This mountain bike ride is ideal for riders who want an introduction to off-road terrain and riding techniques. The ride contours a bluff overlooking the Windows section of Arches National Park.

Utah locals call it "the swell", a 3000ft fold of sandstone and shale on the edge of the Colorado Plateau. Its hidden canyons provided sanctuary to old west outlaw Butch Cassidy. Today the same red-wall canyons are your sanctuary from the everyday grind.

The Maze and other untamed country in Canyonlands National Park provides mountain bikers and hikers the complete experience?solitude, unparalleled beauty, clean air, and some of the most challenging bike terrain anywhere.

We will ride to scenic overlooks of the river canyon cut from a breath-taking landscape of petrified sand dunes. On the morning of day three we will drop our bikes and don our life vests for the time of your life down the Yampa River.

A perfect family destination off the beaten path in the heart of Utah, just 90 minutes from Salt Lake City.