UTBDR Route Updates
Updated June 29, 2026
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Visit the official UTBDR Facebook Group page for ride reports, photos, and discussions with other riders in your area HERE
Before You Ride: Important Reminders
Throughout the riding season, changing conditions are part of every BDR adventure.
Plan ahead, ride respectfully, and follow the BDR Tenets of Responsible Travel to help ensure a safe trip while respecting local communities and protecting access for everyone.
- Download the latest GPS tracks before your trip. Printed maps and older tracks may not reflect recent route changes. The current GPS tracks are always considered the latest version of the route.
- Check Route Updates for seasonal closures and beware of fast-changing road conditions before you go. There may be lingering snow and impassible conditions in the early season and deep sand in the summer.
- Please respect all gates and closures. Never ride around them.
- Expect downed trees early in the season. Carry a folding saw if you have one, know the official bypasses, and be prepared to turn around and create your own bypass if conditions are unsafe.
- Monitor wildfire conditions. Use the BDR Interactive Map HERE to check the wildfire activity layer and tools like the onX Offroad wildfire and smoke layers to monitor changing conditions.
- Join your route’s official BDR Facebook group for current rider reports and local updates.
- Ride Right, Ride Respectfully, Yield to Animals and Know Your Limits
We often receive reports of riders speeding, not riding right, and blocking roadways in residential areas.
Please be courteous, respect local communities, and remember that adventuring in the backcountry is a privilege, not a right. Be an ambassador for our sport and help preserve access for future riders.
Doing a little homework before you leave and making good decisions on the trail helps ensure a safe trip while protecting the future of the BDRs for everyone.
June 29, 2026
Section 2 Wildfire: Bypass Required
The Babylon Fire is burning in the mountains of Section 2 and a bypass is required.
- From Blanding, head north on Highway 191 to Monticello
- Take N Creek heading west to rejoin the tracks
- As a reminder, always stay clear of fire crews. Wildfires are constant changing, monitor the dedicated Facebook group page for more info.
See attached screenshots for reference.
Purchase the official map for the UTBDR HERE
Always download the latest version of the GPS tracks just before you go HERE
March 19, 2026
New Tracks Available for Download
A new version of the UTBDR has been released labeled UTBDR-Mar2026
This update includes a few minor refinements and a few new updates:
SECTION 1:
- A new optional Extension Track takes you to Muley Point for incredible views and great dispersed camping options.
- A new optional ALT Harder along Johns Canyon Rim has been added
SECTION 3:
- A change has been made to Section 3 to reclassify part of the route as ALT Harder on a section of the Kokopelli Trail just east of Moab. This 3mi stretch is somewhat steep, rocky and rutted and has deteriorated over time.
- The main route remains on Sand Flats road and is 158mi
- As a reminder there is no fuel available on this section for those 158 mi, aside from detouring to Thompson Springs if you can’t make it to Green River.
SECTION 4:
- Two optional extension tracks are available to the Wedge Overlook and Buckhorn Wash for great views and petroglyphs.
SECTION 6:
- The optional ALT Harder for Gold Hill has been revised and extended featuring primitive mountain roads and rocky terrain for advanced riders.
- A new optional Extension Track has been added for a viewpoint on Heber Mtn.
SECTION 7:
- A short optional Extension Track has been added to a viewpoint near Temple Peak
See attached screenshots for reference.
Purchase the all official map for the UTBDR HERE.
Always download the latest version of the GPS tracks just before you go HERE
November 27, 2022
Utah has passed a new law HB180 beginning Jan 1, 2023 requiring all operators of OHV vehicle operators to take a mandatory online OHV Education Course before operating on public land.
However, at this time it doesn’t appear that street-legal adventure motorcycles apply to this new law:
I have a street-legal motorcycle. Do I need a Utah non-resident OHV permit?
If your street-legal motorcycle is registered and plated in your home state, then you do not need to purchase a Utah non-resident OHV permit. If a machine is plated and follows all of Utah’s street-legal requirements, then it is no longer considered an off-highway vehicle and is technically considered a “passenger vehicle” or in this case, a street-legal motorcycle.
If you will be operating non-street legal vehicles such as a dirtbike, atv, or side by side, or riding on designated trails that aren’t public roads, you will need to abide by this new law.
For more information check out the Utah Recreation website for more details and to see if your machine applies HERE
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