Name: The Whole Guacamole
Rating: 4.4

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Overview

The Whole Guacamole trail is world class slick rock, with some singletrack thrown in, route finding can be difficult so watch for cairns as you ride. The views are spectacular and you are almost touching West Temple and Mount Kinesava in Zion National Park.

Need to Know

Dalton Wash Rd off Rte 9 can be very thick with dust. If it is wet, I would not attempt trying to drive to the trailhead as the road gets extremely steep and rutted.

Description

The Whole Guacamole has a little bit of everything for riders. Start out on slickrock and move to singletrack then as you venture further out on the loops more technical pieces start popping up. The outer loop has some very nice singletrack with gravelly type trail tread. Watch for the small rock cairns to find your way. There are some white dots on the rock to help with trail finding but don't rely on those.

Folks generally ride the loops clockwise but they can be ridden in either direction.

History & Background

A lot of petrified wood on this ride which is pretty cool.

Contacts

Local Club: Trail Alliance of Southern Utah (TASU)

Land Manager: BLM Utah - St. George Field Office

Shared By:

Shelley Lutz with improvements by Daniel Schoon

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Trail Ratings

4.4 from 136 votes

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4.4 from 136 votes

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4 Star		22%
3 Star		14%
2 Star		1%
1 Star		1%

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The lower ridge riding is a fast and flowy break from the more technical slickrock.

Apr 3, 2017 near Springdale, UT

Holy Guacamole offers great mixed slickrock and smooth, fast, wide-open riding.

Apr 3, 2017 near Springdale, UT

Passing 'Guacamole Lake' on the way to 'Salt on the Rim' part of the trail.

Feb 7, 2016 near Springdale, UT

The Whole Guacamole reflected in a puddle...

Mar 27, 2018 near Springdale, UT

Susan B. rolling the slick rock in Utah.

Aug 14, 2016 near Springdale, UT

May 19, 2019 near Springdale, UT

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Check-Ins

Nov 9, 2023

Lauren Love

Apr 18, 2023

Sarah Cleveland

Apr 11, 2023

Will Haymond

Nov 23, 2022

Ari Saltz

May 29, 2022

Scott Matthys

10mi

May 15, 2022

Sean O

Apr 23, 2022

Eduardo Ramirez

Apr 9, 2022

Nathan Truex

Apr 3, 2022

Joel Hedman

Mar 31, 2022

Andrew Ludbrook

Nov 17, 2021

Andrew Paulson

10.9mi — 1h 43m

Nov 13, 2021

dug a

Oct 8, 2021

Scuba Steve

Aug 25, 2021

Mountain Gold

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTkMFS6ZixU

Jul 17, 2021

Carla Wilson

May 13, 2021

Sebastián Lobo

6.2mi — 1h 17m

May 2, 2021

Hill Bean

Apr 24, 2021

Beau Paisley

Apr 23, 2021

Matt Am

Apr 4, 2021

Gant Ginter

Missed a turn on the return and ride Lime and Guacamole back to end of Cliff route. Technical and super fun route finding with slots moves. Nature tou 11.6mi — 2h 15m

Feb 18, 2021

Sydney Aveson

10mi

Feb 6, 2021

Wilford Jessop

Nov 25, 2020

Lost Justpastnowhere

Nov 25, 2020

Nolan Sundrud

So much fun! Loved the ride. Magically seems downhill both directions!

Nov 15, 2020

Eddie Spaghetti

Nov 7, 2020

Superfly Snook

rode the outer loop counter clockwise and it was great although plenty were going other way with big smiles too. great trails! 10.6mi

Feb 27, 2020

Tim H

11mi

Feb 18, 2020

Cody Rients

Jan 10, 2020

Garrett Carter

Nov 3, 2019

Scott Payne

Always a favorite ride of mine. Fixed a few kicked over rock cairns, also the one trail split marker was a mess, cleaned up the rocks and branches. 11mi — 2h 00m

Oct 26, 2019

Austin Dudas

Jun 21, 2019

Diogo Paranaiba

3h 00m

Jun 13, 2019

Brandon Payne

May 24, 2019

Matt Greenfield

13mi

May 10, 2019

Mark Slovak

May 10, 2019

Alejandro Cazar

Beautiful scenery, particularly mid ride.

May 5, 2019

Jimmy Hon

Apr 1, 2019

Valerie Brodbeck

Mar 30, 2019

Pacy Woonteiler

Mar 26, 2019

Shane B

Mar 25, 2019

Michael Dallon

Mike and Jacob

Mar 15, 2019

Andrew Carges

Mar 12, 2019

Courtney McDaniel

12mi

Mar 5, 2019

Carolyn M.

Feb 2, 2019

Matthew Guerin

Feb 1, 2019

Mike Ciepluch

Bummer. Bent rim 4 mile in.

Dec 29, 2018

James Bishop

11.7mi

Dec 13, 2018

Lacey Johnson

Nov 25, 2018

Joe Zelman

Nov 18, 2018

Justin Anderson

Trails were great! Beautiful place to ride.

Nov 10, 2018

Jesse Jorgensen

Great ride with Mariah.

Nov 9, 2018

Joel Rodriguez

Jul 3, 2018

#deeznutzfosho

May 28, 2018

Taylor Ricks

14mi

Apr 22, 2018

Eric Stapleton

https://www.strava.com/activities/1526148315 9.5mi

Apr 21, 2018

Jason Russo

Amazing . What a beautiful and fun ride 11mi

Apr 4, 2018

Jason Creech

Great Scenery. Excited challenge after challenge. Don’t miss the salt. 10.6mi

Mar 27, 2018

Alex Door

Mar 26, 2018

Brian Desmond

Mar 26, 2018

Piotr Gajos

Mar 25, 2018

Grady Bennett

11.3mi — 2h 05m

Mar 23, 2018

Dean Gialamas

Mar 17, 2018

Sean Lloyd

Mar 13, 2018

Kelley Hale

Without a doubt, the most phenomenal ride I've ever been on... amazing slickrock and singletrack, views of Zion, and a gorgeous sunset. 11mi — 2h 18m

Mar 11, 2018

Van Wallace

Feb 16, 2018

Tyson Clay

Good ride. I’m tired now! 10.1mi

Jan 14, 2018

Stephan Lazare

Jan 13, 2018

Trevor Vickery

Dec 31, 2017

Jason Van Horn

Drive up had a challenging spot, but not too bad. Fun sample of Utah rock to be had here.

Dec 31, 2017

Abe Ferraro

Awesome loop...loved all the slick rock and Salt on the Rim...not so crazy about holy Guacamole which was much tougher. 11mi

Dec 30, 2017

Jason Van Horn

Dec 27, 2017

Tyson Clay

Much more enjoyable this time because my legs were fresh! 11mi

Nov 19, 2017

Trent Madsen

Nov 12, 2017

Tyson Clay

Cool trail! Will do again 11mi

Nov 5, 2017

Rebecca Dalley

Oct 27, 2017

Ben McMillan

Oct 19, 2017

Alex Nall

Oct 19, 2017

Rebecca Dalley

Oct 19, 2017

Angie Elder

Such a chill ride with some technical. The scenery is GORGEOUS; like beyond my ability to articulate in words. Met a bunch of super cool dudes 8.8mi

Oct 12, 2017

Will Baird

My first time riding this trail; it was great. 12mi

Oct 7, 2017

Aris Santos

Sep 26, 2017

Kevin Boren

Beautiful fall day ride 11mi

Sep 15, 2017

KaGuko Rodriguez

Jun 28, 2017

Smallhammer .

Great loop, lots of flow mixed with slick rock

Jun 4, 2017

Sheri Wahlstrom

May 26, 2017

Cole Price

12mi

May 26, 2017

Bruce Smithhammer

May 22, 2017

Nate Hellwarth

May 4, 2017

Jake Seipel

Apr 29, 2017

Bryce Johnson

Apr 25, 2017

Michelle Clark-Conley

Fun trail, easy to get lost. Use the app!

Apr 15, 2017

Kayla Bobzien

11.5mi

Apr 14, 2017

Mike Goubeaux

Apr 13, 2017

Mountain Mano

Apr 12, 2017

D F

Apr 4, 2017

Steve Roman

Apr 1, 2017

Josh Kelson

Mar 27, 2017

Todd Thueson

Great Conditions, some intersections/ are tough to pick up trail

Mar 26, 2017

Liam Hyland

Perfect time to ride this trail. Would highly recommend. 11mi

Mar 25, 2017

David Romer

Mar 24, 2017

David Romer

Mar 18, 2017

Jenn Krogue

Mar 15, 2017

Steven Ancik

did it all! 11mi

Feb 18, 2017

Brennen Dye

It has been raining the last few days pretty hard and the trail has puddles all over but it is still rideable. 8.6mi

Jan 15, 2017

Josh Brown

11mi

Dec 30, 2016

Mark Aspinwall

Could not get to trailhead, road too muddy. Almost got stuck in 4wd

Dec 18, 2016

Rachel Friedman

Nov 26, 2016

Peter Burnson

Excellent ride. Very difficult but there are sections you can go around or take easier ways but overall it is very difficult. Technical 12.7mi

Nov 26, 2016

Evan Johnson

Super fun! Nice mix of dirt and slickrock domes, mostly rideable but with a few technical moves to prove yourself on. Amazing views, too. 11.1mi — 2h 00m

Nov 25, 2016

Peter Burnson

Nov 25, 2016

Matt Hage

Very unique ride 11mi

Nov 21, 2016

Dustin Langer

Fun, rode most of it before the rain started dumping. Would like to go with a local who really knows the trail and be able to ride fast vs navigating

Nov 15, 2016

Larry Collins

Oct 26, 2016

Maikel Wise

Oct 22, 2016

Shane Evans

Basic loop 7.3mi

Oct 22, 2016

Josh Bradley

Oct 20, 2016

Sara Shainholtz

Oct 13, 2016

Jamie Umbras

Oct 11, 2016

Jamie Umbras

11.9mi — 2h 15m

Sep 29, 2016

Allison Spampanato

Sep 17, 2016

Bill Raufmann

Beautiful area,would advise not to go alone as I did,got off course but had the app...big help...was a bit too hot. Saw rattlesnake! Nice fella! 11mi

Jun 12, 2016

Scott Payne

Great ride, love this trail, so many different surfaces and great views. 11mi

May 23, 2016

Amy White

Took first cut off to shorten ride at about mile 3.7 when going clockwise. 7mi — 2h 00m

May 15, 2016

Lisa Simes

Apr 27, 2016

Zbird Steiner

12mi

Apr 17, 2016

Michael Cushman

Apr 16, 2016

Scott Payne

Missed the lower loop somehow, trail finding a bit tough in places, great trail though! 8.5mi

Apr 10, 2016

Curtis Fowers

Liked this trail even better than Gooseberry. Had all of the fun rock features of GB, but mixed in some flowy singletrack and different terrain as ...

Jan 29, 2016

Mike Sylvester

Fantastic conditions on the trail due to recent rain/snow. The road going up, not so much.

Jan 23, 2016

ben ruiz

10.5mi — 1h 53m