Over Memorial weekend, we made the 5 hour journey South-East (30 miles from the Colorado border), just off I-70 at exit 131. Our goal was to enjoy a new section of the San Rafael Swell (the Swell) and camp along the North side, instead of our usual location near Temple Mountain and Goblin Valley. The North side is chock full of great off roading adventures, to include :The Devils Racetrack, Buckhorn wash/draw, Head of Sinbad and many others. The most enjoyable and challenging area of riding was easily the Devil's Racetrack. Although I knew about this location, we didn't plan on riding it until we stumbled upon the trailhead. With us were my 15 year old son (Alex), my 12 year old son (Nick), my nephews (Zach, Skyler), my neice (Megan) and my brother-in-law and his friend Jeff. I decided to ride up for the first 3 miles or so to determine if the kids could make it. There were a few rugged stair climbs and slick rock sections, but after that, it seemed to level out. I turned around and indicated that we could probably get the entire group up. What a mistake that was... A few photos from the trip:
Camp
This guy was stinking up the area and completely blocking the trail. I had to winch him off the trail.
Underneath him were frogs, apparently eating away at the underside of this sheep. Carnivorous frogs?
Our first planned ride and Zach’s machine blows out the CVT belt less than 2 miles from camp!
The “Head of Sinbad”
Rest break along Coal Wash:
One of the many natural arches we encountered:
Zach and GF climbing the rock pile.
Spectators at the top of the Devils Racetrack.
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