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4.3 miles
Distance
428 ft
Climb
-803 ft
Descent
00:49:37
Avg time
-375 ft
Altitude change
4,332 ft
Altitude min
5,116 ft
Altitude max
4,707 ft
Altitude start
4,331 ft
Altitude end
-1.7%
Grade
-25.9%
Grade max
32.9%
Grade min
1 mile
Distance climb
3 miles
Distance down
2,126 ft
Distance flat
00:49:37
Avg time
Broken Mesa Details
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Activities
- Mountain Bike
- Winter Fat Bike
- Horse
- Hike
- Trail Running
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Riding AreaRed Cliffs BLM National Conservation Area
Hurricane, Utah -
Difficulty Rating
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Voted DifficultyBlack Diamond (2 votes)
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Local Popularity25 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 55 in Trail Running
- 40 in Hiking
- 5 in Horseback
- 5 in Winter Fat Biking
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Global Ranking#132461 in Mountain Biking [+]
- #137774 in Trail Running
- #149257 in Hiking
- #3189 in Horseback
- #2849 in Winter Fat Biking
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State Ranking#2,477 in Mountain Biking · Utah [+]
- #3,061 in Trail Running
- #3,553 in Hiking
- #70 in Horseback
- #50 in Winter Fat Biking
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Hiking SAC ScaleT2 Mountain Hiking
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Trail TypeSingletrack
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Bike TypeAM, XC, Fat
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DirectionDownhill PrimaryPopular Direction Shown
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Climb DifficultyBlack Diamond
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Physical RatingModerate
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Trail VisibilityAlways easy to follow
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SeasonMarch-November
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Dogs AllowedYes
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TTFs on TrailRock Garden
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Land OwnerBLM
In 2019 the Dixie Mountain Bike Trails Association lead a huge volunteer effort to restore this trail to a usable bike trail. It’s still an old school mountain trail, but it’s fun. I would Rate this trail about 40% Black and 60% Blue. The climb from the Mesa trailhead at the top is difficult. It is similar in climbing difficulty to the ZEN trail. After the climb, there is still over a mile of rocky trail. After the junction with the Ice House trail it’s much faster and fun for several miles with a techy descent on the last half mile. You can avoid the climb by doing the Ice House Trail instead. It has more of the downhill fun without the climb.
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
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Directions to broken-mesa trailhead
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Routes with this trail
15 miles • 2,122 ft • 1 • Loop •
This loop comprising the Broken Mesa Rim and the Ice House Loop includes dirt road up to the Broken Mesa...
7 miles • 465 ft • 1 • Shuttled •
This chunkish route includes some climbing along the Broken Mesa Rim trail followed by a descent along the...
11 Reviews & Comments
themostnate
A little overgrown about half way through this trail. Other than that it is running well, and the best way to shuttle icehouse.
dmboyle9
Quite the climb right out of the gate! Decent downhill once it gets going. Rode back up icehouse then all down hill on the dirt road back to the car. There are better trails, but if you’re out here, it’s worth the 1.5 hours.
pavethewasatch
Agree, that this trail still sucks. Broken Mesa would be fine as a shuttle, but is a miserable loop climbing from the bottom. If you are a dirt roadie then you'll enjoy the challenge. But if you enjoy trails like Zen, then do yourself a favor and shuttle Ice House instead.
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