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Gold Bar Rim Trail, Moab

Trail

Trail 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)

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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
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3.0
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3.0
Reviewed by Rolf    January 10, 2012

transalp

I’ve been mountain biking Goldbar for years and got an invite from some Jeepers. Had me a Transalp at the time so me and the misses went with. It’s amazing that a stock street bike two-up can out do locker jeeps bought in on trailers. Good fun, challenging enough to keep it interesting where White Rim has views but it’s just dirt double track. Did Flat Pass counter-clockwise as well that weekend, good fun as well.

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Gold Bar Rim Trail, Moab 2008-08-31 23:11:33 Daniel Dialogue
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2.2
Location (5 - easy access, 1 - middle of nowhere))  
 
1.0
Level of Difficulty (5 - the trail was challenging. 1 - Boring)  
 
3.0
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5.0
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1.0
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1.0
N7SLC Reviewed by N7SLC    August 31, 2008
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The finish...

The third and last part of the Poison Spider to Golden Spike to Gold Bar Rim Loop. After a long and

challenging ride starting at Poison Spider, this leg of the journey is welcomed with fast sandy

sections and a relaxing vertical two-track climb to the rim before coming back down to the

highway. If you plan on making this ride a loop, it's best to be plated or have someone meet you

at the parking area.

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