Down by the River

 Make sure you're not riding on federally protected land because the last thing the mtbing community needs is another issue surrounding land access. Was this story posted before? I def. read it from what felt like months ago. It's hard to forget possibly the coolest idea to spend a week with your bike.

 i agree and disagree. riding illegal spots shows bikers desire to have more. we cant be fenced in to a bike park like valmont or trailside. if we comply to all of the rules then no there wont be any issues surrounding land access but again we would spend our days riding the same trails over and over and over

 Anybody have any environmental impact studies on the effect of modern mtb? Our local NY DEC just came out with an attack on the trails again and I would like to have some data to show them.

 taletotell, MTBR will be a much better resource for that type of information.

 I think there was another water access mtb adventure, maybe with bearclaw? Either way this is a great idea, would love to be able to pull something like that off, looks like all of their gear was legit and well thought out, great photo story.

 @scott-townes for the record, we did a lot of research prior to the trip regarding land issues and everything you see here on Pinkbike was shot on private or BLM land. We actually shot the majority of this story on cattle grazing land and had permission from the landowner. We ended the trip right where the National Park begins. Just a heads up though, I have heard the BLM is cracking down in Green River, especially in the zones everyone frequents (including you judging by your profile pics) that are close to town. A good friend of mine who recently had a VOD from a Green River shoot was threatened with hefty fines and kicked out of the area for riding a zone right next to the highway. If anyone is planning on shooting or riding in the Green River area make sure you have your ducks in a row.

 I think I know who you're talking about... man that really sucks considering how popular dirt biking is there. Thanks for the heads up.

 How is it that only like 3 people remember this story (with video) from last summer?

 I definitely remember this story, mostly because it had an amazing video. If it's gonna be a re-posted story, WHERE"S THE VIDEO?

 We certainly have some access issues here, but there is a serious amount of territory outside of the parks.... and private land owners here laugh at MTB's "impact" so as long as they are asked nicely, they're cool.

 I remember this story too, hard to forget something like this. Pinkbike readership must be going through the roof!!

 "Down by the river, we took a little walk..."

 you'd expect such connoisseurs of mountain biking to be connoisseurs of beer as well. Was expecting them to be drinking some zesty IPA's or something, not piss-in-a-can lol

 It's Utah, coors, pbr and the like are just used for hydration purposes.

 You're not alone, I remember seeing this in "bike" some time ago. Still some great shots though!

 ...the sling was their means of food.....ha...... Epic....living the dream!

 Awesome article- full of PODs- epic indeed!

 Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssss!

 Nope. There are rafting tours but nothing like this. A lot of the Green River goes through federally protected lands so I highly suggest that no one does this same trip as you may be ripping your bike around where you really shouldn't be... as tempting as it might be, haha.

 The Green is a REAL boring float (that part) if you're looking for whitewater. Beautiful scenery, whole lotta' frog water... And yeah, I wouldn't suggest trying to replicate this trip. Utah's not the kind of place you want to try to argue with the "Authoratie"... They're a special breed down in Utah. The Nampa might be a good one to try down there. I've only floated it though.

Come up to Oregon and do the Owyhee. On top of amazing water, you could easily do a deal like this without ever running into issue. The lower has some features I've been wanting to ride wince the first time we ran it 15 years ago.

 Brilliants