a group of bikepackers on the kokopelli trail in Utah at dusk

Discover the western trail that pioneered ‘bikepacking’

Stretching along public lands, Kokopelli’s Trail is an epic journey on the Colorado Plateau.

On the 142-mile Kokopelli’s Trail, a group of bikepackers race against dusk on Porcupine Rim, a fast and scenic descent into Moab, Utah.
Photograph by Logan Watts
This story appears in the March 2020 issue of National Geographic magazine.
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