Gemini Bridges

Couple of descent views, well marked trail. 2 is a fair rating,

Beautiful trail, especially the initial drive up from the main road outside Moab, up the canyon slopes, and topping out on the Mesa. An easy ride, but still with enough bumps and small ledges I wouldn't be taking the typical family van or sedan through. With a bit of washout I could see high clearance and 4WD being needed after a storm. Well maintained; saw a BLM ranger fixing up some signs while I drove through.

Great way to start our Canyonlands trails. We camped at site 3 - highly recommended if your camping. The Arch is a fun easy hike.

Fun trail. Not very hard but it is a pretty bumpy ride. We checked out the side trails too.

Easy trail but man, some sections were super rocky and annoying (not difficult, just annoying). Stopped to go to the Gemini Bridges which is a cool area with some good views.

Great easy trail with a couple of rocky sections, but should even be possible for 2WD with careful line choice. There is plenty of camping around waypoint 5, but when I went some jerks had trashed the place and left garbage all over. Plenty of illegal camping going on too in un-designated spots. No wonder a lot of the local backcountry camp spots get shut down by the authorities.

Fun and easy trail with some exciting optional features if you're new to offroading.

Fun trek. Not a challenge but to our surprise the first half of the trip was absolutely beautiful. Fun.

Great fun trail - only a couple of minor climbs to navigate; some areas of standard pothole type roads - very enjoyable and the 2 bridges at the viewpoint are very cool to walk around and get some picture opportunities. Have been there twice now (2021 and 2022) and it was relatively quiet in terms of visitors and traffic along the road. Definitely worth a trip if you're looking for an initial trail to get used to once you arrive in Moab.

I drove part of Gemini Bridges late Saturday and camped in the designated BLM camping area (Waypoint 5). Sunday morning, I made the trek down to the stone feature for which this road is named. Much of the sand has been blown from the road, exposing more bedrock and few mild steps or ledges. Nothing a stock 4x4 cannot handle.

Ran this trail from Canyonlands towards Moab. The first section, up to Gemini Bridges, is fun and fast with smooth trails. After Gemini Bridges the rocks and obstacles increase. They are of little challenge to a 4x4 with high clearence but may be difficult for 2wd/low clearance vehicles that entered from the Canyonlands side and thought the trail would be consistent throughout. Really fun trail with lots of beautiful sights.

This would be an excellent “off-road” drive for someone who is alone and wants to get off the main roads.

This would be an excellent “off-road” drive for someone who is alone and wants to get off the main roads.

Easy morning drive. Saw 4 other vehicles and a few people camping. Nice loop combined with Long Canyon.

I entered this trail from highway 191 which is where Trails offroad reccomends to start. I had zero issues using my 4Runner and it's a great place to test out a vehicle with 8+ inches of ground clearance. There were 2 spots where I went from 2WD to 4WD to get up a small set of rock stairs. I'm sure it could be done with 2WD if I had some momentum / picked a better line. You could enter from highway 313 coming from the other end if you want a a smoother drive with less rocks and you can still visit Gemini Bridges. But if you want the full experience defenitly do the whole trail. The part from Gemini bridges to highway 191 is more rocky and fun in my opinion.

Really fun Moab/Canyonlands connector. Definitely get out and walk to the Gemini bridges.

Pretty easy trail. I drove it east to west. The cliff part on the east side of trail has blind curves and could turn bad if not paying attention. Saw a couple minivans along the way. With the right lines, I'm sure they did fine. I only went for the drive. Didn't stop along the way. It had just rained pretty hard so it made it better. I just used it to find Gold Bar Rim, Metal Masher and to connect with Hwy 313.

Really enjoyable drive. I do think a 3/10 might be a little more accurate in terms of difficulty. A few steep climbs make 4 Lo, not necessary, but strongly recommended in my mind.

Ran west to east, clear weather, minimal traffic. 2018 Jeep GC Trailhawk, mostly stock. TOF rating is accurate, but trail is pretty rough/rocky in a lot of places. From my wife: F*** off to your trail guide website. (She was a bit upset when we came to the shelf road unexpectedly. I hadn't done much research prior, and some of the views are a bit sphincter clenching...) Now with that obligation out of the way, great trail, superb views, and the little hike down to the bridges is worth the whole trip. Agreed that the trail is generally accessible to most 2x4 vehicles, but I would say that 8"+ ground clearance is highly recommended. Shelf road on the east end was very rough at parts and it seems that rain has eroded most sections considerably since the initial ratings to the point that it may warrant a small upgrade in the rating section. The upper section is mostly smooth with only one extended stretch below the Bridges Trailhead offering any serious bumps over some rocky sections. Overall loved the trail. So many great spots and non-stop views everywhere. Would be very cautious if there was any recent rain/snow as that would add a considerable degree of difficulty.

This trail was fun and pretty easy. Early into the trail on the shelf road there are a few off camber spots that might make new or top-heavy drivers feel uncomfortable, but there's plenty of room to maneuver and I don't believe it ever actually gets angled enough to be risky. Later into the trail there are a few sections where there are some small rock shelves which are fun to drive up and nothing challenging (we ran the trail with a number of AWD Crossover vehicles). The entire trail was VERY scenic. There were no dull areas. The Bride Arch camping area was really nice, although there were a lot more bugs than I expected (nothing that a little bug spray or bug netting can't handle).

Fun trail with a worthy payoff to see Gemini Bridges. Went from east to west, and the climb up above the highway was fun and plenty wide for a shelf road. 2WD was definitely possible the entire way, but there were some steep sections with ledges that I used 4WD on just to make it easier to creep up without slippage. Even used 4L once, somewhat to make things easier and somewhat just to use 4L. Don't have the best tires right now, either, though I did air down a bit to soften things up (yes I'm on the OEM 20s, and yes I'm fixing that soon!). And the eastern part before the Gemini Bridges trailhead was generally rocky and slow-going. Not in a bad way, I just thought this was more of a dirt road with a couple minimal obstacles. I found several minimal obstacles and a whole lot of rocks. Nothing a slightly lifted Expedition (or stock one) couldn't manage, and I too saw a Subaru and even a Hyundai Santa Fe, but I sure wouldn't take anything in the crossover class through this myself without proper tires and a lack of mechanical sympathy. The western half after Gemini is more what I was expecting; a dirt road with the occasional rocky section but generally higher speeds possible. Definitely go look at the bridges; cool formation and great views, and it's a very short hike. Saw a few other vehicles and a few mountain bikers, but very little traffic considering a Saturday in June in Moab. Was hotter than hell I suppose, but being from Kansas this dry heat is no big deal :).

Okay trail, good camping in the area

A fairly easy dirt road with some slickrock surfaces scattered throughout. Nothing too dramatic. The views get less stunning the further you go in. I did see a Subaru Outback at the end, so that is probably the minimum capable vehicle I would suggest tackle this. There were some small ledges around 6" that I don't think a Prius could do. There was extremely heavy Razor traffic.

Easy trail, but great views. The shelf road is the main place to worry about other cars, but overall a very easy trail

Visited Moab with a friend and his family for a week of mild 4-wheeling, camping, hiking, and biking. Gemini Bridges is a good place to start because it has all of these and grand scenery.

Great trail Amazing views. Fun way to leave Canyonlands. Stock 2019 Tacoma

Good ‘ventch...couldn’t see much as it snowed and we did a night run.

Gemini Bridges is an extremely easy drive when dry. I did not require 4wd at all on it. Still, it’s definitely worth a visit as the views are great. Watch out for bikers and slow down to keep the dust low for them. Might want to bring your hiking boots or mountain bike along on this one!

Did this trail twice on my first trip to Moab. We camped at waypoint 5 and drove out at dark to see the sunrise before making the descent to the highway.

Photographed Sun Rise at Dead Horse State Park and used this Dirt Road & Long Canyon to get to Fins & Things, Fun Driver Very Scenic. Never did find the Trail to Gemini Bridges

This was a fun trail that we used as a scenic route driving from Canyonlands to Moab. We completed the trail in about 45 minutes to an house. Great views and very scenic.

Trail in good shape with no issues other than summer heat. Ran with a group of 9 vehicles from Venture Overland /Overland Bound. Combine this with Long Canyon for a nice loop.

Super fun trail and a great intro to offroading in Moab. We saw the sunrise at Gemini Bridges, pretty cool place and worth the very short hike down to see it.

We mostly had the trail to ourselves. Trail was fun and a great loop is to follow Gemini Bridges road west to the highway, turn south towards Canyonlands and follow signs to dead horse and take Long Canyon Road back to town.

Picturesque 2WD road. Took it up to Bull Canyon to hike under the bridges, the back to the trail to drive to the top. Explored the bridges from the top prior to exploring a few of the spur roads in the area and heading to Long canyon. Easy day but a good introduction to the area.

Took some extra time to hike around the Gemini Bridges. Drove the trail the opposite way than this guide and the fun began east of waypoint 13

Drove Gemini Bridges on two days, 11th and 12th of March; made updates to photos on the guide, as well as guides for numerous other roads--Bull Canyon, Surprise Overlook, etc. Gemini was recently graded so it was about as smooth as it could possibly be. This will change as the spring 'wheeling season goes on, and traffic erodes the soft fill along the stone ledges.

The road was well graded and much more smooth than normal.

Ran this over to catch Gold Bar Rim. The shelf road portion was chewed up and a little more rough than normal. No rating change.

I ran the first portion of this trail to access a few others in the area. After Easter Jeep Safari the past couple of days, the trail has been chewed up quite a bit more but there are no major trail changes. It was a beautiful day and very dry so the dust was at its peak.

Having the opportunity to run this trail again, I was able to run it from west to east. This is a "completely" different trail when you run it in this direction. The intricate beauty really jumps out with improved views of everything. I also think driving down the shelf road seems a heck of a lot less bumpy. We also camped at Bride Arch, and it was a perfect location for several rigs to meet up and basecamp. From that location were we able to hit several different trails in the area without much of a drive. However awesome all this was, we got hit with one hell of a windstorm! The attached video gives you an idea of what it is like being in an Oz tent with 60 mph plus winds.

Visited Moab for a long weekend in early March (2-6) to update some existing trail guides and write a few new ones. We base-camped in Bride Arch Canyon (Waypoint 4 of the Gemini Bridges Road) for four nights. Weather was cold at first (mid-twenties at night), and then warmer but terribly windy. The wind on Sunday evening was reported in Moab at 61mph, according to a store clerk I spoke to Monday morning. In our little canyon, I'm confident that it was closer to 70mph! The scenery was, as always, gorgeous in Moab. Gemini Bridges usually provides a great view to the east (La Salle Mountains), but the area was socked-in with clouds and snow much of our trip. Despite this, we had a fantastic off-road adventure, with memories to last a lifetime.