Trails

Kokopelli's Trail system - at the start of the 142 mile track from Fruita to Moab there are several singletrack loops that make up the Fruita end of the Kokopelli system. Rustlers Loop, Mary's Loop, Horsethief Bench, Moore Fun, Mack Ridge, Lions Loop, Steves/Handcuffs and Troy Bilt loops all add up to 40 some miles of desert mountainbiking within the Colorado River Canyons known as Ruby Canyon and Horsetheif Canyon. The Trailhead is the easiest to reach and thus the perfect starting point. With the trails lying in the river canyon you will quickly leave civilization and find yourself in a pure sandstone and desert MTB world.

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100% Singletrack; all built by mountain bikers and built for the sole interest of a flowing mountain bike experience. The Trails north of Fruita are the heart and soul of what Fruita Mountain biking is all about. Back in 1994-95 the rag tag bunch from Over the Edge drove north and found this rolling terrain with a few 500 year old trees and started creating a trail system that has been proclaimed as a personal favorite of some of the best riders in the world. No real big technical features and certainly not a free-ride area; this is mountain biking in it's pure and perfect feel. The word FLOW cannot be bold enough to describe what awaits in the bookcliffs. The fun here is in the narrow flowing singletrack and the rhthym of the jumps and undulations. Fruita has long been known for the effort to keep singletrack skinny and preserved; join us in ”keeping singletrack single” - avoid making off trail tracks and stop & step aside to yield. Keeping these trails narrow is preserving what we love about riding mountain bikes. Let the ATV's make 4 foot wide trails, not us! The Bookcliffs host; the Edge Loop, Prime Cut, Chutes & Ladders, Frontside, Giggles, Zippety Doo Da and Kessel Run plus tons more in the area surrounding these...

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Grand Junction is the bigger town just a few minutes from Fruita. It's local trail system just minutes from downtown is a the treasure trove of local riding and a must see for the Fruita visitor. World class rocky technical riding makes this the contrast and compliment to the flow of the Bookcliffs. Here you'll find flow among a multiplex of sandstone boulders. Some of the biggest free-ride moves and miles of sweet slickrock and soil stunning rides. Rides in the ”Lunch Loops” (a local term for the first jeep road loop here) have become trails of legend; The Ribbon, Holy Cross, FREE Lunch, Pet-e-kes, Eagles Wing and Eagles Tail, Gunny Loop and a whole slew of connectors and such. Not to mention that you can connect this from here to Telluride/Montrose on the 130plus mile Tabeguache Trail system. Take a day to explore this area for sure; unless the Kokopelli's was technically ”hard” and then you might not like this area too much, think rocks... plenty of rocks!

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West of Fruita and even into eastern Utah; Rabbit Valley is a paradise of long desert rides with plenty of variety and scenery to wow even the regular local. Rides that can loop you in a 50 mile singletrack epic or the 20 mile ride that will have you posting your own pictures on the web. Must try the Western Rim and Zions Curtain as well as the Westwater Mesa and the connection of them all in some huge variation off the Kokopelli's Trail. BLM info here is Motorcycle focused but you'll find plenty of local knowledge at Over the Edge or in the Fruita Fat Tire Guide. We love it here; I rode here yesterday...

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