The best access to the ride is from I70 at the Westwater exit #227 just west of the Colorado, Utah border. 1/4 mile from the exit along Harley Dome Road (BLM 192) take the first left turn onto a doubletrack through a light industrial area. After 1/2 mile the doubletrack forks. Go right and in another 1/2 mile, the road intersects the
Kokopelli Trail at another fork.
This is a good place to park if driving a low-clearance vehicle, and is the beginning of the description. Ride east on
Kokopelli Trail on this fork for 1/4 mile, passing through a three-way intersection where the
Kokopelli Trail climbs from Rabbit Valley to the left. The
Overlook trail begins on the left side of the doubletrack about 800' beyond the
Kokopelli Trail climb from Rabbit Valley.
After passing through a primitive campground, ride 6 miles south along the rim on
Overlook to a saddle with a steeply descending road on the left (east). Continue south through the saddle onto the
Western Mesa trail continuing along the rim. Just keep close to the rim on the left and the singletrack will be obvious. Ride South 2 miles to the southern tip of the rim at the Westwater overlook.
The trail continues west along the rim, a little more looping. When the trail returns north to a doubletrack 3 1/2 miles past the overlook, go left (north) and take the first left spur onto
Arch Loop.
The trail crosses a small natural bridge in the first half mile then continues a 2 mile long winding route (passing a left tee leading to the intersection of Harley Dome and BLM 191 -
Kokopelli Trail) back to the saddle between
Overlook and
Western Mesa trails.
From here, turn left and ride back north on
Overlook.
Overlook will wind south around a viewpoint, then continue north along the rim. Near the next major change in direction to the west,
Overlook begins to parallel very closely to
Kokopelli Trail. Should the moto whoops get tiresome, bail out at any time onto
Kokopelli Trail, which will lead back to the beginning of the loop.
Near the end of the ride, where
Overlook turns to the east, cross to
Kokopelli Trail on the left rather than climb back to the primitive campground ridden through early in the ride. If one is so inclined, continue back east on the singletrack, away from
Kokopelli Trail and continue on to the end of the singletrack near where
Kokopelli Trail climbs out of Rabbit Valley. The vehicle will 1/4 mile down
Kokopelli Trail on the rim.
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