2.7 miles
Distance
137 ft
Climb
-173 ft
Descent
00:28:08
Avg time
Supporters, Builders, Maintainers & Land Managers of Whiptail Trail

Whiptail Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Dead Horse Point
    Moab, Utah
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Blue (1 vote)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Climb Difficulty
    Green
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • Global Ranking
    #2537 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #1850 in E-Biking
    • #20709 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    85 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 95 in E-Biking
    • 80 in Trail Running
    • 85 in Hiking
  • Land Owner
    Utah State Parks

Not difficult, but a beautiful trail to ride because of the diversity. The trail traverses interesting juniper trees surrounding by large areas of cryptobiotic soil. It feels like you are riding your bike through a massive Japanese Zen garden with a desert mesa feel. Really is between easy and intermediate.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Whiptail mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -36 ft
  • Altitude min
    5,868 ft
  • Altitude max
    5,964 ft
  • Altitude start
    5,904 ft
  • Altitude end
    5,868 ft
  • Grade
    -0.252%
  • Grade max
    -13.654%
  • Grade min
    10.733%
  • Distance climb
    4,750 ft
  • Distance down
    5,144 ft
  • Distance flat
    4,410 ft
  • Avg time
    00:28:08
  • Avg reverse time
    00:28:43
  • view trail stats
Status:
on May 28, 2023
Ideal
Avg: 4.4 (22 votes)
Your vote: 0

view (1,976)
close
  • Basemap 
3D
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Groomed
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Snow Cover Inadequate
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Ideal
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
Trail Flow (Ridden Direction)
Trailforks scans users ridelogs to determine the most popular direction each trail is ridden. A good flowing trail network will have most trails flowing in a single direction according to their intension.
The colour categories are based on what percentage of riders are riding a trail in its intended direction.
  • > 96%
  • > 90%
  • > 80%
  • > 70%
  • > 50%
  • < 50%
  • bi-directional trail
  • no data
Trail Last Ridden
Trailforks scans ridelogs to determine the last time a trail was ridden.
  • < 2 days
  • < 1 week
  • < 2 weeks
  • < 1 month
  • < 6 months
  • > 6 months
Trail Ridden Direction
The intended direction a trail should be ridden.
  • Downhill Only
  • Downhill Primary
  • Both Directions
  • Uphill Primary
  • Uphill Only
  • One Direction
Contribute Details
Colors indicate trail is missing specified detail.
  • Description
  • Photos
  • Description & Photos
  • Videos
Trail Popularity ?
Trailforks scans ridelogs to determine which trails are ridden the most in the last 9 months. Trails are compared with nearby trails in the same city region with a possible 25 colour shades. Think of this as a heatmap, more rides = more kinetic energy = warmer colors.
  • most popular
  • popular
  • less popular
  • not popular
ATV/ORV/OHV Filter
Max Vehicle Width
inches

Radar Time
x Activity Recordings
Trailforks users anonymized public ridelogs from the past 6 months.
  • mountain biking recent
  • mountain biking (>6 month)
  • hiking (1 year)
  • moto (1 year)
Activity Recordings
Trailforks users anonymized public skilogs from the past 12 months.
  • Downhill Ski
  • Backcountry Ski
  • Nordic Ski
  • Snowmobile
Winter Trails
Warning A routing network for winter maps does not exist. Selecting trails using the winter trails layer has been disabled.
x Missing Trails
Most Popular
Least Popular
Trails are colored based on popularity. The more popular a trail is, the more red. Less popular trails trend towards green.
Jump Magnitude Heatmap
Heatmap of where riders jump on trails. Zoom in to see individual jumps, click circles to view jump details.
Trails Deemphasized
Trails are shown in grey.
disable
Only show trails with NO bikes.
enable

Save the current map location and zoom level as your default home location whenever this page is loaded.

Save
      Directions to whiptail trailhead (38.510640, -109.742450)
      update trails status or condition

      Whiptail Trail Reports

      statusdatedescription
      May 28, 2023 @ 3:46am
      May 28, 2023
      Apr 10, 2023 @ 8:33pm
      Apr 10, 2023
      Oct 25, 2022 @ 9:26am
      Oct 25, 2022
      Oct 14, 2022 @ 2:20am
      Oct 14, 2022
      Oct 14, 2022 @ 1:17am
      Oct 14, 2022
      		 Take your shocks
      view all reports »

      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 5 rides
      • 13 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 188 rides
      • 14 miles avg distance
      All
      • 1,850 rides
      • Last: Jun 3, 2023

      Photos

      more »
      112 |
      May 15, 2021 @ 9:43am
      May 15, 2021
      105 |
      May 15, 2021 @ 9:24am
      May 15, 2021
      439 |
      Mar 12, 2015 @ 7:01pm
      Mar 12, 2015

      Routes with this trail

      titledistance
      Deadhorse 13 mi Loop13 miles
      Moab Scenery By Way Of Singletrack12 miles

      1 Review & Comments


      We hope you've been enjoying Trailforks!

      Create a FREE account to view trail comments and much more.

      Create a Free Account

      Videos

      more »
      Utah: Dead Horse State Park Full 4k - Trail...
      1:41:30 | 105 | Nov 24, 2022 , Moab

      Nearby Trails

      Dead Horse Point

      • subscribe
      • flag
      • login to download gpx or kml files.