OK that seems unreasonable.
Utah Moab in May 2025
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OK that seems unreasonable.
Hells Revenge and Finns n things are both good ones solo since there are always other people on the trails if you need help.
Some easier trails would be
Shafer trail
Onion Creek
Long Canyon
Dome plateau
Gemini bridges
@NJW. Couple of trails outside the national parks that are close to town that we enjoyed.
Also, there is a back road/easy trail that you can use to access Arches National Park and avoid the crowds. On OnX it’s called the Willow Springs Trail and Dinosaur Tracks. Check the tracks out along the way. It brings you into the park at Balanced Rock.
Also, there is a back road/easy trail that you can use to access Arches National Park and avoid the crowds. On OnX it’s called the Willow Springs Trail and Dinosaur Tracks. Check the tracks out along the way. It brings you into the park at Balanced Rock.
I’m pretty sure I saw the last time I was there in March they had Willow Springs and Dalton Wells roads closed and had a new entrance to the UtahRaptor State Park that you had to enter through to access that area and have a parks pass or pay a use fee. Just a heads up.
All the fun stuff gets ruined (capitalized) by the State.
Agreed. We used to boondock with the kids in that area all the time. Nice easy trails for them to dirtbike on and easy access. Was bummed when we arrived to see the start of the changes a couple years ago, then this year it was all closed off via the normal routes. Now we tend to camp around Dubinky Well area.
I haven’t been up 137 from 313 to access Dubinky wash area, but that looks like it’s pretty cool.
That area got hit pretty hard with the closures a couple years ago, but there is still a lot to do. Not the most difficult trails but some pretty scenic ones. Easy access to Gemini Bridges to run the trails off of there, back way into Wipeout/Sevenmile is close, 3D/Pickle, etc. It’s a fun area. Can be busy, further you get from 313 the better the campsites get but harder to get big rigs into.
Well technically we speaking the people picked the people making the rules.
And after spending the last few years working with the BLM and the Forest Service closure is their easiest option. When you're understaffed, underfunded and completely mismanaged... that's the easy solution.
We've made a lot of progress in this area. Essentially between my organization Friends of Fall Creek Watershed FOFCW.org and CascadeVols.org we're organizing volunteers to fill in all the gaps. Trail maintenance. Trash pickups.
Only money the Forest Service has these days is fire money. Willamette National Forest got $200k to replace signs in a burned area...a big one...and $20k after a huge fight for trash and towing. Shrug.
Hopefully everyone made a comment on rescinding the roadless rule.
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I did long canyon and Gemini bridges about a month ago…both easy trails and epic scenery..
Gemini Bridges is worth the short walk.
At the end of Long Canyon turn left and follow the Colorado river for about 10 minutes and you’ll come up on some petroglyphs.. pretty amazing stuff.
Gemini Bridges is worth the short walk.
At the end of Long Canyon turn left and follow the Colorado river for about 10 minutes and you’ll come up on some petroglyphs.. pretty amazing stuff.
Definitely interested to get in there. Thanks for the info…
We wound up going over Black Bear and coming the long way via Telluride. Buddy hadn’t seen the changing aspens before. Was dumping snow on Red Mountain, made for a fun little segment! I’ll post pictures when I grab them off my camera.
We’ve done many of the basic trails - Posion Spyder, Hell’s, Fin’s, and I did Pritchett with a bunch of you guys in May.
I haven’t run the whole trifecta - leaning towards that right now. Also, I’ve never done Top of The World, Cliffhanger, Metal Masher or Steelbender. Not sure what we’re going to do quite yet. Will likely do Elephant Hill on our way home and grab a permit Thursday.
Also, trying to figure out a new p0016 code. Doesn’t seem to be affecting performance, but alarming. I replaced the OPDA again, just because I had another spare crown unit. Still using my original sensor. Thinking about trying the Crown sensor just to see if that helps.,Code comes and goes - Jeep needs to be running for around an hour before it trips.
I inspected the cam gear and old opda (-a crown that was working fine for two years) and seemed fine. Didn’t notice any excessive wear.
Don’t tell mom, but we explored way too far in this mine today…
We’ve done many of the basic trails - Posion Spyder, Hell’s, Fin’s, and I did Pritchett with a bunch of you guys in May.
I haven’t run the whole trifecta - leaning towards that right now. Also, I’ve never done Top of The World, Cliffhanger, Metal Masher or Steelbender. Not sure what we’re going to do quite yet. Will likely do Elephant Hill on our way home and grab a permit Thursday.
Also, trying to figure out a new p0016 code. Doesn’t seem to be affecting performance, but alarming. I replaced the OPDA again, just because I had another spare crown unit. Still using my original sensor. Thinking about trying the Crown sensor just to see if that helps.,Code comes and goes - Jeep needs to be running for around an hour before it trips.
I inspected the cam gear and old opda (-a crown that was working fine for two years) and seemed fine. Didn’t notice any excessive wear.
Don’t tell mom, but we explored way too far in this mine today…
Good route out there... Crazy it's already snowing all over in the mountains.
I'd probably vote steel Bender or metal masher, not sure I'd want to do cliffhanger alone. I've always liked metal masher I think it has some fun stuff.
Based on our recent Cliffhanger outing probably good advice. First time we ran it we did it alone and didn't see a single other person that day. There weren't any winch points that I was aware of back then but they have them now.
Steelbender has that one spot where the Fall is that is a bit off camber if you don't do the Fall, Metal Masher is pretty easy if you skip Rockchucker and the spot where Ben flopped. Steelbender likely has the best odds of seeing others.
Here's the Fall on Steelbender. The alternate line is behind where lBasket is sitting.
You also have the option of looping that portion and eventually going out the way you came in.
https://medium.com/trail-reviews/trail-review-steel-bender-in-moab-utah-43dadcc9da1d
You also have the option of looping that portion and eventually going out the way you came in.
https://medium.com/trail-reviews/trail-review-steel-bender-in-moab-utah-43dadcc9da1d
Hit Hell’s Revenge for an early morning run. Just feel like bang for buck can’t be beat, so I wanted to give my friend the full Moab experience. (Buddy from Thailand is here for a few days).
Hell’s Gate almost ate my lunch and then some. Absolutely could not see once I started the ascent, the sun was brutal. I’ve never had an issue on it before, but learned how taking the wrong line is very easy. I eventually backed down and got up. This was the first of two experiences today where the sun really messed me up. Also couldn’t see on the Staircase and wound up heading left on what I thought was the exit. This was a major mistake… wound up off trail and had to do some sketchy maneuvers to get down and back on the trail. Definitely should have walked this one or at least familiarized myself before heading up it. Not my proudest moment…
At some point I jacked my antirock pretty good. I was able to bend it back close by rigging my winch to a snatch block and pulling it somewhat straight.
We hit Metal Masher and closed out with Gemini Bridges. Metal Masher was fun, with lots of lines to choose from. Stayed off of the really spicy stuff since we were the only ones out there.
Check engine light stayed off all day until the drive on the highway back. Guess the LJ just doesn’t like 70mph… everything felt and sounded fine,
Here’s a few photos…
Hell’s Gate almost ate my lunch and then some. Absolutely could not see once I started the ascent, the sun was brutal. I’ve never had an issue on it before, but learned how taking the wrong line is very easy. I eventually backed down and got up. This was the first of two experiences today where the sun really messed me up. Also couldn’t see on the Staircase and wound up heading left on what I thought was the exit. This was a major mistake… wound up off trail and had to do some sketchy maneuvers to get down and back on the trail. Definitely should have walked this one or at least familiarized myself before heading up it. Not my proudest moment…
At some point I jacked my antirock pretty good. I was able to bend it back close by rigging my winch to a snatch block and pulling it somewhat straight.
We hit Metal Masher and closed out with Gemini Bridges. Metal Masher was fun, with lots of lines to choose from. Stayed off of the really spicy stuff since we were the only ones out there.
Check engine light stayed off all day until the drive on the highway back. Guess the LJ just doesn’t like 70mph… everything felt and sounded fine,
Here’s a few photos…
Hit Hell’s Revenge for an early morning run. Just feel like bang for buck can’t be beat, so I wanted to give my friend the full Moab experience. (Buddy from Thailand is here for a few days).
Hell’s Gate almost ate my lunch and then some. Absolutely could not see once I started the ascent, the sun was brutal. I’ve never had an issue on it before, but learned how taking the wrong line is very easy. I eventually backed down and got up. This was the first of two experiences today where the sun really messed me up. Also couldn’t see on the Staircase and wound up heading left on what I thought was the exit. This was a major mistake… wound up off trail and had to do some sketchy maneuvers to get down and back on the trail. Definitely should have walked this one or at least familiarized myself before heading up it. Not my proudest moment…
At some point I jacked my antirock pretty good. I was able to bend it back close by rigging my winch to a snatch block and pulling it somewhat straight.
We hit Metal Masher and closed out with Gemini Bridges. Metal Masher was fun, with lots of lines to choose from. Stayed off of the really spicy stuff since we were the only ones out there.
Check engine light stayed off all day until the drive on the highway back. Guess the LJ just doesn’t like 70mph… everything felt and sounded fine,
Here’s a few photos…
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I want to see what rock did your swaybar link in... also, where did your 3rd link go?
I too would like to know what rock did me in. I don’t remember hitting anything that hard.
That was actually my 4th link. I went to a 3 link up front when I did new arms and joints last summer.
Hit Hell’s Revenge for an early morning run. Just feel like bang for buck can’t be beat, so I wanted to give my friend the full Moab experience. (Buddy from Thailand is here for a few days).
Hell’s Gate almost ate my lunch and then some. Absolutely could not see once I started the ascent, the sun was brutal. I’ve never had an issue on it before, but learned how taking the wrong line is very easy. I eventually backed down and got up. This was the first of two experiences today where the sun really messed me up. Also couldn’t see on the Staircase and wound up heading left on what I thought was the exit. This was a major mistake… wound up off trail and had to do some sketchy maneuvers to get down and back on the trail. Definitely should have walked this one or at least familiarized myself before heading up it. Not my proudest moment…
At some point I jacked my antirock pretty good. I was able to bend it back close by rigging my winch to a snatch block and pulling it somewhat straight.
We hit Metal Masher and closed out with Gemini Bridges. Metal Masher was fun, with lots of lines to choose from. Stayed off of the really spicy stuff since we were the only ones out there.
Check engine light stayed off all day until the drive on the highway back. Guess the LJ just doesn’t like 70mph… everything felt and sounded fine,
Here’s a few photos…
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