| Founded in the late 1800s, Moab was hardly a speck
until the 1950s, when prospector Charlie Steen discovered uranium in
the nearby hills. When the ensuing mining boom finally waned, the conservative
hold of Moab's industrialists and landowners waned with it, and the
town threw in its lot with tourism. In barely ten years, it has transformed
itself into the Southwest's number one adventure-vacation destination.
Moab
still isn't a large town - the population has yet to reach ten
thousand - and neither is it an attractive one. The setting is
what matters. With two national parks on its doorstep, plus millions
more acres of public land, Moab is an ideal base for outdoors
enthusiasts. At first, it was a mecca for mountain bikers , lured
by the legendary
Slickrock Bike Trail . Then the jeep drivers began to turn up,
and the whitewater rafting companies moved in. These days it's
almost literally bursting, all year, with legions of Lycra-clad
vacationers from all over the world. Hostels in Moab |
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