Castle Valley Ridge

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Type: Loop
Rating: Advanced
Length: 19 miles
Notes: The trail is steep in places. Don't forget your camera.

THE RIDE: This area of Castle Country is an excellent example of a trail system created by various Government agencies, as well as local volunteer groups, clubs, businesses and organizations, working together for recreation development. The Huntington Canyon area of the Wasatch Plateau is one of the best mountain biking areas in the state. Scenic vistas, wildlife and clean air are in abundance. This trail traverses the Castle Valley ridge in an outstanding combination of dirt roads and singletracks.

Directions: From Price travel 19 miles to the town of Huntington, and proceed 20 miles up Huntington Canyon along Hwy. 31 to Nuck Woodward Canyon. The road heads east and branches off just past a ranger's residence. Proceed up Woodward Canyon along FR 110 to the trailhead about a mile up the road. There are pit toilets here, as well as trail information and a registration book. Please sign in before beginning your tour.

From the trailhead follow FR 110 east. In less than a mile you can see where the trail rejoins the road at the end of the loop. Here the road steepens and deteriorates, bending to the north. After about 6.5 miles look for the Ridge Trail #068 branching off on your right (east). Follow this singletrack along the ridge for the next 9 miles. You will gain 1,200 feet along this sometimes rocky and technical trail. Along the way there are outstanding views of the valleys 3,000 feet below, a well as the Book Cliffs and the San Rat Swell to the east. Follow the ridge trail until you reach Little Park, which has a water trough and corral.

Take the trail heading west down a steep and rocky trail back to FR 110, and then left at the road back to your car.

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