It took me five years to return to the White Rim Trail outside of Moab, but it was well worth the wait. Some people like to zip through the 100-mile mountain-bike ride in a worthy show of endurance. I ...

White Rim, near Moab, Utah, is a popular route for cyclists pushing the boundaries of long-distance adventure cycling. According to mapping sites such as MTB Project, the 100-mile route is “best done ...

A father’s ride inspires an FKT 21 years later The White Rim Trail in Moab was in Payson McElveen’s DNA. His dad, Mike McElveen, first rode a mountain bike on the famed 100-mile loop in Canyonlands ...

The White Rim Trail is a bucket-list bike ride in Canyonlands National Park. The 100-mile route follows a dirt road through the desert, riding along the geologic formation known as the White Rim, ...

Different start point used, as Simmons tackles Shafer Hill first A little more than a month after Durango’s Payson McElveen set the fastest known time for a mountain bike ride of the 100-mile White ...

I was still wheezing from pushing my bike up the final leg of Hogback, a grueling climb to Murphy’s campground at the beautiful high point of Moab’s iconic White Rim Road. My dad was grinning after ...

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After we parked our bikes at our first campground on the White Rim Trail in Canyonlands National Park near Moab, Utah, I said to my brother, “You hear that?” He gave me a questioning look. The Idaho ...

KatharineP@cssi.com Adventure Adviser: If I had to name a place that was about as far from Seattle in climate and terrain as possible, I’d probably pick Moab, Utah, with its brilliant (bordering on ...

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