Wide Open Spaces, Adventure’s Available….

Moab is a small town surrounded by stunning vistas and dirt road trails that lead you deep into the Utah badlands. Terrain on these trails range from mild to wild and many lead to abandoned uranium mines, worked in the Cold War years as a strategic resource.

These days, Moab is a Mecca for four-wheeling and outdoor activities. Here are thousands of miles of trails in Moab. Most are unmaintained relics from the days of mining or prospecting for minerals such as uranium, vanadium, radium, copper, gold, and oil. Yet, except for the trails themselves, there are few scars on the landscape.

Some trails are used in current mining and grazing activities, and major access roads receive some maintenance from the county. Others are repaired just enough to get through. Signs are placed to identify each trail a short way into each trail. After that, routes and junctions are marked in ways appropriate for the terrain, wooden posts may have a "trail" sign, slick rock may have painted symbols, and most areas will have cairns -small rock piles- to show the route.

There are roughly 30 different trails that are marked, rated, and maintained by the Red Rock Four Wheelers, who deserve credit for bringing business to the town of Moab and preserving the quality of the experience for all.

Though it is best known as the Off-Road Capitol of the World, Moab is unrivaled for the diversity of its world-class outdoor activities. Mountain bikers, rafters, kayakers, rock climbers, hikers, trail runners, and backpackers of all skill levels have also discovered this town of 4,500. As the gateway to Arches and Canyonlands national parks, and with the La Sal Mountains, the Colorado River, and Dead Horse Point State Park also nearby, it's no wonder why.

The area's sandstone spires attract rock climbers from all over the globe. Castle Valley, 30 minutes northeast of Moab, offers internationally known climbing, and, closer to town, cliff junkies flock to the towers in Arches National Park, the Three Gossips and Owl Rock. Erosion over millions of years has created the world's largest collection of natural sandstone arches that give this park its name.

The Devils Garden Trail is the gateway to eight arches, none more awe-inspiring than the 306-foot Landscape Arch, a rainbow of rock. If you are a photography buff, this is the place to be especially at sunset when the light hits the red rock landscape. The views will take your breath away.

Come spring, when snowmelt engorges the Colorado River, Main Street in Moab suddenly teems with the vans and trailers of rafting outfits eager to scare you witless. The 30 miles of the Colorado north of Moab offer dramatic white-water rafting.

For those uninterested in experiencing a Maytag rinse cycle simulation, mellower, scenic float trips are also available.

Spring and fall are optimal times to visit—summertime temperatures frequently top 100 degrees (but no humidity or insects) and light snowfalls are likely in winter. No matter what your plans for outdoor adventure you will never forget one of the most majestic places on earth!

Canyonlands National Park

 Guided Off-Road Tours

                        Mountain biking on slickrock                           

 Rock climbing

Landscape Arch

Rafting on the Colorado River