We left Wednesday at 7am to arrive at our hotel in Glenwood Springs, Co. that night at about 8pm (Long story but the RV didn't make it due to a hot water heater issue). The next day we had about a 3hr drive to Moab and went straight to play on Hells revenge for a bit before having dinner and calling it a day. Friday we did 3D trail which took until about 3pm and then did onion creek trail, once going to the top we had to return the same way we came getting us back to town well after dark. We opted out of wheeling on Saturday so we could do Arches National Park as a family, which we did till about 2pm and then drove back toward home and ended up in Limon, Co. for the night. Sunday we drove the remaining 7hrs to get home.
All in it was insane to drive 2300 miles in 5 days but would do it again in a heartbeat! Once you get past Denver it is hard to describe in words or even picture how amazing that part of the country is. I will also say I will never drive on I70 through Vail, Co. at night again in my life. If you have never been, imagine driving up and down 5% grades in the dark (tinted windshield didn't help) with Ice on the road....just fucking nuts.
I went with a friend from work the runs his own trail guide company (hope it is okay to post that video above linking to his channel). The video above was taken by a friends cell phone on the dash of his JK but he brings an actual photographer with that does an amazing job! At one point I got to control his drone while he was busy taking regular photos. If anyone is ever interested in a guide let me know and I will get y'all connected.
Unfortunately, the mountains were iced over on the North side due to snow the Monday before us arriving which limited the trails we were able to run. I have never seen so much open wheelable land in my life and don't doubt with the amount of time it took us to do some easier trails (a little harder due to the mud) you could spend several weeks there to do it all. I know see why people go so often, they're just trying to see it all! I will say that going during non peak season allowed us to stay at the Homewood Suites by Hilton for $100 a night instead of $500 a night!
We had 10 rigs in our group which naturally took some extra time. I was surprised to find that I wasn't even in the least capable rig this trip and got a lot of attention out of the built rigs. I obviously took bypasses and different lines due to the size of my Jeep, Hooper the trail guide has 40's on his 392 (if you get bored and want to watch more of his videos its the green one), most were on 35s or 37s and the Blue JKU was stock with about a 33.
My daughter has some issues with heights and totally freaked out on the entrance to Hells Revenge and 5 minutes later had no issue sitting on the side of the cliff and freaking her mom out (was only about a 10' drop from that spot). I will say the heights and inability to see around you really mess with your head!
thanks for sharing. Which rig is yours? Last I recall you had an XJ? .
