{"id":435284,"date":"2018-11-15T04:55:31","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T11:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/?p=435284"},"modified":"2018-11-14T22:57:08","modified_gmt":"2018-11-15T05:57:08","slug":"tbt-zion-curtain-rabbit-valley-24-oct-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/tbt-zion-curtain-rabbit-valley-24-oct-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"TBT: Zion Curtain &#8211; Rabbit Valley (24 Oct 2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This post is part of a Throwback Thursday series featuring trip reports that we haven\u2019t had a chance to write about until now! Look for them on Thursdays!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been biking in Fruita for over two decades, yet there are a few classic rides I have not checked off the list.  The Zion Curtain finally got it&#8217;s check mark last fall.  This ride is a little less technical than some others near the Colorado River.  But, that doesn&#8217;t detract from the fun.  Not to mention, a good chunk of his ride is actually located in Utah.  Unlike the Interstate though, you won&#8217;t be finding signs at the border.<\/p>\n<p>I ended up riding this loop with my friend Larry.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/zioncurtain_24oct2018\/20171024_1254430Larry.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Mountain biking Zion Curtain\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/zioncurtain_24oct2018\/20171024_1302430Larry.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"571\" alt=\"Mountain biking Zion Curtain\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more READ MORE!--><\/p>\n<p>The trail was very cross-country, but still had it&#8217;s own flow with a fun descent.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/zioncurtain_24oct2018\/20171024_130955_065_01Larry.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"607\" alt=\"Mountain biking Zion Curtain\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/zioncurtain_24oct2018\/20171024_130955_093_01Larry.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"573\" alt=\"Mountain biking Zion Curtain\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We liked this move.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/zioncurtain_24oct2018\/20171024_134301_049_01Larry.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Mountain biking Zion Curtain\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Me.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/zioncurtain_24oct2018\/20171024_130156BrittanyZion.jpg\" width=\"562\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Mountain biking Zion Curtain\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The ride was rewarded with a Cold Snack of the Montucky sort.  I mean, who doesn&#8217;t love that can!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/zioncurtain_24oct2018\/20171024_153444Montucky.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Montucky Cold Snack.\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Overall opinion?  Zion Curtain was fun and I&#8217;d do it again.  But the trails out of Loma are generally more fun. And the queen of Rabbit Valley is the Western Rim Trail.  Still, Zion Curtain should be a trail on your list to check out in the Fruita area.<\/p>\n<h3>Want to do this ride yourself?<\/h3>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a map!  We did the Zion Curtain loop in a clockwise direction.  We took some wrong turns a few different times, which is pretty obvious on the map.  The loop is about 19 miles without wrong turns.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1j2CRvMf0u8hxJkBuv8OBBsqq3Lfih5s6\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been biking in Fruita for over two decades, yet there are a few classic rides I have not checked off the list.  The Zion Curtain finally got it&#8217;s check mark last fall.  This ride is a little less technical than some others near the Colorado River.  But, that doesn&#8217;t detract from the fun.  Not to mention, a good chunk of his ride is actually located in Utah.  Unlike the Interstate though, you won&#8217;t be finding signs at the border. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-435284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435284"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":435419,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435284\/revisions\/435419"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}