Nice photos! I haven't been on that road, probably won't either. Gettin' too old. You might want to take the dirt road east out of Spring Valley up to Mt. Moriah, camp in there somewhere after you get to the top, and then drive along 468 to Gandy. Very nice, very VERY isolated. Unless it's completely washed out (don't think so though) it's a nice drive taking about 4 hours from the summit to Gandy.
@skeezix Thanks! I am hoping to get the club to make this run and make a day trip out of it to Stampede.
I will check you your suggestion! I am always looking for new adventures. I just need to sort my rear bumper on the Bronco. It needs replacing now and the 40 is far from complete.
@Tony_Farson
I think you'll like it! First time I was up to Mt. Moriah was in June of 2009, and I've been there just about annually since. Gettin' kinda tired of it though.
The road is pretty rough when you leave the junction on the valley floor, averaging maybe 10 mph. Takes about an hour to reach the top. When you get to the top you will see a road leading more or less back down the other side. That road will take you to Gandy in about 4 hours.
If you do not take that road but bear due south, the road (and it's a good road - they're all good roads at the top) eventually dead-ends near Mt. Moriah. You can camp there if you want, but there really aren't any level spots (I love level spots! Don't hafta climb back into the truck bed after rolling out in the middle of the night...) You'll pass a small green cabin (about 100 sq ft) on the west side of the road on the way there. Last time I checked it out, it was crammed full of live moths and flies.
The best spot (for me, anyways) to camp is about a mile or so after you leave the junction that I first mentioned. You can't miss it. It'll be on the west side of the road just at the end of the trees that line the road. Like I said, there isn't really any good place to camp past that, but there is a spot about 300-400 years before you reach it.
The road from the summit down to Gandy is another story. It's pretty dry up there. I do remember having to go off the road at one spot due to some very heavy rutting caused by somebody driving through the mud, but since then that part has been pretty much flattened out and was not a problem the last time (around 2015) I drove it.
There is another spot that will most likely cause you to turn around. That spot is toward the end of the road. You will reach a fork. Going straight or maybe a little to the right, takes you about 1/4 mile and then the road is pretty much off-camber as you dip down between the trees and into a gulch. The road turns very much off-camber, so much so that I just said screw it and I turned around and went back.
If you drive to the left though, the road is pretty good and will take you down to the wash without any problems. Once in the wash, it's about another 45 minutes to an hour until you reach Gandy and Gandy Warm Springs.
If you want more information, just let me know. You can also use GoogleEarth to get a pretty good idea of what the road is like.
