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Start is 13 September in Mexican Hat. Map labels no longer overlap. Official extras stay bright blue. Overnight plan is hotel / camp / hotel / camp, then hotels so you are not on a 9,000-foot lake in mid-September. Official BDR camps have Google Maps, Organic Maps, and homepage links.
Roadbook · Utah BDR · start 13 Sep · Ibex 450 + 2025 Africa Twin Standard DCT · rev 7
Official UTBDR sections UT1 through UT6. Finish in Evanston. Official extras and harder alternates are still in the GPX. If you are making good time, add them. After rain, wait for clay roads to dry.
Official main line UT1–UT6 Official extras (blue) — Muley, Wedge, Buckhorn Official harder alts — Lockhart, Johns Canyon, Kokopelli, Gold Hill Red box = finish this trip
Add-on extras (you keep the main line) Alternates that replace or add hard miles Write-up in section 05
Names and mileages are from the official March 2026 GPX. Day 4 rides two official sections. This trip ends at the end of UT6 in Evanston.
| Official section | Miles | Ends at | Elev | Gas | Hotel | Camp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UT1 AZ border → Blanding | 129 | Blanding | 6,096' | Yes | Yes | Nearby |
| UT2 Blanding → Moab | 179 | Moab | 4,093' | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| UT3 Moab → Green River | 158 | Green River | 4,114' | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| UT4 Green River → Wellington | 92 | Wellington / Price | 5,404' | Yes | In Price | — |
| UT5 Wellington → Fruitland | 105 | Fruitland | 6,612' | Yes | No | Dispersed |
| UT6 Fruitland → Evanston | 137 | Evanston · FINISH | 6,841' | Yes | Yes | — |
If a day is going well, official extras and harder alts are in section 05 and drawn on both maps above.
Mexican Hat hotel is booked. After rain on UT1–UT4, wait for clay to dry. Day 2 fire scar: closure lifted 20 Aug 2026; backup is US-191 Blanding to Monticello, then N Creek west. Check fire.airnow.gov.
Geyser Pass 10,538'. Lockhart Basin is most of a day, not a short add-on. Section 05.
Plan is hotel / camp / hotel / camp, then hotels. That breaks at Night 4 and Night 5 on purpose. Fruitland has no hotel, and the official BDR camps around Bald Mountain Pass (Trial Lake, Washington Lake, Mirror Lake, Whitney Reservoir) sit at 9,000–9,800 feet. You start 13 September. Mid-September lows in the desert towns are usually the low 50s. The Uinta lake camps at 9,000–9,800 feet can still drop into the 30s and 40s that week. If the forecast low is near 46°F or below, take a room.
| Night | Date | Plan | Place | Ft | Mid-September night |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 13 Sep | Hotel · booked | Mexican Hat | 4,173' | Desert, usually 50s |
| 1 | 14 Sep | Camp | Near Blanding | 6,000–7,800' | Town low about 54°. Devil’s Canyon / Nizhoni run colder. If the low is 46°, use a hotel. |
| 2 | 15 Sep | Hotel | Moab | 4,093' | Mild, about 50s |
| 3 | 16 Sep | Camp | Green River State Park | 4,086' | Mild, about the same as town |
| 4 | 17 Sep | Hotel | Price or Heber — not Trial Lake | ~5,600' | Mild. Avoids the 9,000-foot lakes. |
| 5 | 18 Sep | Hotel | Evanston | 6,841' | Cool town night, not alpine |
These are the overnights BDR names. Each line has a homepage plus the two map links. Use the warm ones on camp nights. Leave the Uinta lake camps as emergency only in mid-September.
Warm. Good if you stop short of Blanding. Homepage: BLM Valley of the Gods.
On US-191 between Blanding and Monticello. Mid-September nights are cooler than town. Homepage / reserve: Recreation.gov Devil’s Canyon · Forest Service page.
Abajos north of Blanding. Forest Service summer nights 55–65° — that is summer, not mid-September. If the low is 46°, take a Blanding hotel. Homepage / reserve: Recreation.gov Nizhoni.
BDR calls this “in a pinch.” Not the plan. Homepage: Recreation.gov Gooseberry Guard Station.
Fuel, showers, store. Only if you ride Lockhart. Homepage: needlesoutpost.com.
BLM, 10 sites, no water. Homepage / reserve: Recreation.gov Hamburger Rock · BLM page.
Cabins, teepees, camping. Useful if Day 2 runs long. Homepage: 3stephideaway.com.
Warm. Night 2 is a hotel; this is the backup. Homepage: sandflats.org.
Warm backups if you do not reach Green River. Homepages: BLM Fisher Towers · BLM Dewey Bridge.
On the BDR list. Mild mid-September night. Homepage / reserve: Utah State Parks — Green River.
Trial, Washington, Lilly, Lost, Moosehorn, Mirror, Butterfly. Mid-September at this height is the 30s-and-40s problem. Emergency only. Homepage: Forest Service Trial Lake.
Same cold problem. Emergency only. Homepage: Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.
Already reserved. Nearby: Gouldings Lodge, San Juan Inn, Hat Rock Inn.
First: Devil’s Canyon on US-191 — 37.73902, -109.40627 Google Maps · Organic Maps · Recreation.gov. Backup: Nizhoni (7,800') — 37.78174, -109.53966 Google Maps · Organic Maps · Recreation.gov. If the overnight low is 46°F or below, switch to a room: Stone Lizard Lodge, Blue Sage Inn, Four Corners Inn, Prospector Motor Lodge.
Sleep Inn and Suites Moab (on the BDR lodging list), Moab Valley Inn, Aarchway Inn, Homewood Suites Moab. Warm camp backup: Sand Flats — 38.58292, -109.48487 Google Maps · Organic Maps · sandflats.org.
BDR-listed: Green River State Park Campground at 4,086' — 38.98993, -110.15406 Google Maps · Organic Maps · state parks page. Mild mid-September night. Hotel fallback: Holiday Inn Express, Comfort Inn, First Choice Inns at the Swell.
Fruitland has gas and no hotel. Do not climb to Trial Lake to “get a jump on Day 5.” Holiday Inn Price or Holiday Inn Express Heber City.
Hampton Inn Evanston, Holiday Inn Express Evanston, Best Western Dunmar Inn, Comfort Inn Evanston.
Ibex 450: 4.6 gal, about 70 mpg pavement / 55 mpg dirt → plan 250 miles.
2025 Africa Twin Standard DCT: 5.0 gal, rider minimum 250 miles per tank.
Longest official stretch with no pump: Moab → Green River, 158 miles.
South can still be in the 90s. Trial Lake nights can be in the 30s. After rain on UT1–UT4, wait. Babylon Fire scar is on Day 2. Stage 2: no campfires through 31 Oct. BDR updates · UTBDR Facebook · smoke.
All of these are in the official March 2026 GPX. They are drawn on both maps at the top. Blue extras add miles onto the main line. Red alts replace part of a day or add hard work. Use them if both of you are fresh and the dirt is dry. The Africa Twin will feel the expert sections more than the Ibex.
| Official track | Type | Miles | Day | Extra time people report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UT1 EXT Muley Point | Extra | 10 out and back | 1 | 1–1.5 hours |
| UT1 ALT Harder Johns Canyon Rim | Harder alt | 5.8 | 1 | About 1 hour, exposed rim road |
| UT2 ALT EXPERT Lockhart Basin | Expert alt | 78 | 2 | Most of a day. BDR: the miles to Moab “will take the majority of the day.” 4WD write-ups on shorter versions of the same road list 6–10 hours. Not a one-hour add-on. |
| UT3 ALT Harder Kokopelli Trail | Harder alt | 3.2 | 3 | 30–60 minutes. Steep and rutted. |
| UT4 EXT Wedge Overlook | Extra | 11.3 | 4 | 45–75 minutes |
| UT4 EXT Buckhorn Wash Rd | Extra | 19.6 | 4 | 1–1.5 hours. Pictographs and swinging bridge. |
| UT6 EXT Heber Mtn | Extra | 4.1 | 5 | About 30 minutes if the sky is clear |
| UT6 ALT Harder Gold Hill Pass | Harder alt | 10.9 | 5 | 1–2 hours. About 9,940 feet. |
| UT7 Evanston → ID border | Next official section | 102.5 | After Day 5 | A full extra day |
| UT7 EXT Temple Peak | Extra on UT7 | 2.2 | Only with UT7 | 20–30 minutes |
Official expert alternate to part of UT2. 78 miles in this GPX. BDR says go with a group, full crash protection, as much water as you can carry. Needles Outpost is the supply point on that line. If you ride it, Day 2 becomes Lockhart plus a short finish into Moab — you do not also ride the full main-line Abajo / Geyser day.
Day 1: Muley Point. Day 4: Wedge and/or Buckhorn. Day 5: Heber Mountain if the sky is clear. Those three extras together are about 3–4 extra hours, not another day.
Book Blanding, Moab, and Evanston. Mexican Hat is done. Night 4 is camp or an off-route room.
Leave Lockhart and UT7 visible in the GPS only if you plan to use them.
Save this page and the GPX for offline use.
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Official source: UTBDR-Mar2026.gpx. Finish = end of UT6, Evanston.
Extra times: BDR text for Lockhart (majority of a day); typical rider / 4WD reports for the shorter extras.
Ibex 450 and 2025 Africa Twin Standard DCT both planned at 250 miles per tank.