The Entrada sandstone in the White Wash area offers slopes, ramps, and ridges. Part of the fun is finding the "solution" to getting up to the next level on the sandstone.
White Wash Slickrock
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White Wash is located about 15 miles southeast of Green
River. This trail offers some upper-intermediate to advanced-level
slickrock playgrounds on awesome Entrada Sandstone. Ledges in the Entrada
make this rock more challenging than Bartlett Wash
or Tusher Canyon. There's no marked trail on the
rock -- your challenge is to find the spots that let you attack each ledge
to conquer the next level of rock.
The Entrada sandstone in the White Wash area offers slopes, ramps, and ridges. Part of the fun is finding the "solution" to getting up to the next level on the sandstone. |
| Between the playgrounds, there's wash-bottom riding in sand. So bring fat tires and thigh-to-spare, or be prepared to push your bike a bit. This trail is for riders who've "been there, done that" on the Moab slickrock, and are looking for new adventures. We don't recommend this area for beginners. |
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| The ride begins with a plunge from the bluff down to the flats of White Wash. It's only 500 vertical in 0.8 mile, but some areas are pretty steep. Whether you push your bike back uphill depends on how much the motorcycles have torn up the surface. You'll ride the clays of the late-Jurassic Morrison Formation down to the edge of the Entrada sandstone. |
| The Entrada playgrounds are found at the base of the cliffs. As as far as we could see, there's no way to ride the entire area continuously -- small washes penetrate slot canyons, turning the Entrada into sheer cliff. |
| Playground 1: Intermediate
difficulty rock. Most ledges have fairly easy "solutions" to
continue uphill and westward. The majority of this area is doable without
taking air or portaging. Playground 2: Advanced-level rock. Two drag-a-bike portages are required. Depending on your attack skills, other ledges have "solutions" that are doable if you cruise and look. On top of the saddle, you can cruise northeast about a mile on easier slickrock, or continue attacking uphill to the top of the Entrada. Downhill, the rock can be ridden continuously if you're a fearless aerial specialist. |
| Trail notes (if ridden continuously): 0.0 Head south and plunge downward 0.9 Off the hill, heading S on ST 1.1 ST drops into wash Cross wash to R for Playground 1 Down wash to continue ride 1.5 Small wash intersects White Wash N 38° 48.616' W 110° 01.126' Turn L (east) 1.8 Playground 2 on your L (Portage bike up onto rock) 2.1 Wash veers R (south) |
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Getting there: On I-70, drive 15 miles east of Green River. Get off at Ranch Exit 175. Turn right and head south. At mile 4.1 from I-70, keep right (left is Blue Hills Road). At around mile 7, keep left. Pass the unmarked trailhead to Dee Pass at mile 7.2. When the road rises to the top of the mesa and turns slightly northward at mile 9.1, look for a flat open spot on your left with tire tracks. GPS N 38° 49.572' W 110° 01.240'. This is the trailhead. |
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