/runs near my home base Cedar City. I have to put in a lot of long, lonely hours on the local trails and roads in order to pull off some of my longer adventures. Many of my fondest memories have happened out on seldom-visited double tracks out in the desert.
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| The C Trail right out of town is an old favorite. Gaining 2000 feet in 4 miles makes this the go-to ride or run when you need some vert. This particular climb was on snowshoes in February. |
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| View from C-Trail toward Cedar Canyon and the Red Hill. |
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| You can get to Zion National Park's Lee Pass trailhead within about 25 minutes from Cedar City. If I'm hankerin' for some red rock, this trail drops into La Verkin Creek Canyon, which is very similar to the main Zion Canyon, but with hardly any tourists. |
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| In winter, when all of the local singletrack is covered in snow or too soggy, I head west into the Escalante Desert. All-weather dirt roads go on for hundreds of miles. Some may call this sort of riding boring. I call it therapeutic! |
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| Life is tough out in the Escalante Desert. Even for the wily raven. |
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| The gray skies of winter above Avon Road and the Union Pacific railway. |
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| Chasing trains. |
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| The abandoned railroad town of Lund. |
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| Lonely Lund. |
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| Abandoned iron mine at Desert Mound west of Cedar City. |
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| Iron Mines. |
Thanks for your posts. Not only do they motivate me to get out, but as a father myself, they give me many good ideas of places I can spend time with my children. Please keep posting! Dave
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