Gemini Bridges This is a great way to start your adventure. Travel 10.1 miles north of the adventure center and you will see the trail head off to your left. You will parallel the rail road tracks for a couple of hundred yards and start to climb. Your adventure drops you into a beautiful red rock canyon and follows the drainage; you will come upon an intersection (Go straight) follow the road that climbs up to a mesa. Follow the road until you reach a sign that say’s Gemini Bridges. If you are in a modified Jeep, drop down the staircase ledges and park in the turn around just above the arch bridges. (Please do not drive onto the arches). If you are in a stock Jeep, (clearance Issue), please park at the top and walk the 200 yards down to the arches. After this visit continue west until you reach the pavement, (Highway 313) Turn left to visit Dead horse point and Canyonlands, Island in the Sky. Shafer Trail This is a wonderful complement to the suggested loop (Gemini Bridges, Shafer trail) approximately 90 miles in distance. You will drop into the trail next to the Canyonlands National Park entrance station you will start to descend (1500 feet in 1.5 miles). The views are both spectacular and the decent is exciting. At the bottom of the switchbacks, you will pass a gate and find an intersection. Take a left and the road leads you back to Moab (Approximately 2.5 hours). If you have time, drive out to Musselman arch located about 45 minutes on the White Rim trail. On your way back to Moab be sure and stop off at Wall Street and watch the rock climbers and visit some wonderful Indian writings and petroglyphs. Long Canyon If you choose not to do the Gemini/Shafer loop, this is a great shorter loop. It will cut your trip by about 2-3 hours. Located off the Dead Horse Point road, Long Canyon is just as exciting as the decent off of Shafer Trail. You travel along a wide open dirt road and come to the canyon rim which overlooks the Colorado River. Here you shift down into a lower gear and start your decent through Pucker Pass and travel under a rock that fell many years ago. There are lots of Big Horn Sheep in this area so keep your eyes (on the road) and terrain next to you for a chance to see these beautiful animals. Klondike Bluff This is a very scenic trail which will take you to a bluff which overlooks Arches National Park. On your accent keep an eye out for Dinosaur tracks. They are located throughout the slickrock part of the trail. Follow the white dots on the slickrock so that you won’t get lost. Once you reach the top of the trail, park, and hike up about ½ a mile to the 360 degree overlook. One of the best views around the Moab area. Monitor and Merimac This trail combines a great cross of sand /road and slickrock trail. Located between the turn offs to Gemini Bridges and Klondike Bluffs this trail ventures around a pinnacle of rocks that are awe inspiring. This trail is a 7 mile loop with plenty of photo opportunities. Watch out for mountain bikers as this too is one of their favorite trails. Top of the World Located 30 miles east of Moab, you will turn right just before you cross the Colorado River. Stop and visit the remains of Dewey Bridge which once was a crossing for traffic and pedestrians. A fire in 2007 destroyed the bridge and now all you see are the remains. When it was built it was the largest spanning bridge west of the Mississippi. Drive on the dirt road approximately 7.3 miles and look for a small sign on the right that leads you on a very slow accent to Top of the World. On your trip up you will come across a fork in the road. Keep right for the easier trail. If you choose to go left be aware, you will need a high clearance vehicle. The trail is steep and the rocks are very loose. You may need a spotter to help guide you up this part of the trail. Onion Creek/ Fisher Towers These are actually two trails. Fisher Towers road leads you to a trailhead that is a wonderful hike along the base of some spectacular pinnacles. Onion Creek is one of our favorites; you cross a small creek 23 times and enter a narrow canyon which leads you up to a private ranch. During the summer you can drive up to Polar Mesa which overlooks the Taylor ranch and valley. You will connect to a paved road which descends back into Castle Valley and the road back to Moab. Chicken Corners and Hurrah Pass One leads into the other, Take Kane Creek road west. You will parallel the Colorado River for a few miles and then start to wind up a well maintained road through a valley and to Hurrah Pass which has wonderful views of the river and valleys. At this point you can choose to turn around or continue down a slow winding trail and out to Chicken Corners. This trail parallels the Colorado River and has views looking up at Dead Horse Point and Island in the Sky in Canyonlands National Park. Round trip is approximately 6 hours. Remember, on any of you adventures, bring plenty of water!!! Canyonlands Jeep Adventures is a proud member of Tread Lightly and we encourage everyone who rents a Jeep from us to practice responsible four wheeling. We encourage you to come and enjoy the scenery that we call home. While you are here take lots of pictures, stay on designated roads and trails and please be courteous to others. By following a few simple guidelines we can preserve and ensure that our lands will remain open and pristine for generations to come.