Having beaten Colorado just about to death every summer, I decided to wait until just after Labor Day and do the mountains in southern Utah. Had a great time and only rode with another rider on one day. Did something well over 1200 miles, mostly all off road. Fall colors were starting to show up in some places.

 

I was in the Dixie National Forest east and west of Bryce Canyon. This area is riddled with trails of all kinds...easy, hard, and in between. There were places you could ride a 4X4 trail up to overlooks of Bryce, but you were outside the park.

 

I had some great campsites for the just over two week trip. I had no neighbors and didn't even see many people on the trails and routes. This was another thing better than Colorado.

 

Overall the weather was great. It didn't have the extreme cold nights of some places in Colorado, and the day temps were so moderate that I even did some desert in the Escalante area. It was about the most comfortable dirtbike trip I've taken as far as moderate temps. Nights were usually 44-50 and days were usually 68-78...chamber of commerce stuff. I did hook up one day and ride with a guy from Minnesota on a KTM690 enduro...nice guy on a nice bike. We rode out to Powell Point that day in the forest...fun ride, neat terrain.

 

Good pic's!
You missed all the rain in CO!

 

Actually I missed about a day and a half from rain, but it came and went fast with great weather before and after. I think I'm going to be doing two major trips to Utah each year now instead of one and just skip CO for the most part. Fall in the Utah mountains is quite different than CO. Also I thought the deserts of Utah in the Escalante area would be warmer this time of year, but it was quite nice.

 

You got a new rig, first class camping for you. I stopped by moab for a few days on my way back from CO, the weather was beautiful in early sept.

 

Did you nab the pot o' gold???

 

LOL!...no kidding. You could see right where that sucker hit the ground. I was riding down in that area two days earlier. You're actually looking down into the western part of Capitol Reef National Park in that pic.

 

Awesome stuff TNC!!!