just after the road enters a huge open flat, turn right off the main road and go past an abandoned drill site (note the large metal post). The first section of the trail is a rapid descent for 3.8 miles along a graded road through pinyon-juniper woodland. Starting from Utah313, the trail, except for the climb out of Little Canyon, is nearly all downhill back to Highway 191. The Gemini Bridges Trail is well known to local riders for its scenery and long descents. On Highway 313 at a point 0.9 mile west of the Mineral Bottom turnoff (12.6 miles west of the Utah 313/US191 junction).

Gemini Bridges, a pair of natural rock spans spectacular views of Behind the Rocks and colorful rock formations. The road to the rim is physically demanding mostly on slickrock with the typical rubble found on 4×4 roads. Take a break and see if you can identify the Bride & Groom. Last section on massive sandstone features an arch just before reaching the rim of Bride Canyon. Numerous interesting turns, drops, and climbs over and along ledges and thru boulders. Surface is all slickrock along shallow drainages. Start the trail at the Gold Bar Rim 4×4 road (end of Little Canyon ST).

This is the 4th trail in the Mag 7 system.

The ride on roads to the rim has an average grade of 12% with a climb of 957 feet. From the end of Little Canyon ST to the overlook of Bride Canyon is a 400 ft climb. Intermediate plus riders aerobically demanding. (typically ridden as an up and back on the singletrack since continuing on Mag 7 involves negotiating difficult 4×4 roads. Events submit an event blog contact search Covid-19 Info ☰ġ.2 miles of singletrack and 2.3 miles of 4×4 road to the rim.

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