Overview
About Bighorn Mountain Biking
Why stop
- Electric-bike rentals and guided rides are available at the trailhead.
Map
Where it is
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Dead Horse Point Tour Guide
Your drive to Bighorn Mountain Biking, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Dead Horse Point State Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
Recorded for this place
Intrepid Trailhead and Cable Line“You're approaching the Intrepid trailhead, the access for a longer outing to the Cable Line hoist. Its rusted tripod and pulley helped oil workers lift equipment from the river in the early nineteen fifties.”
Plays as you drive up to Bighorn Mountain Biking in the Parkwolf Dead Horse Point Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Moenkopi Yurts
- Visitor Center Rim Trails
- Visitor Center and Desert View
- The Dark Skin on the Cliffs
- 11 audio storiesacross Dead Horse Point’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Raven, Whiptail Lizard, Fence Lizard, and 1 more
- Works offlinemaps, 21 trails, 22 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
“Fantastic app with many points of information… It’s great to just turn on while you’re driving and it gives you an audio tour of the national Park. We love it!!!!”
Guide
More about Bighorn Mountain Biking
Get a bike for the Intrepid trailsBighorn Mountain Biking is the bike-rental concession at Dead Horse Point’s main mountain-bike…
Bighorn Mountain Biking is the bike-rental concession at Dead Horse Point’s main mountain-bike trailhead, about a mile south of the entrance station. It rents traditional and electric mountain bikes and arranges guided rides. Book ahead: walk-up bikes aren’t always available, so don’t count on getting one on arrival.
Choose your rideThe Intrepid Trail System has more than 17 miles of non-motorized trails.
The Intrepid Trail System has more than 17 miles of non-motorized trails. Bighorn describes its Dead Horse Point routes as beginner to intermediate, with views toward Canyonlands, the Colorado River and the La Sal Mountains. Private guided rides are available by reservation, with trailside support and flat-tire help.
Getting to the trailheadPark entry is required per vehicle.
Park entry is required per vehicle. If the primary mountain-bike lot is full, the park’s backup lot is north of the Visitor Center and reserved for mountain bikers in that situation.
How the trail system came togetherMoab Trail Mix completed the Intrepid system in 2014 with a donation from Intrepid Potash.
Moab Trail Mix completed the Intrepid system in 2014 with a donation from Intrepid Potash.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Dead Horse Point
33 sightingsRavenMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
16 sightingsWhiptail LizardMost seen around 10 AMSighting map
34 sightingsFence LizardMost seen around 8 AMSighting map
42 sightingsSide-blotched LizardMost seen around 9 AMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Dead Horse Point. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
