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Amassa Rock has plenty of Moab's great sandstone to play on. At the top, you can explore and play. But on the way, you'll have eye-popping views of the canyons, as well as a cliff-side cruise overlooking Jackson Hole and its rincon (called Jackson "Not-Hole"). The lower two miles of the trail is a tricky series of ledges and rock challenges. Clearing the multiple rock obstacles will test your skills on the way up and again on the way down. You'll run into a couple of side routes. Just stay on the main path by following the tire tracks when in question. Side routes can take you out onto the peninsula, or down into Jackson Hole. The end of the "official" trail is this view over the Colorado. But you can extend your ride by heading northeast. There's a huge area of rideable slickrock waiting for you. Information provided by utahmountainbiking.com.
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The Amasa Back Trail follows a packed dirt road through Kane Creek Canyon for 1.2 miles then crosses the river and follows a 4wd road up and across Amasa Back -- a mesa defined by a gooseneck turn in the Colorado River. At mile 3.2 is a 1/2 mile spur to the right to a great view of the Colorado River canyon and Poison Spider mesa. To reach the trail's end on the western rim of the mesa requires some route finding skills over broken slickrock. Your reward is another nice view over a different area of the Colorado River canyon.
