Most of our mountain bike trails will be
snow-free after
Memorial Day. Winters tend to be long at 9,700 ft.,
but then, summers are ideal for bicycling. Average highs
for July and August are about 70 degrees, September starts
to cool down slightly with the Aspen trees turning
gold at the end of the month. October can bring us an
Indian Summer, extending the bike season, or it can bring us
a good snowstorm and early ski season.
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Our elevation doesn't require a third lung because our topography is gentle. We sit atop a plateau with large expanses of flat and rolling terrain. Furthermore, there's no need to do any uphill riding if you utilize our shuttle service; or take your mountain bike with you on a lift for some incredible downhill runs. | 
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Single-track trails, forest roads, and pioneer trails
on public lands are open to mountain bikers; and plenty of good
pavement for skinny tires -- all providing beautiful scenery; massive
red-rock cliffs and canyons, colorful sculptured rock
formations, flower-filled meadows, lush Conifer and Aspen
forests. (Late June early August is the best time for wildflowers.)
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Some noteworthy natural features in the area are cedar Breaks National Monument, a magnificent amphitheater of eroded rock, 2,000 ft. deep, containing a wide spectrum of colors and myriad rock formations; the Twisted Forest, a grove of gnarled, ancient Bristlecone pine trees - some close to three thousand years old; and our namesake, Brian Head Peak (11,307 ft.), offering a 360 degree view of the area including Zion, and Bryce National Parks, Cedar Breaks, the Tushar Mountains and even Wheeler Peak in Nevada. |
Finally, to ensure your visit here is pleasant, may we suggest
you use insectrepellant in July, sunscreen all the time, a jacket
for our cool mountain evenings, and a camera to
record you marvel -- otherwise, the folks back
home just won't believe you.
Beyond the great skiing and snowboarding that abounds here during winter, Brian Head is fat becoming "Utah's Other Utopia" for mountain bikers looking for a new place to ride, and with good reason. Located in southwest Utah's Color Country, Brian Head's area trails offer diversity, scenery, and over 100 miles of mostly downhill world-class singletrack trails.
| The Brian Head area offers one of the nation's most integrated mountain biking destinations. Mountain Bikers can ride the Giant Steps chairlift or choose round-trip shuttles to access a myriad of US Forest Service and private trails with dazzling vertical-- drop over 5,300 feet on a 20 mile ride! Area mt. bike trails snake through lush mountain meadows, past shimmering alpine lakes, and down several climate zones. The Brian Head Resort's Mountain Bike Park offers a lift accessed trail network criss-crossing the Resort's ski slopes. |
These trails are marked similarly to ski runs offering everything from easy, green circle cruises to double-black diamond technical descents. The Park's charitlift runs Friday through Monday. Several Bike Shops in the area offer daily shuttle service with pick-ups in both Parowan and Panguitch Lake.
The Brian Head area hosts several premier festivals and competitions throughout the summer and fall. In fact, Cycling Utah voted us as staging Utah's Best Fat Tire Festival. We'd be happy to mail you our event brochure for this summer's exciting fat-tire festivals and competitions, just e-mail us your name and address. The bike shops in the area feature front and full-suspension mountain bike rentals, repairs, and service plus all of your knobby-tire needs.
Snow Country Magazine recently included Brian Head's Bunker Creek trail among the nations' five best fat-tire trails. Outdoor Action Magazine termed the area's Dark Hollow trail as "...the downhill of the Gods." Several other recent articles in major mountain bike publications have highlighted Brian head's fat tire fun, including Outdoor Action Magazine, Mountain Biker Magazine, Mountain Biek Action, and Mountian Biker. Free trail maps featuring the area's most popular trails are available, just e-mail us you name and address for your copy.
Your southern Utah adventure is complete at Brian Head with mountain bike
lodging packages, close proximity to five national parks and adjacent to
fishing hot spots, hiking, camping and red-rock sight-seeing.
Call 1-801- 677-2810
