ROCKtober Therapy - THE Moab Gathering

This is my mode for Saturday I think

 

What do you have in mind?

 

I'd be down.
I'll be in a mini on 35s if that fits the requirements

 

Yep. I volunteer @HolyHandGrenade also

 

Sounds like you’re better off just sticking with guys and rigs you know. I know that’s what I’d do.

 

Never mind, I'll give up a spot to someone else and run it on my own time

 

anybody going that’s not going “hard”…? No extreme trails for me at the moment.

I’ve done a few easy end of hard trails in Moab - TOTW, Hells, Poison Spider, day canyon point, dome plateau.


Looking do similar or a little harder things.

 

Coyote Canyon the toughest trail in Moab was watching this in YouTube if ur truck is not built for this trail don’t even attempt this bring spare parts 37s is doable but 40s or better is preferred w/lockers fully armored good luck whoever’s is going to do this trail hopefully no one breaks down but unfortunately they might

 

might have to hang with you in the future like to challenge myself on these trails u mention

 

For those that are fresh to Moab. I’ll lead a TriFecta run either Friday or Saturday. Depending on what people are there. If we don’t burn the midnight oil to bad Saturday. Can do a early Top of the World Sunday for Sunrise up there.

 

for the uneducated. Is the TriFecta a single run, or three separate runs.

I suppose I could google.

 

yea, there was quite the line at the last wall climb last year.

 

In

 

oh damn... i should bring a cooler and some popcorn!

 

@WarFab Armor Just watched a video of a run up Coyote from earlier this year. Lots of dug out ledges and some sharp turn narrows. It will probably favor the short wheelbase rigs. The barbie TJ could be in it's element. Unless some of the storms rearranged things.

Stay south side for Saturday afternoon: BTR or FIM or Steelbender?

 

I'd like to give BTR a go again.

 

One of my favorite wheelin’ days was cruising FIM and Steel Bender with @Zizzle and @Wishbone Runner a couple of seasons ago. It would be fun to ride those again, but I will be traveling that weekend so I can’t make it.

 

and for those who love trifecta and trails in this area, SUWA is currently pushing the BLM for some drastic changes and closures of trails in the Labyrinth Canyons area which include trails like:
Golden Spike (middle of trifecta)
Gold Bar (end of trifecta)
Rusty Nail
Parts of 7mile Rim (route between Monitor and Merrimac Buttes, tippy dome, and the exit out from Determination Towers)
Wipeout Hill
Parts of the 3D trail
Hidden canyon overlook
Bartlett overlook
Spring Canyon Bottom
Hey Joe Canyon
Tenmile Canyon
Hellroaring Canyon
and many overlooks

view the map alternatives they are looking at, https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2001224/580

here is a good overview from their presentation on 9/22, https://eplanning.blm.gov/public_pr...byrinthGemini Public Meeting Presentation.pdf

recording of their 9/22 meeting, https://youtu.be/i-Cr7IV6oiI


How can you help?
Do some research to build your arguments against some of these drastic closures and participate in the comment period (Closes 10/7/22), https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2001224/510

The best comments are ones from experience indicating specific areas and trails that you enjoy and why those areas should remain open... or closed. Alternative A sounds great (leave it open), but is most likely not a real alternative. So a good argument would be to find the balance between recreational groups, keeping access open while protecting areas that need to be protected and giving non-motorized people a break. If we could only restrict the SxS usage, I bet a lot of the complaints against the off-road community would go away. But a massive closure of many popular areas just because SUWA doesn't like the offroad community is extreme and needs to be spoken up against.

organizations fighting for and have some good points:
Blue Ribbon Coalition - https://www.sharetrails.org/dont-le...h-rims-gemini-bridges-travel-management-plan/
for any backcountry pilots out there, https://utahbackcountrypilots.org/news/CTA_laby

Vs the extremists trying to close down trails, https://suwa.org/help-save-labyrinth-canyon-comments-due-october-7th/

 

@NYCO are we getting porta johns this year? I know someone who was ticketed out there for having no shitter.