3.8 miles
Distance
1,879 ft
Climb
-49 ft
Descent
01:02:59
Avg time
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Ricks Canyon (GWT) Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
    • Dirtbike/Moto
  • Riding Area
    Logan Canyon
    Logan, Utah
  • AKA
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #50491 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #84157 in Trail Running
    • #50404 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    90 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 60 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking
    • 5 in Dirtbiking

Awesome climb and ripping fast descent. The better of several ways to climb up to the Steel Hollow trailhead. You'll have a couple short, loose and rocky sections towards the bottom followed by clean dirt the rest of the way up.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Ricks Canyon (GWT) mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    1,830 ft
  • Altitude min
    5,615 ft
  • Altitude max
    7,445 ft
  • Altitude start
    5,615 ft
  • Altitude end
    7,445 ft
  • Grade
    9.13%
  • Grade max
    -9.801%
  • Grade min
    28.561%
  • Distance climb
    4 miles
  • Distance down
    1,163 ft
  • Distance flat
    326 ft
  • Avg time
    01:02:59
  • Avg reverse time
    00:35:00
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Status:
on May 21, 2022
Ideal
Avg: 3.9 (8 votes)
Your vote: 0

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      Ricks Canyon (GWT) Trail Reports

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      May 21, 2022 @ 12:09pm
      3 days
      		 Trail is in great shape right now. If you are riding the loop to steel though, the road is real muddy with running streams. Not gud. Just ride Ricks.
      Oct 11, 2021 @ 10:11am
      Oct 11, 2021
      		 Great conditions with just a few puddles and muddy spots. Mostly ideal.
      Jun 15, 2021 @ 11:34am
      Jun 15, 2021
      		 Flowers galore
      May 17, 2021 @ 1:21pm
      May 17, 2021
      		 Trails nice right now
      May 2, 2021 @ 12:10pm
      May 2, 2021
      		 Snow patches randomly. You can make it 3/4 of the way. A week to 10 days it will be perfect.
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 5 rides
      • 10 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 8 rides
      • 10 miles avg distance
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      • 438 rides
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      3 Reviews & Comments

      • + 0
      mcculloughmb (Jun 16, 2017 at 8:56)
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      • + 0
      gainery (Jun 11, 2020 at 17:44)
       I dont know about "awesome climb". Maybe if you're in shape and capable like Nino it's an awesome climb, or on an e-bike. I thought it was excessively difficult. The climb is significantly harder than providence canyon even though they're rated the same. I can clean the providence climb with moderate effort. This thing is just a monster. It's a sick out-and-back though. Just expect to hike it more than you think.
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      drewsimo96 (Jul 31, 2021 at 21:34)
       First third has minimal shade, middle part is rocky, last third is extremely steep. You would have to be in pretty amazing shape to ride the whole way up. Rainy and tacky when we rode, but a fun adventure!
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      Rick's Canyon | 6/24/19
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