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The "Brand Trails" are a network of trails a few miles north of Moab. The trail names are based on cattle brands and spell out M-o-a-b. The easy Bar M trail forms a loop from which the other trails can be reached. Bar M is the only trail suitable for beginners. The others require good shifting skill, bike handling ability, and leg power. For experts, there's the "Killer B" descent off the Bar B loop.

Bar M Loop

The Bar M Loop is a fairly easy ride technically. Elevation change is modest at about 300 feet. Many families ride this trail, including baby trailers and trail-a-bikes. The loop is 7 miles long. It can be ridden in either direction. Most riders go counterclockwise. This direction also is the optimal direction for riding the more-technical alternate route using Bar B, Rockin A, then Circle O.

[  Bar M trail page ]

Circle O Loop

The Circle O trail is 100% slickrock, on top of Entrada sandstone. The Circle O trail itself is only about 3.5 miles long with only 200 feet absolute elevation change. To ride it as a loop, include 1.3 miles of the Bar M between the two trail ends. But to get there via the Bar M, your minimum riding distance will be about 10 miles. This trail is quick up-and-down riding, with a few upper-level moves to cross tire-traps and ledges. You can ride either direction, but south-to-north is most common.

[  Circle O trail page ]

Rockin A

Rockin A connects the Bar B loop to the slickrock portion of Circle O. The riding is very similar to Circle O -- quick moves on slickrock requiring good shifting, balance control, and stand-and-grunts. It's only 1.7 miles in length, but to loop around via Bar M is 4 miles. Advanced riders use Rockin A as a route between Bar B and Circle O.

[  Rockin A trail page ]

Bar B Loop

The Bar B trail starts at the southern end of the Bar M loop. It starts as desert singletrack, then throws in technical rock-rolling singletrack. The return half of the loop is easy doubletrack and slickrock. Ridden counterclockwise, the end of the loop connects to the south end of Rockin A.

[  Bar B trail page ]

Killer B

Killer B is a steep one-mile descent from the south end of Bar B to old highway 191 in the valley below. It drops 500 vertical feet in 0.7 miles. There are a few extreme rock-clearing stunts, and a couple of very steep sandstone sections. Near the bottom, there's a 600 foot stair-step hike. From the bottom, use old 191 to go back to Bar M or head downhill back to Moab.

[  Killer B trail page ]

Alternate: From Moab, ride the Old Highway 191 trail until you reach the Bar M sign.

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