8.1 miles
Distance
1,663 ft
Climb
-1,274 ft
Descent
01:49:54
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Cassidy Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Horse
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Red Canyon
    Panguitch, Utah
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Black Diamond (1 vote)
  • Hiking SAC Scale
    T3 Demanding Mountain Hiking
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Direction
    Both Directions
    Popular in reverse
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • Global Ranking
    #48099 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    90 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 75 in Hiking
    • 5 in Horseback

The Cassidy Trail is a little-known but awesome ride. The trail is upper-intermediate technical, moderate aerobic. Trailhead is at 7200 feet, rising to 7900. The trail starts on Highway 12 in Red Canyon, and connects to the Casto Canyon and Losee Canyon trails. Ride options include out-and-back (to Braxton Point 5.5 miles round trip), loop with Losee Canyon (14 miles), or a loop with Casto Canyon (20 miles).
The Cassidy Trail lies on Claron Formation limestone, creating colorful rock formations. Photos by Bruce, July 31, 2004.

The Cassidy Trail is a lot like Thunder Mountain, which is located just on the other side of highway 12. This is probably the greatest ride you've never heard of. Done as a loop (or shuttle ride) up Cassidy then down Losee Canyon, it's a world-class ride.
The scenery is colorful limestone with a sprinkling of manzanita, cedar, long-leaf and bristlecone pine. Temperatures are warm but tolerable at mid-day in summer.

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Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Cassidy mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    389 ft
  • Altitude min
    7,339 ft
  • Altitude max
    7,997 ft
  • Altitude start
    7,343 ft
  • Altitude end
    7,732 ft
  • Grade
    0.907%
  • Grade max
    -75.842%
  • Grade min
    87.561%
  • Distance climb
    4 miles
  • Distance down
    3 miles
  • Distance flat
    3,485 ft
  • Avg time
    01:49:54
  • Avg reverse time
    01:38:49
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on Sep 27, 2023
Very Dry
Avg: 4.05 (14 votes)
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      Cassidy Trail Reports

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      Sep 27, 2023 @ 2:20pm
      Sep 27, 2023
      		 Lots of Horse Poo ! ;)
      May 21, 2023 @ 7:52pm
      May 21, 2023
      		 great condition overall.
      May 5, 2022 @ 2:04pm
      May 5, 2022
      		 Good shape. A couple trees down but easy to navigate around.
      Aug 22, 2021 @ 12:11pm
      Aug 22, 2021
      		 Washed out in spots. Fallen trees and very loose. There has been significant rains in the last couple of weeks that has washed out the trail and...
      Jun 12, 2021 @ 4:48pm
      Jun 12, 2021
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 8 rides
      • 121.3 km avg distance
      6 Months
      • 35 rides
      • 60.8 km avg distance
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      • 198 rides
      • Last: Sep 17, 2024

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