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Pablo

I need your input. I am contemplating putting a group ride together through the southern half of Utah, and the Four-Corners area. We would probably transport the bikes to Cedar City and take off east from there.
First question: How early in the year can we count on clear roads and no snow?
Second: Give me some ideas of cannot miss sites that don't make it into the typical travel brochures.
Thanks

Catenaccio

Pablo,

I'm close enough to Utah to have traveled Zion, Bryce, Kanab, the North Rim, Highway 12, Torrey, Boulder, Antimony, Circleville, Cedar Breaks, Fish Lake, Moab, etc. Usually, the perfect time of year is an early June ride.

If you're headed to 4-corners, it's easier to start in Green River and drop down. From Green River, you can take in Canyonlands, Arches, Blanding, Monticello, Mesa Verde, and 4-corners. Throw in Monument Valley and Canyon de Chelly too if you want to wander off the beaten path.

From Cedar, it's through Zion, the North Rim, Page or Lee's Ferry, Tuba City, and up to Monument Valley and on to 4-corners. Doable but longer.

Sites along the way...

Pipe Springs National Monument, Cedar Breaks National Monument, all of Highway 12, Bryce and Zion National Parks, Goblin Valley, Kodachrome Basin, Capital Reef National Park, most of Highway 89, Panguitch and Panguitch Lake, Fish Lake, Kolob Reservoir out of Virgin, the underground caves at Duck Creek, Brianhead if you want a great cheap place to stay, Parowan Gap, Pine Valley, Mountain Meadow, Leeds and Silver Reef, the Burr Trail, Hell's Backbone if you ride gravel, Calf Creek, Canyon de Chelly, and the list goes on.

PM me if you decide to start in Cedar. I'm only 80 miles away. PM hidesert if you want the New Mexico perspective.

Pablo

Thanks Cat. It is looking like this may be next years big excursion. I'll keep you posted.