Utah · Hiking · Near Moab

Upper Porcupine Singletrack

Upper Porcupine SingletrackPhoto: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
4.0 mi
round trip
436 ft
climb
7,817 ft
high point
Out and back
route
Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct
best months

Caution today

Agency alerts are in effect for this area; weather is good · USFS, OpenWeather · checked 20 min ago

Is Upper Porcupine Singletrack open right now?

No closures listed

The Forest Service lists no closures for Manti-La Sal National Forest.

As of · Source: USFS · Manti-La Sal National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.

Upper Porcupine Singletrack is a 4-mile out-and-back route in the Moab Ranger District of Manti-La Sal National Forest in Utah. It climbs about 440 feet from a low of roughly 7,360 feet to a high of about 7,817 feet. The trail is managed by the Forest Service and is rated moderate. The trail is a natural-surface singletrack, and bikes are allowed. Its out-and-back shape makes it a straightforward loop, with the high point near the middle of the route. For timing, the most comfortable stretch is late spring and early fall. Typical averages from a nearby weather station show May highs around 69°F and September highs around 75°F, while July peaks near 86°F. That station sits about 1,000 feet lower than the trail, so expect it to run a bit cooler up high. Porcupine Rim Campground is about 1.5 miles away, and the Jimmy Keen Trail starts just 0.1 mile off. Sand Flats Road and Loop Road are both within about 1.6 miles.

Around this trail

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  • Sleep close

    Porcupine Rime Camping Area

    Campground

    Campground · 1.4 mi from the trail
  • Eat after

    Branding Iron Bar & Grill

    Restaurant

    On your way back · 10 mi
  • If it rainsCarter Pape, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

    Hell's Revenge

    Attraction

    In town

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  • Best time to go · Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct

    Best time to visit Upper Porcupine Singletrack

    Best months: April–June and August–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.

    1. Jan

      37° / 17°

      6 wet

    2. Feb

      41° / 21°

      6 wet

    3. Mar

      51° / 28°

      6 wet

    4. Apr

      59° / 32°

      6 wet

    5. May

      69° / 40°

      5 wet

    6. Jun

      81° / 50°

      4 wet

    7. Jul

      86° / 57°

      7 wet

    8. Aug

      84° / 55°

      7 wet

    9. Sep

      75° / 48°

      6 wet

    10. Oct

      62° / 36°

      5 wet

    11. Nov

      48° / 26°

      5 wet

    12. Dec

      37° / 17°

      5 wet

    Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at La Sal 1sw, UT, 18.3 mi away at 6,787 ft. The station sits about 1,000 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.