Saturday Sept 7th
Pritchett Canyon
o Departs: 8:30AM
o Meeting Place:
McDonald's
o This is just about the most difficult trail in the Moab area, at least on BLM land, and continues to get more difficult each year. You must have front & rear recovery points, lockers, and minimum 35” tires. Your vehicle should also be capable of running at steep angles. Having a winch is a big plus. This trail is a straight through type with the end being quite some distance from the start; depending on the group sometimes the trail is run in and back out to end at the starting point.
o Description:
https://www.rr4w.com/trail-details.cfm?trailid=32
o Difficulty: 9
Flat Iron Mesa
o Departs: 8:00 AM
o Meeting Place:
City Market
o Flat Iron Mesa is south of Moab and is bounded by Kane Springs Canyon on the north, Hatch Wash Canyon on the west, West Coyote Canyon on the south, and
Highway 191 on the east. A main road has a BLM sign, but our trail leaves the highway earlier and it quickly gets 4WD status on numerous old trails that reach fine
canyon overlooks and provide some interesting four-wheeling. There are multiple obstacles that provide the rating number, some have bypasses, some don't. If the
Easter Egg Rock section is elected, once the excitement of squeezing past the rock has subsided, there is a harrowingly narrow section on a cliff edge that must be
negotiated. Approximate mileages: 55 total. 17 off road.
o Difficulty: 6
o Description:
https://www.rr4w.com/trail-details.cfm?trailid=16
Metal Masher
o Departs: 8:00 AM
o Meeting Place:
City Market
o A major trail goal is Arth's Rim, which overlooks Highway 191 about 1300 feet below. The route first angles up the sloping part of the cliff to a gap in the rim rock. It
follows Little Canyon partway into the mesa to resume the climb along the more gentle slope of the tilting rock strata. Much of the trail is routine four-wheeling, but the approach to the rim through Mirror Gulch is difficult and threatens sheet metal. Later in the trip Widowmaker Hill has become so extreme your leader will take a
roundabout bypass to the top. Approximate mileages: 66 total, 46 off pavement.
Difficulty: 7
o Description:
https://www.rr4w.com/trail-details.cfm?trailid=41