Bartlett Wash (Slickrock Playground)
April 29, 2006

 
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After riding the Poison Spider & Portal trails, we headed out to Bartlett Wash to check things out. It was actually located down the road from Klondike Bluffs. We had heard this was a great place to go, but never really heard why. Once we got into it, we quickly learned why. It's slickrock like the Slickrock trail, but it's more varied. Basically you can ride anywhere and anyway you want out here. 


Traveling across this slope, you could "surf" up and down the slope.


Gives you an idea of how much there is. Afterwords we wished we had done this instead of the Slickrock trail 


The area was huge. Unfortunately we had a limited amount of time. We had to return the bikes that evening and our morning ride was pretty
long. The worst part was we hadn't eaten since breakfast that morning. By the time we got out to here, we were wasted.


This is looking in the opposite direction. It just goes on and on.


 
The lovely desert landscape.


In addition to surfing the slopes, there were these huge bowls you could ride up, down or around in various sizes. This one was pretty wide
and not very steep. There was one shute that was very narrow and steep. It was even a double with a turn. You went down then down again
around a corner. Some sixty year old local did it while we were there, but none of us had the courage or energy to try it. We were pretty
bummed.


Not very exciting as far as elevation goes.




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