Name: Mustang Loop
Rating: 4.3

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At 3 miles, this is the longest loop in the system and the most popular way to access the other trails here. Circumnavigating a small peak, the southern side of the loop climbs from near the Getaway Trail up and over a saddle in the mountain.

The trails in this system reflect the rugged and challenging terrain they are built within. Tight corners, constant grade changes, and numerous jumps, bumps and small drops keep riders on their toes. Surfaces vary from hard pack to slickrock to a bit of sand as the trails wind their way through Pinion Pines and rock canyons, all the while delivering unparalleled views of the majestic Moab area.

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Local Club: Moab Trail Mix

Land Manager: BLM Utah - Moab Field Office

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Daniel Christianson with improvements by Tom Dancs and 1 other

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Trail Ratings

4.3 from 49 votes

#2

in Horsethief Area

#216

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4.3 from 49 votes

5 Star		43%
4 Star		49%
3 Star		8%
2 Star		0%
1 Star		0%

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#2

in Horsethief Area

#35

in Utah

#216

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The terrain near the intersection of Mustang and Whirlwind Loops.

Jun 18, 2016 near Moab, UT

The intersection of Mustang Loop and the Getaway Trail.

Jun 18, 2016 near Moab, UT

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Jan 16, 2026

Lost Justpastnowhere

Mar 15, 2025

Atsuko Ohtake

Nov 4, 2024

Courtney Howard

Oct 27, 2024

Private User

Oct 27, 2024

Rani Helvey-Byers

Jul 15, 2024

Carol Wright

May 11, 2024

Brendan B

May 4, 2024

Sheri Vernier

Apr 14, 2024

Brendan B

Oct 16, 2023

Prosper Wang

Nov 24, 2022

Peter Tiley

Oct 29, 2022

tooTALLtim

super fun! with Jasmyn and Riley

May 3, 2022

Annie Mac

Apr 25, 2022

Corrie Beauvineau

Mar 27, 2022

Sheri Vernier

May 21, 2021

Sue U

Apr 10, 2021

Atsuko Ohtake

Apr 8, 2021

abontherocks

Super fun. Lots of rock steps up and down. — 1h 00m

Nov 24, 2020

David Schmid

Nov 18, 2020

Steve Baker

First ride. Rode from Horsethief CG on Chisholm to Mustang and Whirlwind Loops. 8.3mi — 1h 24m

Oct 29, 2020

F Felix

Rode half the loop to Whirlwind to reach 7-Up.

Oct 22, 2020

Sue U

To Chilsom.

Oct 12, 2020

Allie Dyer Bluemel

Oct 3, 2020

Rachel Friedman

Fun, rolling.

Sep 11, 2020

Russ Gowan

Nice trail lots of mini drops, swoops and hops. Dry but cool day mid 70s. Chisholm connector from campground is a blast! 3.1mi — 1h 35m

Jun 25, 2020

Jill Roy

May 17, 2020

Jenny Montague

May 13, 2020

John C

Nov 10, 2019

Kacy Carmichael

Nov 5, 2019

Ed Pfromer

Awesome day

Nov 2, 2019

Jason Anderson

green. no harder than getaway, maybe easier.

Oct 10, 2019

Tim McCabe

May 26, 2019

Sue U

Did the east section of mustang to chilsom.

May 24, 2019

Sue U

May 13, 2019

Tim G

Apr 11, 2019

Steven McIntosh

An easy, almost boring loop, not a lot of features, running in the clockwise direction yields some fun flow on the downhill side. 3.1mi

Apr 5, 2019

Ronnie Dale

Very fun trail! 3.1mi

Nov 22, 2018

Jennifer Ryan

fun warm-up 3.1mi

Oct 31, 2018

Tom Dancs

May 30, 2018

Cooper Chiarino

3.1mi

May 6, 2018

Christian Wendlandt

Apr 29, 2018

Brian Maxwell

Apr 8, 2018

Asa King

Feb 2, 2018

Chris Root

Nov 12, 2017

Lonnie Porter

fast fun and flowie

May 27, 2017

David Edwards

3.1mi

May 20, 2017

Rae Anne DeBonville

Went counter clockwise 3mi — 0h 45m

May 7, 2017

Cameron Russell

Apr 5, 2017

Gregg Andrick

Mar 19, 2017

Jared Downs

Mar 11, 2017

Jeff Wolfe

Mar 11, 2017

Morgan Christensen

Nov 7, 2016

Jennifer Atwood

Loved it!!

Nov 7, 2016

Jeff Spain

Oct 8, 2016

Cody Wells

May 6, 2016

David Darling

With Whirlwind and Hildago

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