Gooseberry Mesa
by SingleSpeed, Saturday, January 05, 2008 11:03 AM
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Description for Gooseberry Mesa
Gooseberry Mesa is an amazing world-class mountain bike trail. This is a must-do ride. The ride loops around the top of Goosberry Mesa, in-an-out, around-and-over, huge rock formations. It is about 80% slick rock riding. The trail is marked by white paint dots on the rock. There are no huge grinding climbs but lots of short power up and downs. Steep ups and steep downs, ledges, bowls, drops, twists, and turns, it has it all. It is somewhat technical depending on which trail you take.
The Gooseberry Mesa trails are classified as easy, more difficult, most difficult, and extreme difficult. The most difficult takes quite a bit of balance but any intermediate rider should be able to clear most of the stuff with only a dab here or there. I was on and off my bike for a lot of the extreme difficult stuff. The rock is so much fun to climb, it is amazing what our bikes can do. I was suprised at how well my bike could climb some of those rocks. Once you get used to the rock you can do some really cool stuff. The views are truly amazing.
Be sure to check out the point. I rode the south rim trail to the point and then came back on the north rim trail, doing the yellow trail loop, for a total distance of 11.7 miles. It took us almost 3 hours with a long stop on the point to take in the view. The south rim around God's skatepark was some of the best riding I have ever done.
Directions to Gooseberry Mesa Trailhead
To get to Gooseberry Mesa trail from Rockville turn south on Bridge Road. Cross the Virgin River and continue straight until the road turns right (west) and turns to gravel. Keep left at the fork at 1.5 miles. Continue to a total of 6.2 miles just after the small mountain you will see a road go through the fence over a cattle gaurd and a fence post that says "Goose", turn right. Drive 3.6 miles and take the left fork at the outhouse. Stay on the main road ignoring any smaller branching roads and drive 1 mile to the Gooseberry Meas trailhead parking area.
To get to Gooseberry Mesa trail from Hurricane head east on 59. At about 14 miles you will see a sign "Scenic Backway", this is about 2 miles past a gas station. Turn left onto a dirt road. At about 2 miles, just before the small mountain you will see a road go through the fence over a cattle gaurd and a fence post that says "Goose", turn left. Drive 3.6 miles and take the left fork at the outhouse. Stay on the main road ignoring an
Comments/Reviews for Gooseberry Mesa
1. Let loose the goose!
by nycwinter, Tuesday, January 22, 2008 10:03 PM
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| Technical Difficulty: | 4 of 5 |
| Aerobic Difficulty: | 3 of 5 |
This ride was saaweeeeet! It was technical enough, long enough, and the view was awesome. Totally worth it.
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