Klondike Bluffs is a relatively easy ride, for the Moab area!  It starts out on a dirt that is rather non-descript.  After fighting through a couple of sand traps, the climb goes up a draw filled with juniper pines and becomes a little more rocky and technical.  About 4 miles into the ride you come to a long slickrock ramp, not the smooth red sandstone of the Slickrock Bike Trail fame, but white Entrada sandstone that is just looking to catch your front tire!  This part of the ride is highlighted by the dinosaur track heading up the slickrock ramp.  Look for them on the far left side.  Beyond the slickrock ramp, you have one more tough hill to climb.  This is the boundary for Arches National Park.  Stash your bike and hike the 1/2 mile out to Klondike Bluffs, it is well worth the effort!!

How to get there: The trailhead is located on the east side of the road, halfway between mile marker posts 142 and 143, just south of the Moab Airport.

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Length: 14.6 miles out and back

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Click here for Rider Mel's view of this trail.

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Watch out for man/bike eating trees!!

Dino track on the slickrock ramp.

Canyonlands National Park, from the Bluffs.

Hhhmmmmm, now which way does the trail go!!!!???

Out on the Bluffs, L to R: Doug, Greg, Chance, Brenton and Jerry.

Chance trying to see the bottom!

The Klondike Bluffs, looking back toward the trailhead.