EXPLORE RED ROCK COUNTRY

Now is the perfect time to plan a spectacular trail-riding trip to southern Utah’s colorful red rock country. Moab and Kanab in particular offer some of Utah’s most beautiful terrain. Nowhere else on the planet can you find to this extent such a rare combination of red rocks, deserts, mountains, high plateaus, and canyons. Simply put, the area is uniquely stunning, just waiting to be explored. We recently loaded up our Missouri Fox Trotter geldings, Nate and Cowboy, and headed to southern Utah for an unforgettable riding and camping sojourn.

MAGICAL MOAB

Moab (discovermoab.com) is a great base of operations for folks who want to explore this region. You may camp at the Spanish Trail Arena (grandcountyutah.net). This nice facility offers covered corrals with hookups. Or, you may camp on a Bureau of Land Management campground; there are three in the Moab area (blm.gov/utah). At the BLM campgrounds, there are corrals but no reliable water.

Through Canyon Lands Back Country Horsemen of Utah (), we met Richard Coffinberry, who retired to Moab in 2009 after falling in love with the region for) provides information on rides in the area, complete with trail descriptions and photos. Richard and his 11-year-old mule, Eve, went with us on our rides to Moab’s Mill Canyon and Onion Creek.