Layered red sandstone buttes and a dirt road stretching toward the horizon in the desert outside Moab, Utah, at golden hour

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Hikers on the exposed slickrock switchbacks of the Delicate Arch Trail in Arches National Park, Utah, with the arch ahead and the La Sal Mountains behind

Trip PlanningOctober 29, 20269 min read

Moab 4x4 and Mountain Bike Trip Planning

A nine-day, roughly 2,400-mile loop out of Dallas: where the overnight stops land, which four trails to lock in and how to time each one, and where the three camp nights go.

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The multi-storey stone rooms and round kivas of Cliff Palace tucked under the overhanging sandstone alcove at Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado

Trip PlanningNovember 5, 20266 min read

Mesa Verde Cliff Palace Tour: Timing a Moab Road Trip

What the ranger-led descent into the largest cliff dwelling in North America involves, and how to fit it into a morning that starts at Mesa Arch and still lands the tour on time.

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