The opportunities for riding OHVs in the mountains are ending in the northern part of the state for 2023. As I look out my window to the east, there is snow on Francis Peak. That is not the case in the Henry Mountains by North Lake Powell. Ticaboo is where the last rally of the year will be ...
Fall is upon us, as evidenced by the changing colors in the leaves and the preponderance of Halloween decorations. I have a son whose family goes nuts with spooky decorations. With Halloween everywhere, why not celebrate the season on OHV trails in Circleville. The people who sponsored the ...
The State Line Trail was one of the trails offered at the First Annual Color Country Jamboree in Cedar City. Being a new jamboree, I wasn't familiar with all the trails offered, so I just closed my eyes and pointed at one. I was not disappointed. Every trail I have ever taken has offered ...
We were two days into a four-day ride on the Paiute ATV Trail System. We used the Drop System to stay together and it worked very well. We had already made a trip to the Meadow Hot Pots west of the town by that name, a 47-mile loop on the mountain above Fillmore, and a 93-mile trip to ...
The red rock country of Southern Utah never fails to amaze me. It has been a few years since I have made a trip to Blanding and the closer I got, the more excited I became. Traveling down Highway 6 to Interstate 70, we saw the jagged outline of the ridges of the San Rafael Swell on our right. ...
My experience on the Arapeen Jamboree was amazing. It is the first time I have been since 2005, so a lot of things have changed in those 18 years. Originally, this jamboree had rides both in the San Rafael Swell and on the Arapeen Trails. They have now separated these into two events — the ...
The Curtis Creek Trailhead is one of the access points to the Shoshone OHV Trail System. It is popular because it's so close to some of Utah’s best mountain ATV trails and it is only a mile east of the Monte Cristo Campground, which is northeast of Huntsville. Parking is a problem because ...
Weather is a factor whenever you venture out into the backcountry. Sources for weather information vary and making decisions on apps for weather can be pretty tricky. I use Weather Bug and the Weather App on my phone. When the Bug says 30% chance of rain on a given date, I look at the hourly ...
Driving on Interstate 15 by the town of Mona, you would never know that there is such a beautiful trail as there is northeast of town. In fact, you have to know where to go to find the trail because there is no evidence of its existence that can be seen from the freeway. Our friends Terry ...
Friends from Arizona have been coming out of the summer heat to Utah to cool off on our beautiful trails. This has been an annual adventure since I started writing these articles back in 2004, with the exception of two years during the pandemic. Eric Awerkamp and his family caught the ATV ...
