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Snek x SaltAir Gravel Bike
Public Lands. A ride through Grand Staircase-Escalante
When I told the dude at the bike shop my plan to ride around Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, he said, “Well, that’s gonna be a lot easier than it used to be,” a not-so-subtle jab at Trump’s terrible decision to shrink America’s largest National Monument by 47%. Parts of it are remote. As in, the last-mapped region of the lower 48. But it’s an area of Southern Utah that, even in the last few months, my friends and I have fought to learn about and protect.