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Hurricane Rim Trail
The Hurricane Rim trail climbs to the cliffs over the Virgin River near Hurricane. This is a nice 7.5-mile singletrack, but to reach a trailhead you must either cut the ride at 5.7 miles at the Virgin Dam trailhead or continue 1.5 miles to the lower JEM trailhead or 5 miles to the upper JEM trailhead. Advanced riders can consider a loop option. Riding surface is undulating narrow singletrack, often rough with large rock slabs, upper-intermediate to advanced technical. Although there's only about 300 feet of altitude difference, up-and-down riding will raise the climbing total to around 1000 vertical feet.
Riding notes, Hurricane Rim:
0.0 Northeast on ST along fence
0.7 Panorama Point
N 37 11.169' W 113 16.179' Alt=3850'
1.9 Keep R (L = Virgin Dam trail)
2.8 Cross wash, then L 		3.5 Gooseberry Lookout
5.5 Dam trail rejoins on L
5.7 Virgin Dam trailhead, fork L on ST
7.5 JEM trail, fork L
N 37 11.261' W 113 13.862' Alt=3650'
9.0 JEM lower trailhead

Getting there: In Hurricane, turn south on US-59 (towards the Grand Canyon). Follow the road uphill 0.9 miles, then turn left into the trailhead parking near the cell phone towers. GPS N 37 10.740' W 113 16.601', Alt=3650'. The trail begins along the fence, heading northeast.
Upper JEM trailhead: In Hurricane, turn south on US-59 (towards the Grand Canyon). Drive exactly 5 miles uphill. Turn left on cindered doubletrack right as you approach the base of Gooseberry Mesa. Drive another 0.3 miles to the parking area. N 37 08.329' W 113 14.527'
Lower JEM trailhead: At the junction of US-9 with UT-17, turn east towards Zion. 4.8 miles after the turnoff, right after mile marker 17, a gravel road turns right (south). 0.5 miles later, you'll cross over the Virgin River. Cross a cattleguard, then turn right 0.1 miles after the bridge and go 0.2 miles to a turn-around overlooking the Virgin River. GPS N 37° 12.029' W 113° 13.089'

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Riding notes, Gould's Rim to Hurricane Rim Loop:
0.0 R (downhill) on US-59
0.2 L uphill on DT
1.8 Top of DT climb
2.3 R off DT onto ST
      N 37 09.606' W 113 16.330' Alt=4000'
5.4 Trailhead, L on DT
      N 37 08.142' W 113 16.280'
6.2 At corral, find ST rear on R
      N 37 08.310' W 113 15.649'
8.0 ST comes in from R
8.6 US-59. For Big Loop, cross to DT
      N 37 08.096' W 113 14.564' Alt=4350'		 8.9   JEM Trailhead, straight
        N 37 08.329' W 113 14.527'
9.3   Turn L onto ST (JEM)
11.0 Cross gravel road
14.0 Fork L to Hurricane Rim
        N 37 11.261' W 113 13.862' Alt=3650'
15.8 Virgin Dam trailhead
        N 37 11.781' W 113 14.109' 
16.0 Keep L (R=Virgin Dam trail)
18.7 R across Chinatown Wash
19.6 Dam trail rejoins on R
20.2 Panorama Point
21.5 Back at parking