UT - Tusher Canyon - Moab - Mountain Bike Trail Review with Map and Pictures

Update 2006 - Checked out Tusher Canyon West..  Very cool larait loop, not quite as cool as The east side in my opinion, but you can easily ride them both in the same day..  To get to the start, from the main road / streambed, look for right up sandy hill walk up, 50 feet or so, youll see the start.  Its not marked but easy to navigate, basically just keep riding on whatever level you start on, if you get cliffed out, U-turn and look for way to get up.. Once you get around point there are some sections of singletrack, and some hike a bike sections..  Look for cutoff on right, steep hill about 30 feet high, warn in, walk to top and youll find singletrack through monoliths with scampering bunny's..  Some cool lines back home if you go upper deck there are a couple spots (expert) where you can ride down, plus maybe one dismount..

Do not ride here if there's even a chance of rain!!

Description -   I was intrigued by this ride due to its similarity and promiscuity to bartlet wash - the coolest place on earth. It was a great rest day play day with no rest. Drive in don't ride in, if you ride, your legs will be so focking tired, you wont make it to the first cairn. Anyway, so from the parking area, ride into the wash and follow the strange slickrock with natural drainage trenches to your left and look for cairns that get you up on the entrada slickrock.. Just a couple couple carry's, then its ride time.. Not quite like bartlet in that you cant play much on the way out to the play area since there is a cliff on your right the whole way up.. Its not really bad except for one spot that I must say would be more dangerous to walk than ride.. Your not that close to the edge, but its off camber.. If anyone in your crew doesn't like heights, stick with Bartlet wash..

So the good news is, Tusher is really cool, rock is a bit different than bartlet, some really cool rock formations. Two towers had some fun as hell lines, you can drop down and pedal up - amazing grippiehippieness.. Keep going, look at that useless map you brought, explore, see if you can find the pancake drop or the corkscrew nipple.. Some of the rock looks fragile, use some finesse and don't leave a trace.. Oh yeah, diving board was cool too.. And the views of monitor Merrimac were amazing.. Lariat was 7 miles or so round and round trip.

Loops - There is no trail, just rock, no dots, ride what inspires you.  Map shows a lariat.