my White Rim Trail Video

I bought a 2WD Doublecab Offroad (with rear locker) figuring it could get me through anything I was likely to take it on. Been thinking about a trip on the White Rim this spring and talked to a ranger yesterday who said the West side of the White rim had long stretches of sand and there were some 1' ledges on the road you had to drive up over. He didn't recommend doing it with 2WD.

Any advice on this? What about tires? Do I need anything beyond stock tires?

 

While I did almost the entire trail in 2WD, I would most certainly not do this trail in a 2WD vehicle. First, you just never know and you are a long ways away from the rest of the world. Plus if you get rain you'll understand why its called "slick rock"

If it were me and I really wanted to do this trail and didn't own a 4x4, I'd just rent a jeep in town.


dp

 

Thanks for the advice. He said the East side of the trail up till Gooseberry wasn't too bad. Do you agree? Right now we are planning on driving into Gooseberry and camping two nights, We will have some bikes with us so will do a little hiking and bike the roads in the area then drive out the way we came in and decide what to do different on the next trip. I'm also trying to get to Zion and Bryce and Mesa Verde on this trip. That may mean we drive in one day on the white rim and out the next.

 

I'm heading down in May to do the white rim trail, I booked four nights...but might have to skip the last night. Is 3 nights enough to see the whole area and go on some decent hikes? I imagine three nights is more than enough but I just want to make sure as I am driving 2500 km's to get there.

Oh and I really like the video, great music and the go pro, if thats what you used, shot a great video

 

Yep, used a GoPro. I mostly use it for motorcycles, but figured why not...
http://vimeo.com/23530236

The East side is definitely easier, but its the west side that has all the epic views and the hike out to the old fort. You can only MTB on the actual road itself. I've done it and it wasn't something I'd care to do again - very boring. If you are going to MTB in Moab there are thousands (literally) of better places to go - even beyond the infamous Slick Rock trail. Look up things like Amasa Back, Poison Spider, Bartlett Wash, etc...

Three days is more than enough - I've only ever done two days, one night - even when I've pedaled the entire route. I would think three-days (two nights) would be the most time you'd want to spend out there. You really are focused onto the main road.

But what I love most about it is the drive through. You just trundle along with the windows down and drink in the scenery. Its cathartic.

dp