4.3 miles
Distance
428 ft
Climb
-803 ft
Descent
00:49:37
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Broken Mesa Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Horse
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    St. George
    , Utah
  • Difficulty Rating
  • Voted Difficulty
    Black Diamond (2 votes)
  • Hiking SAC Scale
    T2 Mountain Hiking
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC, Fat
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
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  • Climb Difficulty
    Black Diamond
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • Season
    March-November
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • TTFs on Trail
    Rock Garden
  • Global Ranking
    #79204 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #57529 in Trail Running
    • #21075 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    35 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 35 in Trail Running
    • 60 in Hiking
    • 5 in Horseback
  • Land Owner
    BLM

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.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Broken Mesa mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -375 ft
  • Altitude min
    4,332 ft
  • Altitude max
    5,116 ft
  • Altitude start
    4,707 ft
  • Altitude end
    4,331 ft
  • Grade
    -1.7%
  • Grade max
    -25.9%
  • Grade min
    32.9%
  • Distance climb
    1 mile
  • Distance down
    3 miles
  • Distance flat
    2,126 ft
  • Avg time
    00:49:37
  • Avg reverse time
    00:47:44
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on Apr 8, 2023
Ideal
Avg: 3.27 (27 votes)
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      Broken Mesa Trail Reports

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      Apr 8, 2023 @ 2:34pm
      Apr 8, 2023
      Mar 8, 2021 @ 1:19am
      Mar 8, 2021
      Trail is ready to ride.
      Dec 22, 2020 @ 1:41pm
      Dec 22, 2020
      Just your typical, rocky, rough trail. Good forearm workout.
      Nov 28, 2020 @ 12:37pm
      Nov 28, 2020
      A little dry and loose as it always is, overall good conditions.
      Apr 2, 2020 @ 9:33am
      Apr 2, 2020
      Great conditions. Not dusty, not wet
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