2 miles
Distance
489 ft
Climb
-548 ft
Descent
00:46:06
Avg time
Trail Supporters, Builders & Maintainers of Captain Ahab (upper) Trail

Details

  • Riding Area
    Amasa Back
    Moab, Utah
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM
  • Trail Usage
    Biking Primary
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
    Popular direction shown
  • Climb Difficulty
    Black Diamond
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • Global Ranking
    #167 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    100 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking

low angle but punchy technical climbing leads to a low angle but well featured decent. With skill its possible to carry quite a bit of speed all the way to the bottom. A must ride loop.

Local Trail Association
More Stats for Captain Ahab (upper) bike trail
  • Altitude change
    -59 ft
  • Altitude min
    4,638 ft
  • Altitude max
    4,919 ft
  • Altitude start
    4,697 ft
  • Altitude end
    4,638 ft
  • Grade
    -0.506%
  • Grade max
    -37.914%
  • Grade min
    36.198%
  • Distance climb
    1 miles
  • Distance down
    1 miles
  • Distance flat
    454 ft
  • Avg time
    00:46:06
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Status:
on Nov 3, 2018
Dry
Avg: 4.7 (13 votes)

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  • Activity Type 
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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Captain Ahab (upper) Trail Reports

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Nov 3, 2018 @ 6:29am
Nov 3, 2018
 Got on it before the Trail Marathon runners - w00t
Oct 13, 2018 @ 11:14am
Oct 13, 2018
Sep 7, 2018 @ 3:23pm
Sep 7, 2018
Mar 29, 2018 @ 1:27pm
Mar 29, 2018
Feb 26, 2018 @ 6:19pm
Feb 26, 2018
 XC
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1 Review & Comments

  • + 0
flag Zachjackson (Mar 24, 2018 at 20:29)
 Good downhill with some big rock drops.
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