UT - Moab - Flat Pass - Steelbender Mountain Bike Trail Review with Map and Pictures

Description -   
I suggest starting this loop from the kens lake area. Ride up the road, past the cattle guard, and after a short descent, take a right following signs for flat pass. Check out the petroglyphs on your right.. Stream crossing beware, very slippery rocks, I suggest taking your shoes off and walking it, nice ice cream headache action but otherwise your drive train and cleats will be making SSK's hatefull chalk board noise for the best part of the trip.

Soon after your out of the stream the fun begins on nice slickrock Make sure and close the cattle gate. Lots of technical up hilling on rock, big ups, mixed in with some really nice downs.. I can see why this trail is compared to porcupine, the down hilling sections are super flowy, especially the longest one with some nice multiple drops and a few nice banked turns.. Really cool rock at the very end followed by some large smooth stone creek bed rock gardens.. On the way out you might see some hill billy dog and child walking (see pics). Back on pavement, long steep downhill followed by LONG flat pavement hell with the lasalles in the background and some cool farm animals to talk to.

Only downer of this ride was the road ride home, I hate the road, really passionately, everything about it, the yellow lines, the white lines, the barking horse size dog that almost bit my head off with a pickup driveby..

Loops -  Loop described above is good , or you might want to park at either end and to an out and back (twice the trail mileage).  Advantage of parking at the moab end would be missing the road climb at kens lake AND skipping the deep stream crossing!!!