Originally Posted by
kahn
Did Monitor/Merrimac. Rode the old road up into Arches and around Courthouse Wash??
Monitor & Merrimack is awesome - especially once you get to the monoliths. On the way back, you ride past Determination Towers. Spectacular area. I’ve done the old Arches road, too — out where Ed Abbey used to live when he was a ranger there.
After many mountain biking trips there in the 90s, I also took up hiking — challenging and not as thrilling, but some of the areas where bikes aren’t permitted are well worth the effort.
Apologies to all for the thread hijack.