Name: Mag 5 - Moab, Utah - RideSpots.com
Address: Moab, UT
Rating: 4.4

Mountain Bike

16.4 miles

Distance

647 ft

Climb

-2,095 ft

Descent

1 mile

High Point

The Mag 5 ride is an awesome shuttle. The terrain is fairly intermediate and not super steep either. Expect a long ride that is almost all slightly downhill with the exception near the end of the ride of a short, challenging pedal through a sandy wash and a relatively long climb (4km or so) out on the Gemini Bridges jeep road at the end of the ride to get out to Highway 191.

The typical route has riders descending down into the sandy gulch at the bottom of of the Little Canyon (Mag 5) trail and then climbing out via the Gold Bar Rim and Gemini Bridges jeep roads back to the parking area on the 191 Highway. From here you can either drive (if you left a retrieval car) or ride back into town on the road or bike trail (mostly downhill and flat back into town).

Key trails are: Getaway Start --> Bull Run --> Great Escape --> Little Bridges --> Gold Bar Rim jeep road (Through the challenging sandy wash) --> this final bit is a 7.5 km pedal (about 4km of which is climbing) out on Gemini Bridges Jeep road back down to Highway 191.

Mag 7 ride has you ride down Portal or Poison Spider.

Detailed Description

Mag 5 - Moab, Utah - RideSpots.com is a highly rated 16 mile popular intermediate route located near Moab Utah. This mountain bike only route can be used one direction and has a hard overall physical rating. This route includes 11 trails. This route climbs 647 ft with a max elevation of 6,027 ft then descends -2,095 ft.

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Trails in Route

	Gemini Bridges Rd				259 ft
	Getaway (Top)				1 mile
	7-up				135 ft
	Bull Run				2 miles
	Bull Run (mid)				1,821 ft
	Bull Run (lower)				3 miles
	Arths Corner				148 ft
	Great Escape				3 miles
	Little Canyon				4,062 ft
	Gold Bar Rim				2,946 ft
	Gemini Bridges Road (Little Canyon)				5 miles

Details

Riding area

Horsethief
Primary Activity

Mountain Bike
Difficulty rating

Blue
Route Type

Shuttled
eBike Allowed

No
Bike type

AM, XC
Direction

One Direction
Physical rating

Hard
Ridelogs

12

More Stats for Mag 5 - Moab, Utah - RideSpots.com mountain bike route

Avg time

1 hr 56 min
Altitude change

-1,449 ft
Altitude min

4,571 ft
Altitude start

6,027 ft
Altitude end

4,580 ft
Grade

-1.7%
Grade max

-31.3%
Grade min

23.5%
Distance climb

4 miles
Distance down

10 miles
Distance flat

2 miles

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trail	date	description
Gemini Bridges Rd	Oct 23, 2023 @ 3:52pm Oct 23, 2023	Fantastic
Gold Bar Rim	Jun 20, 2023 @ 10:39am Jun 20, 2023	reporter
Gemini Bridges Road (Little Canyon)	Jun 20, 2023 @ 10:39am Jun 20, 2023	reporter