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Sedona, Schnebly Hill Rd. Got a little rougher than I would have thought on the Sedona side. Got to use my rarely activated Lo and diff lock and lifted a wheel a few times. Passed 3 Jeeps, about 6 quads, and maybe 10 Razrs. No other GXs 
Awesome views.
This was not a technical section!
Camping out of the back as always; tonight in the Coconino NF near Flagstaff.
Awesome views.
This was not a technical section!
Camping out of the back as always; tonight in the Coconino NF near Flagstaff.
San Francisco Peaks! Had a pretty awesome geology field trip to that area over 20 years ago 
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FYI, if you can fit it in your trip, and, if you are willing to pay the Hualapai Reservation, you can drive all the way down to the Colorado River (bottom of the Grand Canyon) on Diamond Creek Road off of old Route 66. I think it cost us $800 for a van full of college students back in the day, not sure what they charge for a single vehicle today. But it was a pretty awesome experience and should be an easy road for a GX to tackle.
.FYI, if you can fit it in your trip, and, if you are willing to pay the Hualapai Reservation, you can drive all the way down to the Colorado River (bottom of the Grand Canyon) on Diamond Creek Road off of old Route 66. I think it cost us $800 for a van full of college students back in the day, not sure what they charge for a single vehicle today. But it was a pretty awesome experience and should be an easy road for a GX to tackle.
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Ung cost prohibitiveSan Francisco Peaks! Had a pretty awesome geology field trip to that are over 20 years ago
FYI, if you can fit it in your trip, and, if you are willing to pay the Hualapai Reservation, you can drive all the way down to the Colorado River (bottom of the Grand Canyon) on Diamond Creek Road off of old Route 66. I think it cost us $800 for a van full of college students back in the day, not sure what they charge for a single vehicle today. But it was a pretty awesome experience and should be an easy road for a GX to tackle.
My wife and I paid to go on the Hulapai Reservation and we did drive down to the base of the Colorado River. It was awesome! We did it with another couple from our 4x4 club (they had a Jeep). It's kind of funny after you pay and they give you your pass, it says, "... is Authorized to Trespass..."! We did this in 2024, and it wasn't expensive at all for just my wife and I. And you can camp down there! They have comp sites with picnic benches and pit toilets. Since the place is also a landing for guided inflatable boat tours, the boats come in there and the tourists are bussed out. That's about the only people we saw, oh and one other guy with his dog camping.
I'd love to drive down there again, and certainly will at some point in the future. We have a UT/AZ tripped planned for late summer this year, but will be going to the North Rim instead of the South Rim.
The canyon is actually a fault, and the fractured rock along the fault allowed Diamond Creek to carve out a nice, long, straight valley down to the Colorado River. I recall the rocks on one side of the canyon being totally different (metamorphic basement rocks) than the other side (sedimentary Colorado Plateau rocks), although that trip was in 2005 so my memory could always be a bit off.
The canyon is actually a fault, and the fractured rock along the fault allowed Diamond Creek to carve out a nice, long, straight valley down to the Colorado River. I recall the rocks on one side of the canyon being totally different (metamorphic basement rocks) than the other side (sedimentary Colorado Plateau rocks), although that trip was in 2005 so my memory could always be a bit off
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Old 66 around Oatman was surprisingly enjoyable. Did part of the Bradshaw Trail and we camped off of it last night.
Onboard air tanks might have made sense back in the day if you were going to run air tools while wheeling. Today most folks have switched to battery-operated tools so IMO air tools don't make sense to take with you. I usually carry 2-3 battery tools and 2 batteries when wheeling, plus a charger, which would be plenty for several different trail repairs.
FWIW I have a large air compressor in my shop and a number of smaller air tools for one-off jobs (right-angle drill, mini belt sander, needle scaler, etc). But those aren't things you'd ever need when wheeling.
FWIW I have a large air compressor in my shop and a number of smaller air tools for one-off jobs (right-angle drill, mini belt sander, needle scaler, etc). But those aren't things you'd ever need when wheeling.
Bradshaw Trail meh. Red Canyon Trail was really pretty. Alabama Hills/ Mt Whitney was awesome!
LOL no, but they are notoriously timid around men of great virility...
In all serious the Owens Valley/Whitney Portal has been on my bucket list for a long time. It's just a long ways from me in MO and an even longer ways for you! Hopefully in the next few years.
since you made it here to the west, check out papoose flats, coyote flats/funnel lake. i think those are worth the visit. trail head is roughly 1.5 hr north of alabama hills.
That's some beautiful country! We've logged a lot of time spent there. I've climbed Mt. Whitney once, two years later, set up a crew and had the passes for a second climb, but had an injury and had to let my crew go without me on this second climb.
I also rolled my F350 on that road driving through the Alabama HIlls. This F350 crewcab was my first overland build.
Pictures before being rolled:
After I rolled it.
