Mountain Bike Photography - Moab Mountain Biking

Looking Back: Mountain Biking Moab, Utah

I love fall. It’s my favorite time of the year. Cool mornings followed by warm days. Shades of yellow and red, earthy tones permeate the landscape as leaves foretell a brisk season ahead. If I can’t have fall though, let it be spring.

It felt like just yesterday that a friend and I were stuffing the car full of unused bike gear, tired of the ice-encrusted roads and unpredictable weather patterns in Whitefish, Montana. We had some spare time, a couple days at least, and it made complete sense to spend this time driving the 14 hours south for some Moab mountain biking. Why you ask? Although it has lost some of its original allure, mountain biking in Moab still rocks (no pun intended), especially in the early spring when the crowds have yet to swarm the area. It was a bit of a risk to be sure. April is still early, even in Utah, where snow can fall and morning temps easily hover in the 30s – 40s. But who cares. The sun shines in Utah more than in Montana; plus I had a new Giant Anthem mountain bike to play with.

So we rode for four days. It was spectacular. We encountered small patches of snow on north-facing aspects of the Porcupine Trail but otherwise the Moab trails were in perfect shape. Below are some mountain bike photos from the trip.

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