If you’re like me, your favorite trail around here is the last one. I love the diversity here. Sometimes I want to go fast and flowing, and sometimes slow and techy. Based on BLM electronic counters the top five favorite trails are:
- Bearclaw Poppy – with 23,162 riders per year
- Gooseberry Mesa – with 19,618
- Hurricane Cliffs – with 15,831
- Wire Mesa – with 14,240
- Santa Clara – with 13,680
These numbers are amazing and would be hard to believe except they are based on actual electronic counts. When you do that math Bearclaw Poppy averaged 63 bikers a day for the year. Crazy.
We only have counts on BLM trails. I suspect the Desert Canyon trails would make the top five if we counted next year, and the South View trails in Cedar City are blowing up. We are fortunate to have so many great trails in our area, but it wasn’t luck. A lot of people including volunteers, the BLM, and National Forest Service people, have all worked very hard to make these trails happen.
