2.2 miles
Distance
489 ft
Climb
-548 ft
Descent
00:47:52
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Supporters, Builders, Maintainers & Land Managers of Captain Ahab (upper) Trail
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BLMLand Manager
Details
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Activities
- Mountain Bike
- Hike
- Trail Running
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Riding AreaAmasa Back
Moab, Utah -
Difficulty Rating
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Voted DifficultyDouble Black Diamond (3 votes)
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Trail TypeSingletrack
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Bike TypeAM
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DirectionDownhill PrimaryPopular direction shown
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Climb DifficultyBlack Diamond
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Physical RatingHard
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Dogs AllowedYes
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eBike Allowed
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Global Ranking
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Local Popularity100 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 90 in Trail Running
- 85 in Hiking
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Land ManagerBLM
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.
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Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Captain Ahab (upper) mountain bike trail trail
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Altitude change-59 ft
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Altitude min4,638 ft
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Altitude max4,919 ft
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Altitude start4,697 ft
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Altitude end4,638 ft
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Grade-0.506%
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Grade max-37.914%
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Grade min36.198%
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Distance climb1 mile
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Distance down1 mile
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Distance flat454 ft
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Avg time00:47:52
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Avg reverse time00:56:34
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Captain Ahab (upper) Trail Reports
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Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail
Past Week
- 8 rides
- 9 miles avg distance
6 Months
- 949 rides
- 11 miles avg distance
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- 6,313 rides
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Routes with this trail
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Zachjackson
(Mar 24, 2018 at 20:29)
Good downhill with some big rock drops.
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GrahamForbes
(Oct 12, 2019 at 6:19)
awesome trail, highly recommend. technical but fast a flowly
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WillieB
(Oct 15, 2020 at 15:30)
Lots of effort, not super flowy, very technical with many ups and downs, and oh yeah...totally awesome!!!
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tommymcsass
(May 14, 2021 at 11:26)
Upper Ahab is listed as less technical than the lower part. I think this was a bit more technical then other black diamonds in the area but very enjoyable and if you're a n00b like me there are just a few hike-a-bike sections. Would highly recommend a snack break at the ridge overlooking the Colorado.
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wildmeff
(Oct 18, 2021 at 13:42)
Agreed, I thought Upper was harder than Lower! Definitely walked more on Upper...
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dkrk279
(Jun 7, 2021 at 4:42)
The upper section of Ahab has a good bit of climbing which makes thing interesting given that you climbed HyMasa or Cliff Hanger to get there. There is definitely downhill too but don't think that once you start on Upper Ahab that it is all down from there. The view in the first few minutes is definitely spectacular.
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nofunstravaguy
(May 29, 2022 at 15:51)
More tech and janky rock rolls, drops and climbs. Harder than lower Ahab in a janky way.
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