Red Rock Bicycle, St. George, UT

Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00am to 7:00pm & Saturday 9:00am to 6:00pm
Phone: 435-674-3185 Fax: 435-674-7730

BEAR CLAW POPPY
The Bear Claw Poppy Trail starts southwest of St. George in Bloomington, curving up around a bluff into Green Valley. Highlights include a not-too-tough aerobic three-mile hill climb, a couple steep climbs which are better coming down and a fast desert wash. This trail was originally designed to start at the top, but if you are doing an out and back, it is advised to be ridden from the bottom. This trail is a blast to ride, year-round. Bear Claw Poppy is moderate aerobic and intermediate technical. If you don't stop to play, it's also a fairly quick ride -- the 5.5 mile trail can be completed in less than 90 minutes. Younger children can ride the tamer stretches of clay trail on the Bloomington end while more advanced riders can ride all the way to the top and really rip down to the bottom.

Getting there: Take the Bluff Street I-15 exit in St. George and turn west. Immediately turn south (left) on Hilton Drive. From here you can either follow Hilton Dr by turning left at the first light or go straight on Black Ridge Dr. connecting back to Hilton by turning right at the stop sign. On Hilton Dr., stay in the left lane and continue on past the golf course. As soon as you pass over the bridge turn left. You will go one block and at the stop sign, turn right. This road will lead you into Bloomington Dr., turn right. Drive through the neighborhood and watch for Navajo Dr. on your right. At the end of Navajo Drive, park just across the cattle guard directly to your right. The "lift-over" in the fence on your right is the start of the trail.
Trailhead N 37° 03.116' W 113° 37.362'
End N 37° 05.509' W 113° 37.689'

GREEN VALLEY RACEWAY
The trail starts north from the huge parking area on a boring dirt road. (It's the right of two dirt-road options near the trailhead.) After 1/2 mile, you hit singletrack (on the left side of the DT, just before the road ends) and the fun begins. After a first section of singletrack, the trail hits doubletrack and turns right for a tiny bit of downhill. If you angle uphill, you'll find a connector to the bottom of Rock Wash for a shorter loop. Turning downhill on the DT for about 100 yards, the trail leaves DT on the left and heads on singletrack over to Keyhole Wash. There are two rock-bottom washes on this loop, and they're a riot to ride. Exiting Keyhole Wash, you'll climb a winding course up to touch the DT near the top of the cliffs. Here you turn left and head over to the ridgeline downhill. (At the ridgeline, there's a fork. Right takes you up to the DT along the cliff edge. Turn left and start downhill!) After dropping almost to the bottom of the hill, the trail turns into Rock Wash. Fork right uphill in the wash bottom. Climb up the wash. When the trail reaches doubletrack and climbs to the saddle, continue uphill and ride to the viewpoint at the top. It's worth the climb. GPS N 37° 05.355' W 113° 39.947'. Right at the saddle, there's a 4-way intersection of doubletrack. Just south of the DT intersection (uphill), the downhill singletrack takes off. There's a second trail about 150 yards uphill (on your left) that connects to the DH raceway.

Getting there -- North: As you approach Zion National Park in Rockville, turn south (right) on Bridge Road. Continue straight until the road turns right (west) and turns to gravel. Keep left at the fork at 1.5 miles. At 6.2 miles, watch for a road going through the fence on your right at the top of the mesa. 3.6 miles after this turnoff, fork left at the outhouse. Now ignore any smaller branching roads. 1.1 miles later, you'll cross a cattle guard. Park there. The trail begins along the fence on the left side N 37° 08.500 W 113° 10.300'
Getting there – South, MOST COMMON!!: From I-15, take the Hurricane Highway exit and merge to the right on Highway 9. In the town of Hurricane, turn right at the Highway 59 sign. One block later, turn left and drive out of town towards Kanab. About 15 minutes later, you will pass a gas station on the left-hand side, then some fields. Watch for a "Scenic Byway" sign 14.8 miles from the turnoff in Hurricane between mile marker 8 & 9, and turn hard left onto a dirt road. Two miles later, just as you reach juniper trees, the Gooseberry Mesa road turns off on your left. . 3.6 miles after this turnoff, fork left at the outhouse. Now ignore any smaller branching roads. 1.1 miles later, you'll cross a cattle guard. Park there. The trail begins along the fence on the left side.

PARADISE CANYON LOOP
The Paradise Canyon trail is a short singletrack loop right on the border of St. George. Located in the Red Cliffs Desert Preserve, it connects to the paved Snow Canyon Loop and to the singletrack Beck Hill and Gila trails. Formerly a fairly technical ride, the trail has been buffed up. Assuming the "buffing" continues on the Paradise Rim side of the loop, you'll find it easy to early-intermediate technical, easy aerobic. The loop is 3.3 miles in length, with about 380 vertical feet of climbing. The trail is open year-round. In the summer, you'd want to ride early in the morning to avoid the heat.

Getting there: Go north on Bluff Street until you're leaving down and starting uphill. Turn left at the traffic light onto Snow Canyon Parkway. Take the first right onto Sonoran Drive in Paradise Canyon subdivision, then immediately turn left and continue to the parking at the edge of the wash (corner of Road Runner and Falcon Dr). Head north on the paved road along the wash to where Road Runner turns right to become Hummingbird Dr. Spot the trail heading to the fence, at the apex of the corner. GPS N 37° 08.280' W 113° 36.660'

HURRICANE CLIFFS TRAIL SYSTEM
The Hurricane Cliffs Trail System includes the Gould's Rim Trail, a new singletrack above Hurricane, the JEM and the Hurricane Rim. The trail has equal portions of doubletrack, fairly buff singletrack skirting the edge of Gould's Canyon, and undulating narrow singletrack near US-59. Combining all three creates a nice 21.5-mile loop.

Getting there: In Hurricane, turn south on US-59 (towards the Grand Canyon). Follow the road uphill 0.9 miles, then turn left into the trailhead parking near the cell phone towers. GPS N 37 10.740' W 113 16.601', Alt=3650'. The steep dirt road 0.2 miles back down U-59 on your left hand side is the trail's start. Climb the road until you see the singletrack on your left hand side 2.3 miles later.
Riding notes, Gould's Rim to Hurricane Rim Loop:
0.0 R (downhill) on US-59
0.2 L uphill on DR
1.8 Top of DR climb
2.3 R off DR onto ST
5.4 Trailhead, L on DR
6.2 At corral, find ST rear on R
8.0 ST comes in from R
8.6 US-59. For Big Loop, cross to DR
8.9 JEM Trailhead, straight
9.3 Turn L onto ST (JEM)
11.0 Cross gravel road
14.0 Fork L to Hurricane Rim
15.8 Virgin Dam trailhead
16.0 Keep L (R=Virgin Dam trail)
18.7 R across Chinatown Wash
19.6 Dam trail rejoins on R
20.2 Panorama Point
21.5 Back at parking

STUCKI SPRINGS TRAIL
The Stucki Springs Trail starts southwest of St. George in Green Valley, with an alternate trailhead in Santa Clara. From Green Valley, it climbs up the "Downhill Race Course" singletrack for three miles, drops (and we do mean DROPS) off the mesa to rolling desert, turns south at Stucki Springs, then joins the Green Valley Trail again at Clavicle Hill. The loop described here is 19 miles, strenuous aerobic, intermediate technical with a rare smattering of advanced technical.
Use the directions from the Green Valley Raceway to get there. The trail starts westward with a rough and rock technical climb UP the Downhill Race Course. When the trail reaches doubletrack after 3 miles, turn uphill (left) and ride to the viewpoint at the top. GPS N 37° 05.355' W 113° 39.947'.
Backtrack down the doubletrack, pass the singletrack, then turn left (a few feet later) in the saddle on the ridge GPS N 37° 05.618' W 113° 39.573'. Follow the doubletrack down to the valley. It's very steep. Hang your butt off the back, and work your brakes intelligently.
The trail rock'n rolls as an ATV doubletrack through hard-packed desert dirt. At Stucki Springs (really just a stock watering trough GPS N 37° 05.971' W 113° 40.570'), turn left up the small ridge just before the fence.
The route will be gradually uphill for a couple of miles, then the trail forks. Keep left -- don't go to the other side of the big wash (Cottonwood Wash) at GPS N 37° 05.244' W 113° 42.112'. From here, you'll head southeast along the edge of the wash.
The trail turns east and generally downhill. At the next fork in the trail, right takes you along the ridge (preferred route), left down the bottom of the wash. The trails join about a mile later just before Clavicle Hill. Avoid any side trails heading south -- these don't go where you're headed.
The trail turns north a bit to hook up with the Green Valley trail at Clavicle Hill. Below the hill, find a trail heading east at the base of the bluff. This is the best part of the ride. Rock 'n Roll! When you reach Bloomington, follow the streets to your left, over the hill back into Green Valley.

BROKEN MESA RIM TRAIL
Located 5 miles north of St. George, this is an awesome ride, for advanced or strong intermediate technical riders. The downhill singletrack is 7 miles, with an initial uphill mile that climbs 600 vertical feet. It can be done as an 8-mile point-to-point with shuttle, or as a 14.5-mile loop. There is also a new non mapped upper trail that forks UP when you connect up to the Ice House trail. The trail starts at the northern end of the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve. You'll make an initial singletrack climb up some fairly buff switchbacks. At 0.5 mile, the trail reaches a doubletrack with a pipeline on the far side. Find the continuing singletrack trail on your right, just across the pipeline. Now the climb gets a bit more technical, with frequent basalt rocks to negotiate. At mile 1, the trail reaches the Broken Mesa Rim. It twists through juniper and brush, with more basalt boulders to keep things interesting. At mile 1.6, the downhill begins. The trail twists for 5 miles towards the edge of the cliffs at Washington, first in juniper and rock, then on the mesa-top. At the edge of the mesa, you'll drop at a 20% grade through the broken lava. It's not as bad as it looks. Nothing too tricky here; just hang your butt back and aim the front tire straight down the trail. You'll be fine. Reaching doubletrack at the bottom of the hill, you can turn right to complete the loop. 2.4 miles takes you back to the water tank, where you turn right uphill to follow the road back to the trailhead.

Getting There: From the St. George Blvd exit of I-15, turn towards the city (west), then immediately turn right on 10th East. Zero your odometer here. Take the next right on Highland, then next left onto Industrial Road. Turn left at 0.7 on Red Rock Road. The road will turn to gravel. Keep left at the next fork, continuing north uphill on Cottonwood Road. (At 3.3 miles, you'll pass a water tank on your right. The return trail for the loop option comes back here. You can park here and bike up the road if you want to.) Pavement ends at 3.7. Keep left at the next fork at 5.4. Watch for a sign "Red Cliffs Mesa Rim Trail" at mile 8.8 and turn towards a fenced parking area at a stock watering trough at mile 9.0. GPS N 37° 13.451' W 113° 34.197'

CHURCH ROCKS LOOP W/ PROSPECTOR
An advanced-intermediate trail just north of Washington (about 10 miles north of St. George), with little elevation change (about 150 feet). The best way to ride this is to ride the Prospector Trail down from the Hurricane area, then connecting to this loop. This is definitely a Fall/Winter/Spring trail as it tends to get a bit sandy in the Summer. Be sure to make a mental note where the Church Rocks loop starts so not to miss it on your way back around.

Getting There: From St. George, head north on I-15, take the Hurricane exit and merge right. At your first traffic light, turn left and drive out past the Wal-Mart Distribution Plant. Keep driving until you hit a beer distribution on your left and immediately turn left onto a dirt road that parallels the beer building and heads under the freeway. There is a parking lot on the other side. Park and ride on the dirt road on the far side on the parking lot. Ride this road for roughly a mile until you see a Church Rocks sign on your left hand side. This is the singletrack start. This will put you on a cherry loop, roughly six miles to the Church Rocks loop on the Prospector, three around the loop, and six back. This is the best for a two hour ride.