Little Creek Mountain
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Little Creek Mountain is a flat-top mesa 18 miles east of Hurricane, 10 miles south of its more famous twin Gooseberry Mesa. Like Gooseberry, Little Creek has technical singletrack mixed with areas of open rock. The trail system on Little Creek is currently being revised. See below.

Chad Hunter pauses his K2 on the edge of the Shinarump caprock. To the north, Gooseberry mesa rises above the valley floor. Photo by Bruce Argyle November 11, 2001

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The future of Little Creek Mountain:  The BLM and IMBA are working together to develop a formal mountain bike trail system at Little Creek. The local BLM office is firmly supportive of increasing mountain bike opportunities, but must complete environmental and archeological assessments. For now, you can help by not causing problems -- no "unofficial trail-building", staying on the authorized route, and not placing cairns or other markers. The BLM has told us that riders who are familiar with Little Creek can continue to use the interior loop during the R&D process. Once the preliminary research is complete, the mountain bikers of Utah will have a voice on the trail plan -- probably by late 2005.
UtahMountainBiking.com has temporarily removed access information and trail maps to Little Creek. Our goal is to reduce traffic on "unofficial" trails, so the job of IMBA and the BLM in creating the new trail system is less difficult. Mountain bikers who wish to assist with the trail-creation process can contact Scott at IMBA (Scott Linnenburger <scott@imba.com>) or Cimarron at BLM (Cimarron_Chacon@ut.blm.gov).
The open rock is rolling sandstone and conglomerate of the Shinarump member of the Chinle Formation (Triassic Period, about 245 million years ago). This is great rock riding, without the brutal climbs that are seen at Moab's Slickrock. Everything is on a smaller scale here, making for a gazillion stunt opportunities. Stay tuned for some great riding, as the new trail system comes on-line.

Jon, Jamie, and Keith cross a typical section of Little Creek's rock.

Link to:  Old trail information page

For lodging in the St. George area, as well as travel guides and information on other activities, may we suggest:
Things to do, lodging links:  http://www.utah.com/stgeorge/   http://www.go-utah.com/St-George 
Snow Canyon:  http://www.utah.com/stateparks/snow_canyon.htm 
Red Cliffs Recreation Area - Camping:  http://www.ut.blm.gov/stgeorge_fo/sgfored_cliffs.html 
Quail Creek State Park:  http://www.utah.com/stateparks/quail_creek.htm 
 St. George BLM info:  http://www.ut.blm.gov/stgeorge_fo/ 
Zion National Park:  http://www.nps.gov/zion/    http://www.zion.national-park.com/   http://www.zioncanyon.com/ 
Utah National Forest Camping and Picnic sites:  http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/maps/brochures/camp_picnick_utah.pdf

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