Gold Bar Rim Trail, Moab
Gold Bar Rim Trail, Moab
 Written by 450Thumper
June 26, 2007
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TrailTrail Name Gold Bar Rim Trail. Moab Level of Difficulty Advanced Type of Trail Jeep Doubletrack Trail Location (City, State) Moab, UT Directions to Trail See Google Map below.
Gold Bar Rim is a cliff rim that stands about 1200 feet above Highway 191's path in Moab Canyon. Because the rocks behind the cliff slope downward to the southwest, the rim has a 360° vista. Gold Bar Canyon drains away from the rim into the Colorado River. The trail climbs the cliff in stages, first angling up to Little Canyon, then working its way to Gold Bar Canyon to follow the slope of the Wingate Sandstone layer up to the rim. After doubling back from the rim, the trail begins a loop to include Bull Canyon bottom for a view of Gemini Bridges from below. Approximate mileage: 47 total, 25 off highway.
The Gold Bar Rim vistas take in almost all of the local country, including Moab and its valleys, the La Sal Mountains, the Book Cliffs, and parts of the Colorado River canyon. The Bull Canyon portion includes the top of a 300-foot pour-off to a lower canyon and follows the deepening canyon upstream to where the canyon is again 300 feet deep. The canyon walls have several hard-to-find arches, but the double span of Gemini Bridges makes it one of the prizes of the region.
Sandy dirt punctuated by some surface rocks. There is quite a bit of slickrock near Gold Bar Rim, a little blow sand in Bull Canyon and Little Canyon bottom, and some rocky washbottom in Bull Canyon.
The most difficult is up the final slopes to Gold Bar Rim and returning across Gold Bar Canyon.
User reviews
Average user rating from: 2 user(s)
Gold Bar Rim Trail, Moab
2012-01-10 15:59:02
Rolf
| Overall rating | | 3.6 | | Location (5 - easy access, 1 - middle of nowhere))
| | 5.0 | | Level of Difficulty (5 - the trail was challenging. 1 - Boring)
| | 2.0 | | Scenery
| | 5.0 | | Local Amenities (restaurants, stores, etc.)
| | 3.0 | | Accomadations (Hotels, campgrounds, etc.) | | 3.0 |
Reviewed by Rolf January 10, 2012
transalp
Gold Bar Rim Trail, Moab
2008-08-31 23:11:33
Daniel Dialogue
| Overall rating | | 2.2 | | Location (5 - easy access, 1 - middle of nowhere))
| | 1.0 | | Level of Difficulty (5 - the trail was challenging. 1 - Boring)
| | 3.0 | | Scenery
| | 5.0 | | Local Amenities (restaurants, stores, etc.)
| | 1.0 | | Accomadations (Hotels, campgrounds, etc.) | | 1.0 |
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