Description
The Red Canyon Bicycle Trail (a national recreation trail), running for more than 8 paved miles, is appropriately named. This must-do path travels through scenic red canyons in an area referred to a "Little Bryce," after the national park Bryce Canyon.
The trail offers a non-motorized alternative to the busy Scenic Byway 12, both winding through the Red Canyon in Utah's Dixie National Forest to a high mountain plateau. Surrounding you are towering cliffs and scattered pine forest.
For a longer trek, trail-goers can connect with the Thunder Mountain Trail on the path's western tip. Access to campgrounds is also available.
Parking and Trail Access
Parking is available on the trail's western end off Scenic Byway 12 at the Thunder Mountain Trailhead or the Red Canyon Visitor Center.
TRAILBEAR TAKES THE REDS - The Red Canyon Bicycle Trail
By
toolbear
in
October, 2011
10.1.2011
Now, here is a nice trail on the western end of scenic (you better believe) Hwy. 12, climbing through the red rocks to the Paunsaugunt Plateau beyond. The canyon features a visitor center, a nice Forest Service campground on the trail (with ...
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TRAILBEAR CLIMBS THE CANYON: The Red Canyon Bicycle Trail
By
trailbear
in
May, 2011
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST...
TrailBear was last out this way in 2008, riding a folding Dahon Speed 7 - Gutterbunny '08. He is still looking for his pictures of the trail. He found enough pix of the red rocks. The rocks, BTW, are the Claron formation ...
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