2 miles
Distance
489 ft
Climb
-548 ft
Descent
00:46:26
Avg time
Trail Supporters, Builders & Maintainers of Captain Ahab (upper) Trail

Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • 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
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • Global Ranking
    #167 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    100 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 95 in Trail Running
    • 90 in Hiking
  • Land Manager
    BLM

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) mountain 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
    00:46:26
  • Avg reverse time
    00:51:58
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Status:
on Dec 22, 2019
Very Dry
Avg: 4.55 (32 votes)

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  • Snow Groomed
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Ideal
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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  • One Direction
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  • Double Black Diamond

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  • Minor Issue / Yellow
  • Significant Issue / Amber
  • Closed

  • Land Owner Overlay
  • Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
  • BLM (public)
  • USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
  • State land
  • Indigenous
  • Military
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Groomed
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Ideal
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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  • Parking Parking
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  • Sight Sight
  • Restrooms Restrooms
  • eBike Charging Point eBike Charging Point
  • Water Fountain/Source Water Fountain/Source
  • Gate Gate
  • Trail Sign Trail Sign
  • Table or Bench Table or Bench
  • Ladder Ladder
  • Stairs Stairs
  • Bridge Bridge
  • Camping Camping
  • Cabin Cabin
  • Lodge Lodge
  • Bear Cache Bear Cache
  • Dock Dock
  • Ranger Station Ranger Station
  • Summit Summit
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      Captain Ahab (upper) Trail Reports

      statusdatedescription
      Jul 3, 2020 @ 9:25am
      Jul 3, 2020
      Rejected
      reporter
      Dec 22, 2019 @ 11:14am
      Dec 22, 2019
      Dec 11, 2019 @ 9:46am
      Dec 11, 2019
      		 Trail was absolute hero dirt combined with dry slickrock
      Oct 25, 2019 @ 10:05am
      Oct 25, 2019
      Sep 30, 2019 @ 9:03am
      Sep 30, 2019
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 8 rides
      • 11 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 276 rides
      • 11 miles avg distance
      All
      • 1,307 rides
      •  

      Photos

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      7 |
      May 31, 2020 @ 8:28am
      May 31, 2020
      44 |
      Oct 12, 2019 @ 8:00pm
      Oct 12, 2019
      52 |
      Sep 20, 2019 @ 11:56am
      Sep 20, 2019
      38 |
      Jul 11, 2019 @ 6:03pm
      Jul 11, 2019

      Routes with this trail

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      3 Reviews & Comments

      • + 0
      flag Zachjackson (Mar 24, 2018 at 20:29)
       Good downhill with some big rock drops.
      [Reply]
      • + 1
      flag jimjames47 CMBC (Jul 10, 2019 at 9:40)
       Must ride if you are in the area!
      [Reply]
      • + 1
      flag GrahamForbes (Oct 12, 2019 at 6:19)
       awesome trail, highly recommend. technical but fast a flowly
      [Reply]

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