Cruise Moab 2010 Planning

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Blues Dawg said:
Welcome, Glen. We are pretty casual about our planning. Make the motel in Blanding Saturday nite (24th) and we'll be wheeling some desert and mountain terrain starting Sunday morning. Monday and Tuesday we plan to be in Monticello, 21 miles north of Blanding as our staging point. How many of our northern cousins are we expecting, all told?
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I have booked the motel in Blanding and Monticello (I see the nightly lows are near freezing). I think only the two of us, Drew and myself, will be in Blanding on Sat. as the others (3 other trucks) are leaving latter - perhaps Friday? - takes 2-3 days to get there. I am leaving Wednesday and taking my time (may have time for a few side excursions)

No trailer to flip for me.
 
Glenn-BJ74 said:
I have booked the motel in Blanding and Monticello (I see the nightly lows are near freezing). I think only the two of us, Drew and myself, will be in Blanding on Sat. as the others (3 other trucks) are leaving latter - perhaps Friday? - takes 2-3 days to get there. I am leaving Wednesday and taking my time (may have time for a few side excursions)
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Sounds good.:cool:

Glenn-BJ74 said:
No trailer to flip for me.
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So, your leaving the entertainment responsibility up to Drew? No worries, he's proven capable.:hillbilly:
 
If anyone is interested, I'm heading to Pinetop on Tuesday (27th) afternoon to meet up with my brother who is driving in from Ft. Worth Texas. We are staying at my parents cabin that night and leaving in the morning for Moab. There is room at the cabin if anyone is interested in heading up there as well on Tuesday and caravan with us up to Moab. Just throwing it out there. Otherwise see you all on Wednesday!:bounce::bounce2::bounce::bounce2::bounce::bounce2:
 
Got my official trail assignments:

Thurs/GoldenSpike - Fri/TipToe Behind the Rocks - Sat/Moab Rim

I'm pretty sure I won't be doing Moab Rim on Saturday, but go on White Rim instead...
 
ChaseTruck said:
Got my official trail assignments:

Thurs/GoldenSpike - Fri/TipToe Behind the Rocks - Sat/Moab Rim

I'm pretty sure I won't be doing Moab Rim on Saturday, but go on White Rim instead...
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No trail assignments here yet:meh:...I wonder, are they assigning chevy's first or going in reverse order of registration:hhmm:?
 
Got mine via email this morning. Thur: Golden Spike, Fri: Hells Revenge, Sat: Cliff Hanger. Getting excited here! :cheers:
 
Got mine this morning too:

THURS: Golden Spike
FRI: Behind the Rocks
SAT: Hells Revenge
 
I got the same as Michael posted :doh:

can't wait :bounce: :steer:
 
Got mine -

Thursday: Golden Spike
Friday: Poison Spider (don't know why I signed up for that the day after Spike...)
Saturday: CSC White Rim Run
 
Thurs. - Spike
Fri.- BFE - Difficult
Sat. - Hells revenge (likely- CSC Run)

Looks like we'll have the majority of SPike on Thurs.. I know two other AZFJ guys running it too.
 
Thursday
Hells Revenge
Friday
Gold Bar Rim
Saturday
Fins & Things


I don't really want to do Fins again. I would really like to meet up with CSC guys.

How is Gold Bar? Should I look at changing that one?

Thanks
 
Gold Bar Rim trail is an in/out trail that has a single obstacle, and that's Buttscratcher Ledge. Steep drop down on the front bumper on the way in, steep climb on the way out. I got stuck last time on the way out, bottom of the ledge was dug out pretty deep, tried to drive it anyway, stuck the truck on the rear bumper, and then my motor died (carb angle...). It's great if that happens when you're leading that trail... I needed a little tug backwards and a rock in the hole. Scenery is pretty cool, you'll see landmarks like Gooney Bird Rock, get to look down Gold Bar Canyon, and you'll end up on the rim across from Arches NP, overlooking Hwy 191, and the Colorado river and Moab down in the valley. The trail used to be a lot of dirt road; erosion has washed a lot of dirt away in recent years, and it has become rough with a good chunk of driving on slickrock.
But it's pretty nice up there - we usually get to drive it as the last part of the Golden Spike trail, and at that time of the day everyone is sort of concentrated and focused on making the last obstacle (i.e. Buttscratcher Ledge...) and getting out, and nobody has time to enjoy that part of the trail. I like it up there, it's neat.
 
I have only run Gold Bar as the last part of Spike, as Micheal said, we are pretty much used up by then. I would agree that there is only one major obstacle, but lots of "lesser" ones. IIRC in the slick rock area are there are plenty of steps, some are significant sized. The wash area and the climb/descent on the rim is pretty much a long, dusty dirt road, by the time we get there it's pretty much "get me off of this trail" attitude! :hillbilly:

Pix of the ledge in post 167, 168 is the slick rock area after.

https://forum.ih8mud.com/az-copper-state-cruisers/218506-cm08-pix-9.html#post3318860
 
If I try to change out from Gold Bar, is there another "must do"that I could do in the minivan?

Is Kane Creek pretty neat?

Thanks
 
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