{"id":1206,"date":"2013-04-05T13:08:23","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T21:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=1206"},"modified":"2018-09-09T13:11:55","modified_gmt":"2018-09-09T21:11:55","slug":"killer-weekend-in-hurricane-utah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=1206","title":{"rendered":"Killer Weekend in Hurricane Utah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have a mountain of pictures to sort through from this past weekend of camping and riding near Hurricane Utah. Here are a few I\u2019m working on.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1224\" title=\"Utah-Gooseberry-29MAR13-15\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/44a54023b60785f7fae71b10936b5c29.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" alt=\"Utah-Gooseberry-29MAR13-15\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Friday we drove from Socal to Gooseberry Mesa where we setup camp and got in an near sunset ride out on the North Rim Trail.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1219\" title=\"Utah-HurricaneCliffs-30MAR13-36\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/286f9cd877bbea9c16e60d846e6fb502.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" alt=\"Utah-HurricaneCliffs-30MAR13-36\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Saturday we did the Hurricane Cliffs Trail System Loop of Goulds Rim, JEM and the Huricane Rim Trail<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1218\" title=\"Utah-HurricaneCliffs-30MAR13-27\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/7947caaf622a11a243fa2df1d3dac834.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" alt=\"Utah-HurricaneCliffs-30MAR13-27\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was a great loop of about 21.5 miles in length and with a surprisingly sizable amount of climbing.\u00a0\u00a0 We had plans for a late afteroon ride on Gooseberry as well but ending up enjoying tasty beers at camp instead.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1222\" title=\"Utah-LittleCreek-31MAR13-95\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/b4b1b35b633e532a0b38883f8ce35a90.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" alt=\"Utah-LittleCreek-31MAR13-95\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sunday we went over to Little Creek Mesa.\u00a0\u00a0 I had only ridden the Main Loop on a previous trip so we had plans to hit up some of the other goods out there.\u00a0\u00a0 We ended up doing the main loop and then getting out ot the North Point.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1220\" title=\"Utah-LittleCreek-31MAR13-08\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/8ef39ee9a00b8a5eb3a3e6467c3b8e0e.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" alt=\"Utah-LittleCreek-31MAR13-08\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After the North Point we worked our way over to the Magic Carpet Ride trail to get back to the trailhead.\u00a0\u00a0 We had plans to hit up a bit of Gooseberry before sunset but tasty beverages and semi-done legs dicated chilling at camp.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1215\" title=\"Utah-Gooseberry-01APR13-115\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/8c2fa606f46fd1045e49b43a65e85b73.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" alt=\"Utah-Gooseberry-01APR13-115\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Monday morning we got fairly early, grabbed some breakfast and headed out from camp.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1216\" title=\"Utah-Gooseberry-01APR13-120\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/c7ee040b3477e69140467619786701d9.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" alt=\"Utah-Gooseberry-01APR13-120\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We hit up the South Rim trail<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1217\" title=\"Utah-Gooseberry-01APR13-158\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/0d5357a3af05b31ab06dbcc6cc90647f.jpg?resize=607%2C911\" alt=\"Utah-Gooseberry-01APR13-158\" width=\"607\" height=\"911\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As well as the Hidden Canyon trail in both directions.\u00a0\u00a0 I\u00a0finished\u00a0up the ride with nothing left in the tank and the legs completely shot.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A great way to finish off a long weekend of riding.\u00a0\u00a0 We soon had\u00a0packed up camp and were making our way back to SoCal.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 More to follow\u2026.<\/p>\n<!-- Begin Yuzo --><div class='yuzo_related_post style-1'  data-version='5.12.81'><!-- without result --><div class='yuzo_clearfixed yuzo__title yuzo__title'><h3>More Stuff Like This<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"relatedthumb \" style=\"width:165px;float:left;overflow:hidden;\">  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <a  href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=124\"  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Here are a few I\u2019m working on. Friday we drove from Socal to Gooseberry Mesa where we setup camp and got in an near sunset ride out on the North Rim Trail. 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