{"id":2812,"date":"2021-08-27T06:22:57","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T14:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=2812"},"modified":"2021-08-27T06:30:02","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T14:30:02","slug":"roadtrip-part-3-utah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=2812","title":{"rendered":"Roadtrip Part 3 – Utah"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The big August MTB vacation continues! Part 3 of the roadtrip covers Bill O’Neil and I in Utah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 13 Plan A – Thunder Mountain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Day 13 – We started the day heading out to Thunder Mountain. The weather in the area turned for the worst. With too much thunder on Thunder Mountain we had had to come up with a Plan B. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 13 Plan B – Virgin River Rim Trail at Strawberry Point<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Plan B was the Virgin River Rim Trail starting from Strawberry Point. This was an amazingly beautiful and challenging trail. The combination of terrain, grade and elevation all worked together to make for some spicey climbing. Oh the downhills were good! That night severe weather swept through the region and we good numerous flash flood warnings\/alerts throughout the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 14 – Rainout Day. While the sun came out, the local 411 was to stay off the trails for the day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Day 15 – Thunder Mountain Take 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After the rain out day, for Day 15 we took another crack at Thunder Mountain. We managed to catch a good weather window and for the most part we were rewarded some near hero dirt. We only had a couple of squishy spots that were created by some irresponsible equestrians who went out on the trail way too soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 16 – Dark Hollow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For Day 16, we did the Dark Hollow, Second Left-Hand Canyon Shuttle. With nearly 5,000 feet of descent this was one impressive route with a some amazing trail itself and phenomenal scenery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bill O’Neil had to go back to adulting so Dark Hollow was our last ride together for this trip. I still have some time left before I have to reenage the realm of adulting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Solo adventures to be continued….<\/p>\n

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