today we're gonna ride porcupine rim one
of the most technical and dangerous
rides in Moab Utah the original plan was
to ride a 26 mile Odyssey called the
whole enchilada for which we had already
booked the shuttle the weather didn't
cooperate but the shuttle company gave
us the option of starting further down
the mountain this meant we could still
ride porcupine rim we took them up on
that the driver instructed us to take
Jimmy keen trail for a few miles
this was a fun flowy warm-up which ended
at ups or upper porcupine single track
this is where the party gets started UPS
has everything a slick rock to sand to
fast and whitey sections sometimes the
trail runs right along the edge of the
mountain revealing amazing views of
Castle Valley when you see pictures of
porcupine rim you'll always see shots
like this Wow I don't know whether the
fog and rain made the view worse or even
more magnificent this is incredible
gotta stop for the views
sure let me just get to the top of this
oh that's the trailer the trails are
actually well marked but I somehow ended
up off-track quite a few times the
others quickly learned the consequences
of taking my wheel oh don't hold my
wheel wrong time it is what it is it is
what it is after shredding ups for a few
miles we reached LPS or lower porcupine
single track this is where things really
start to get interesting because you can
take one of two routes to the lower
section we took the one to the right
which was an impossibly tight switchback
a lot of people walked this part but
this dude was committed to cleaning it
like a freaking boss
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yes the second left-hand turn took me a
few tries to clean take the outside this
switchback seemed like a qualifier for
what was to come because the really
rough stuff was ahead of us
dude this is epic we were bombing so
many ledges so fast that eventually one
got the best of me
it was slanted in the opposite direction
of the trail oh the whole dropper
switches bit ah there you go well it's
they figured out what stay yeah I won't
know a few repairs up on the handlebars
and we were on our way
lower porcupine singletrack eventually
gives way to a cheap road or as the sign
says simply porcupine rim this seems to
be the only part of the trail that
people complain about and I guess I can
see why it's the single longest section
which is composed of loose unburied
chunky double track it's definitely not
my favorite section but we were all
smiling ear-to-ear the whole way if
you're a good descender with a capable
bike you can totally bomb the jeep Road
the scenery is also incredible in every
direction and if you're taking your time
they're fun slick rock features to
session along the way there were a
couple of times we stopped just to
discuss what an awesome time we were
having so I thought the Jeep rode was
fun still it seems plain and boring
compared to the final section along the
Colorado River this is known as
porcupine single track and it's the
stuff of legends it's so insanely quiet
here
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things get faster in this section and
everything on your right starts to get
increasingly interesting after a few
minutes you're riding along a cliff fast
as balls
holy crap look at that view
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as the exposure increases so to Dazz the
difficulty of the features it's like the
last level of a video game where
everything culminates into one epic
battle to the finish things keep ramping
up
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oh don't slip you guys alright alright
just checking up we regrouped and
reached a pathway between two boulders
is this way which way is the trail
that's where the trail is our house
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that's me going ot be on a two inch High
Rock what just happened
after watching this from three different
camera angles it's still not clear what
happened who I licked my wounds and
climbed back up to clean it at the
bottom of those rocks it wasn't
immediately apparent where the trail
went but there was a sign no it's up its
up I think I thought I saw an awesome
video where somebody bunny hops up that
that's where the trail goes that's hard
alright two more gears now in the
cassette whoever decided to leave this
ledge here as a final technical
challenge deserves a medal they could
have piled up some rocks in front of it
or chipped away at the top to mellow it
out but instead of dumbing it down they
left one gem of an obstacle for advanced
riders it took me three attempts if
you've written or attempted this feature
I want to hear about in the comments
after a little bit more technical single
track we had officially survived
porcupine rim
Oh God how did I get myself a day one we
began a ride back into downtown Moab for
a much-needed recovery meal like I said
earlier porcupine Ram is actually part
of a much longer ride called the whole
enchilada the next time we're in Moab
we'll eat the other half of the
enchilada and bomb porcupine rim once
again hopefully the weather cooperates
and we can really film this in a way
that does it justice here's one camera
view that has not happened in today if
you're craving more footage from
porcupine rim check the description for
some links thanks for riding with me
today and I'll see you next time
holy crap this is amazing
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