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Touring Northern Utah on a Motorcycle

I love to get on my motorcycle and ride. If Ivalley. To get there you have three options,
have a week or just a couple of hours I can'tfrom the south take Highway 167 over trappers
seem to get enough of the wind, the sun, theloop, which is very close to the top of east
sound's, the smells, and the bugs. Utahcanyon as described in the previous section,
offers many different opportunities from thetake highway 39 up Ogden canyon, or take
steep windy mountain roads, to the flat openhighway 162 up over north Ogden canyon. As a
desert highways, to the scenic beauty of ourside note Highway, 162, 39, and 167 can also
many national parks. The terrain is vast andbe combined for a nice shorter day ride to
varied,  and  the  highways  plentiful.get out of the valleys and make a few turns.
Once you get to the Highway 39 an head east
The Mountains of northern Utah are some of myon the Monte Cristoe road you are ion for a
favorite places to ride. The Wasatch mountaintreat. This is a long slow windy climb that
range runs north to south covering almost alllasts for miles and miles. The road
of the northern and eastern sections of Utah.eventually ends in Woodruff UT. Which is a
From Salt Lake city there are many smalltiny little one gas station town near the
canyon roads that lead out of the city andborder of Utah and Wyoming. From here you can
into the mountains. These allow you to climbgo south on Highway 16, to Evanston, WY and
from the valley floor of 4500 feet above seathen south and west on I-80 towards Salt Lake
level to 9,000 feet above sea level in as fewCity. The longer and more scenic ride is to
as 30 miles. The roads wind up and out of thego North on Highway 16 to Highway 30 and then
valley floor and through the mountains inWest into the Bear Lake valley. Once you get
almost  all  directions.to Garden city a raspberry milkshake and a
big burger are a mandatory part of the trip.
Here I will describe a few of my favoriteFrom Garden city go west on Highway 89,
places to get away from Salt Lake City for athrough Logan canyon. Once again this is a
day ride. Most of these rides are shortnice windy canyon full of flowers, tree,
enough for a good day trip. The 2 ride thatwildlife and is worth taking the extra time
pass through Bear Lake are longer stretchingto just tour along. Return to Salt Lake by
past the 300 miles in a day rule I like toeither 1-15 or if you want to try highway 89
follow.it's  a  bit  more  relaxed  north  of Ogden.
East  CanyonLogan  Canyon.
East Canyon Highway 65, and 66 is a niceAs I mentioned above Highway 89 from Logan to
little ride. To get to highway 65 take theBear Lake is a very nice ride. One of my
Mountain Dell exit off I-80 about 10 milesabsolute favorites, I have probably driven
east of Salt Lake City, the road then windsthis road a 1000 or more times, each one
north and east about 50 miles up and over thebrings back a flood of memories, or I happen
top of the mountain range and drops back downto notice some new or a subtle change to the
toward Morgan Utah. Highway 65 climbs up andlandscape or road. To make a loop out of this
over the mountain range following the ridgeride, when you get to Garden City, and after
for a while then dropping down past Eastyou have had the mandatory raspberry shake
canyon state park and past the reservoir.and burger, head north a to Ovid Idaho and
Here you can take either Highway 66, or 65 tothen go left on Highway 36. This road will
I-84. Highway 66 leads to Morgan, Utah. Fromwind west and south back over the mountain
Morgan you can loop back to Salt lake goingpass and down into Preston, Idaho. From here
east and back west down Parleys canyon onfollow highway 91 south back into Logan and
I-80 or you can go west down the canyon onyou have successfully enjoyed two canyon
I-84 into Ogden Utah and follow I-15 south topasses  and  a  nice lunch to top it all off.
Salt  Lake  city.
That sums up a few of the nice canyon turning
Monte  Cristoe  Road.rides around Salt Lake City. It certainly is
not all the roads available, It is basically
This a yet another very nice ride. This rideall the fun roads north of I-80 in Northern
is longer and can be combined with two orUtah. For more nice day rides in southern and
three other rides to make a full day ofcentral Utah stay tuned or check my website
touring. Monte Cristoe Road is Highway 39 andfor more information.
starts at the east end of the Huntsville Utah



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