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Well, It took me 4 years to get to Moab, but it was worth the wait, the drive, the $$$$, everything. If you love Jeeping, you HAVE to get to Moab once before you die. I'm still reeling from the four days we (Andrew and Shari, Stuart, and I) spent there. We ran four pre-chosen trails: Sunday was Gold Spike, a very long, very scenic trail that wound up being the easiest of the four trails. Monday was Pritchett Canyon, arguably the most difficult of the Moab trails, and for certain the most fun of the trails we ran. Tuesday we ran Hell's Revenge; this trail has the famous Hell's Gate obstacle that everyone sees the guy rolling ass over teakettle on at YouTube. Stuart and I got squirrely at the top kicker, but made it up with some awsome spotting by a guy named Bud. Really nice guy. It also runs right along the Lion's Back, which I'm told is problaby closed for good. Too bad, it's pretty scary looking and I really wanted to drive it. Wednesday was the really crazy Moab Rim trail. Off camber on the edge of a 1000 ft. cliff (that's a guess, but it looks ten times higher than that), with some really neat and technical steps on the way up that made alot of passengers decide to take the hike up instead of riding. For us that had to drive, it was freaking awsome!
We left Moab on Thursday morning, missing the huge vendor show and the mad influx of Jeeps coming in for the Easter weekend festivities. I don't regret it at all; We all split up and went our separte ways; I went South to find great shots for the old camera. I hit Arches Natl Monument which is just North of Moab a few miles, The goosenecks, two different Anasazi Indian dwelling sites, Natural Bridges Natl Monument, Canyonlands Natl Park, went down the Yopi Dugway, an INSANE highway that drops down the side of a 7000' escarpment into the Valley of the Gods. From there I went to Monument Valley, and on to the Grand Canyon, where I'm at today. I took a hike down into the canyon; I'm beat and can't wait to get home. Here are pics, starting with a video of the snow storm we hit going across the pass on I 70 to Moab on Saturday evening.
One of the obstacles on Gold Spike
Axle Hill Rollover (the only damage was to Ego...
The CJ's/YJ's were unloading all day on this obstacle, and that made for great pics
Stuart walking up Axle Hill
This the sweetest, cleanest buggy you'll ever see on any trail. Sweet! The owner, Marlin is a real nice guy
Just a small portion of what surrounds you when you're in Moab.
Great White Rock
Going down into Hell's Gate
Andrew climbing out of Hell's Gate
End of day two
Hell's Revenge
Petroglyphs at the Moab Rim turn around
I have over 3400 pics to download. There are 24 pages of pics and videos here:
http://s64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...02008/?start=0
Enjoy...
We left Moab on Thursday morning, missing the huge vendor show and the mad influx of Jeeps coming in for the Easter weekend festivities. I don't regret it at all; We all split up and went our separte ways; I went South to find great shots for the old camera. I hit Arches Natl Monument which is just North of Moab a few miles, The goosenecks, two different Anasazi Indian dwelling sites, Natural Bridges Natl Monument, Canyonlands Natl Park, went down the Yopi Dugway, an INSANE highway that drops down the side of a 7000' escarpment into the Valley of the Gods. From there I went to Monument Valley, and on to the Grand Canyon, where I'm at today. I took a hike down into the canyon; I'm beat and can't wait to get home. Here are pics, starting with a video of the snow storm we hit going across the pass on I 70 to Moab on Saturday evening.
One of the obstacles on Gold Spike
Axle Hill Rollover (the only damage was to Ego...
The CJ's/YJ's were unloading all day on this obstacle, and that made for great pics
Stuart walking up Axle Hill
This the sweetest, cleanest buggy you'll ever see on any trail. Sweet! The owner, Marlin is a real nice guy
Just a small portion of what surrounds you when you're in Moab.
Great White Rock
Going down into Hell's Gate
Andrew climbing out of Hell's Gate
End of day two
Hell's Revenge
Petroglyphs at the Moab Rim turn around
I have over 3400 pics to download. There are 24 pages of pics and videos here:
http://s64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...02008/?start=0
Enjoy...
Looks like you'll have a ton of memories from that trip. Glad to hear you guys made it out in one peice. Any trails there in the Grand Canyon area? I've actually never been to the Grand Canyon (or Moab for that matter) . . . hope to get out there soon.
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