Gravel Gertie

We were in Moab 2 weeks ago. In Arches we always enjoyed the road to Tower Arch (gravel, sand, rocks). We used to return via Balanced Rock but the road is damaged and closed for now. Nice scenic easy rides are Onion Creek and Long Canyon which climbs a high hill and you can drive under a huge boulder. A good ride with a some challenges is Bull Canyon to the bottom of Gemini Bridges, then go up on top to walk on the Gemini Bridges. You can do this alone as it is heavily traveled by other Jeeps to give you a hand if you need it. Schafer Trail is easy but awesome for scenery and it is fun to go up (or down) the switchback road and view the valley from up high. This is another good road to do alone. Chicken Corners is fun too. These are all good trails for those who don't want to do difficult trails. Have fun!

Mark Doiron

Gemini Bridges Trail is easy, there will probably be a few other vehicles in case you need help, and, if you dare, you can drive out onto one of the arches (I didn't know it was permitted when I was there):









Be sure to touch Goose Rock with your tire as you drive by!

exgman

The Shaeffer Trail is a good one to do on your own. Great views/vistas and simple. I like to do it from the bottom to the top.

voodoojk

ahhhhhhhh....im still undecided. it's like going to Disney and saying you can only do one park and thats all. damn time ..not enough of it!! i wish i knew the area better. i read somewhere you can not wheel in arches? is this true? WOL...do you recall the name of the trail you did in canyons?

thanks for all the great suggestions! i just don't want to be driving out a dusty dirt road all day. i want some rocks to wheel on and breathtaking scenary!

Dirt101

Poison Spider Mesa is one of my favorites, granted we did it on mtn bikes but stopped to watch several jeeps on the way up, looked like a blast, not sure you can get all the way here without a little hike but the view of the town of Moab is awesome...

Mark Doiron

Hunh? Here's Disney (really, I kid you not: Disney, Oklahoma!):





Someone else's YouTube video

wayoflifette

The name of the trail is Colorado River Overlook. It's the trail near the top on this map:

http://www.nps.gov/cany/planyourvisit/upload/needles.pdf

Ryno

I really enjoyed doing Elephant Hill in Canyonlands. It's a moderate trail with some great scenery. Here's a link to a whole album of pictures, compliments of Project-JK.

Moab Easter Jeep Safari 2008 Day 4 - Elephant Hill

evanyj350

Hells revenge is a great slickrock trail. We took a bunch of stock rentals with 33s on it and had a blast. The mesa trail is a little hairier for a stock unit but we did ok.