ARIZONA BORDER TO BLANDING – 129 miles

Begin your epic ride in the idyllic setting of Monument Valley. Fuel, food and lodging are available at Gouldings-Monument Valley and in nearby Mexican Hat or Bluff, but we advise booking your room ahead due to the limited number of beds in this area. Soon after you begin riding you’ll enter Valley of the Gods, site of legendary western movies and iconic sandstone towers. This scenic route has a dazzling display of warm hues painted by the rising sun and will surely motivate you to set out early. Once you rejoin the pavement, a brief ride up the amazing switchbacks of the Moki Dugway ushers you onto the top of Cedar Mesa. After riding a paved section of Hwy 261 you’ll descend eastward off the mesa via Snow Flat Road and have a short section of deep sand in Comb Wash within Bears Ears National Monument. In a short distance you’ll be riding northward on Lower Butler Wash Road, which can also be sandy, then Brushy Basin Rim Road which takes you into Blanding for food, fuel, and lodging.