Comb Ridge= EPIC. It is one of the most incredible land formations around.
I dream about it.
I dream about it.
FAWKING MIND BOGGLING - HitR 2016
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And hopefully one day soon, never to have to cross that bridge again.... because.... well, you know.
Cruiserdrew
On the way there
This is cheating.
Andrew looks younger, you look thinner, and the cruiser looks unmolested.
BTW-If you, Jason and Alex are interested, we're having a trip reunion in 2 weeks. On the Rubicon trail. Just sayin'.
Cruiserdrew
On the way there
And hopefully one day soon, never to have to cross that bridge again.... because.... well, you know.
Agree. It's a very dangerous
Once everyone on the first portion of the trip feels as though the trip report is complete, I will begin a thorough discussion of the 2nd portion of my trip.
hey, before you guys close..
tell me the sound tracks we heard at camp and the stuff you guys were cranking down "death pinch road".
and elsewhere.
Charcuterie day was Allman Bros. Idlywild, and Fillmore East .
I rocked out to a vibrating drive shaft and wind on my way home.
tell me the sound tracks we heard at camp and the stuff you guys were cranking down "death pinch road".
and elsewhere.
Charcuterie day was Allman Bros. Idlywild, and Fillmore East .
I rocked out to a vibrating drive shaft and wind on my way home.
Chugga, chugga, chugga, chugga, chugga, chugga
Most of the time.
I did listen to these on the trip from ATL and afterwards:
"Beyond the 100th Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the 2nd Opening of the American West" By Wallace Stegner
"Mormon Country" By Wallace Stegner
"Basin and Range" by John McPhee
"Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith" by Jon Krakeuer
"Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness" by Edward Abbey
All of these have something to do with Utah or the semi-arid plateau country of the intermountain west.
Most of the time.
I did listen to these on the trip from ATL and afterwards:
"Beyond the 100th Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the 2nd Opening of the American West" By Wallace Stegner
"Mormon Country" By Wallace Stegner
"Basin and Range" by John McPhee
"Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith" by Jon Krakeuer
"Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness" by Edward Abbey
All of these have something to do with Utah or the semi-arid plateau country of the intermountain west.
awesome book
Cruiserdrew
On the way there
I finished up "Undaunted Courage" audio book on the way back to California after saying goodbye to Cameron and aloha to the Mossad agent (the super model thing turned out to just be a cover story) in Blanding. It was a very fitting end to this great trip, and a great story with so much more to it than I remembered from history class in high school.
Like @beno , I can recommend as one of my favorite books ever, "Under the banner of Heaven" . And "Beyond the 100th Meridian" is essential if you want to begin to understand the arid American west. Interestingly, Powell got it right in the 1869 when he realized that water was the key to the West, and it is fully appropriate that Lake Powell is named for him.
Someone @MEMCruiser asked if a 200 could do this trail. I'd give it a maybe/likely. But I wouldn't do it. It's too nice a truck. @PabloVTA 80 was about as wide a truck that will fit, and that's with wheels at the edge, dirt breaking away down the cliff. A 200 would be even wider. You would need to be very delicate about the sandstone dance on the shelf roads. The pinch spots would be pinchier, the drop offs closer. But if you could solve the logistics of spare parts, fuel, and the route, it would be worth a try if you don't mind mangling an $80k truck.
Like @beno , I can recommend as one of my favorite books ever, "Under the banner of Heaven" . And "Beyond the 100th Meridian" is essential if you want to begin to understand the arid American west. Interestingly, Powell got it right in the 1869 when he realized that water was the key to the West, and it is fully appropriate that Lake Powell is named for him.
Someone @MEMCruiser asked if a 200 could do this trail. I'd give it a maybe/likely. But I wouldn't do it. It's too nice a truck. @PabloVTA 80 was about as wide a truck that will fit, and that's with wheels at the edge, dirt breaking away down the cliff. A 200 would be even wider. You would need to be very delicate about the sandstone dance on the shelf roads. The pinch spots would be pinchier, the drop offs closer. But if you could solve the logistics of spare parts, fuel, and the route, it would be worth a try if you don't mind mangling an $80k truck.
I have the most beat up 200 in the country its got 170k miles on it. It might be worth 20k.
I was asking more about the last part of the trail where you did the epic hike. Is there an easier way to access that? Not necessarily the whole week of the trail.
I was asking more about the last part of the trail where you did the epic hike. Is there an easier way to access that? Not necessarily the whole week of the trail.
Cruiserdrew
On the way there
You could skip part of what we did, but you can't skip the main body of the trail. Likely 4 days at a minimum for the first time through. And you don't want to rush it. This is a trail to savor, and not be on a schedule.
You can get to that hike from the east in a 200 easy. I did one of those awful all day guided runs from Moab there and back in a day with 15 vehicles.
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I think he's asking about Canyonlands, Needles, Chesler Park, Elephant Hill. At a minimum, you probably need to bring a spotter for parts of it.
Look up Elephant Hill trail in the Utah guide or on Canyonlands site.
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Cruiserdrew
On the way there
Do you mean from the Escalante side? No way, you could start in Moab, drive down to the trailhead, do the entire trail and back to Moab in 1 day. You could do the Escalante side from Moab in a day, but that would be a long day on a dirt road, and it would end at the cliff above Lake Powell on the other side of the river from where we were.
Edit:I now realize you guys were talking just Ehill/Chessler which is certainly doable in a 200.
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Now, that's a nice gig
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Now, that's a nice gig
I'm pretty sure they cram those to capacity, too. So 5-6 adults @$165 each + gratuities to wheel a loaded 80!
(the drivers weren't at all cruiserheads. ZERO waves were returned, so I quit waving and started mud saluting)
Interesting book for sure. I guess I was the only one that had a seriously hard time getting their head around it.
I've read other Krakeuer; that one was difficult.
To be more specificer, the hike I am refering to is the place where you had a pic that you wanted to post bit it went missing.
Now I know what I am looking at.
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