The Kokopelli Trail

Itinerary Details

1. Day 1Fruita to Rabbit Valley

   After meeting at the hotel in Grand Junction, you’ll take a shuttle to the trailhead in Fruita, have a brief orientation, and begin a beautiful and moderately technical singletrack ride along the Colorado River. The Fruita Loops are widely recognized as some of the best singletrack anywhere. This trail has sections of short steep climbs and descents, creating a true mountain biking adventure.

   After lunch, you'll return to the Kokopelli Trail for a challenging yet scenic ride to the camp in Rabbit Valley.

   Terrain | Singletrack & Jeep Road, No Van Support
   

   • 21.1 miles
   • Camping | Rabbit Valley
   • Lunch and Dinner
2. Day 2Rabbit Valley to Fish Ford

   After a delicious breakfast, you'll start the day with rolling singletrack followed by a progressively harder and rougher jeep road along the low regions of the Colorado River plains. The views of the Manti La Sal Mountains linger in the distance for a truly incredible landscape.

   Most of the day is broken double track and fire road with one steep climb. A freshly prepared dinner awaits at tonight’s camp, which is on the Colorado River.

   Terrain | Doubletrack, Some Van Support.
   

   • 21.7 - 39.8 miles
   • Camping | Fish Ford
   • Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
3. Day 3Fish Ford to Fisher Valley

   Leaving the Colorado River camp, you'll ride sections of doubletrack and singletrack to the historic Dewey Bridge. Built in 1916, Dewey Bridge is Utah's longest suspension bridge and, at the time of its construction, was the 2nd largest suspension bridge west of the Mississippi. Unfortunately, the bridge was destroyed by fire in 2008.

   From Dewey Bridge, a 10-mile cruise on the scenic “River Road” highway 198 takes you to one of the tour operator's favorite trails - Onion Creek! Tall red cliffs of Cutler sandstone and intriguing rock formations line the canyon. You'll spend the afternoon climbing up through the canyon crossing Onion Creek over 20 times. The camp is in Fisher Valley, which borders the Manti-La Sal Mountains. From camp, a short hike takes you to a well-hidden Anasazi ruin.

   Terrain| Doubletrack, Singletrack & Jeep Road, Some Van Support.
   

   • 19 - 37.9 miles
   • Camping | Fisher Valley
   • Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
4. Day 4Fisher Valley to Castle Valley

   Today’s ride involves climbing over 4,000 feet to the high Manti-La Sal Mountains! From this vantage point atop the mountain, you’ll take a quick look at real dinosaur tracks that seem to “walk” off the edge of a cliff! You’ll also have great views of Castle Valley and Fisher Valley. You’ll descend into camp in Castle Valley, where a refreshing dip in a mountain stream awaits.

   Terrain | Jeep Road, Some Van Support.
   

   • 12.4 - 31.1 miles
   • Camping | Castle Valley
   • Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
5. Day 5Castle Valley to Moab

   Today’s ride is your reward for yesterday’s tough climb. You'll descend one of the most popular mountain bike trails in the world, Porcupine Rim. Catching a quick short-cut, you will bypass half of the uphill section for 14 miles of pure, fast downhill on very challenging doubletrack and singletrack. Views, of course, are unsurpassed as you view Castle Valley and the Colorado River from high above.

   You’ll enjoy a delicious lunch in Moab then shuttle back to Grand Junction, Colorado. You should arrive in Moab around 2:00 p.m. and in Grand Junction at approximately 5:00 p.m.

   Terrain | | Doubletrack & Singletrack, Very Little Van Support.
   

   • 20.5 - 28 miles
   • Breakfast and Lunch