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Back then, the Disco sported street 29" rubber, 2" of lift, open diffs, and newly-installed rock sliders (using SafariGard's recommended rivet nuts). After flipping the pages for half an hour, I liked Poison Spider Mesa the most, and off we went to the trail. I've known absolutely nothing about the trails, except for photos in the 4x4 magazines, so that's when I bought Charles Wells' book. I've conned my wife and kids into a trip to Moab from the Grand Canyon, under a premise somewhat like "There's a really cool place not too far away from here, and, unlike Grand Canyon, they allow dogs on the trails!" Sure it wasn't too far - about 300 miles, give or take some, or 5.5-6 hours of driving.
#GOLDEN SPIKE TRAIL MOAB FREE#
There are sections for adrenaline junkies - starting right away with that optional ledge climb overlooking Colorado River, and sections of Skyline Drive, where a "misstep" means several hundred feet of free fall.Īlso, for me, it was my first meeting with Moab trails, about 7 years ago. This trail is not claustrophobic like Pritchett or Kane Creek Canyons - for the most part, it is wide open. I offer my apologies in advance for omissions, misplaced features, and spotty sequence of events - but these trail have been described in great length and detail elsewhere, so if you're after exact geography, please check 4x4 Now's webpage or do your Google fingerwork.Īll of these trails are unbelievably scenic - to me, Golden Spike IS Moab the scenery it offers is the most diverse of all - deep canyons, mesas, rolling sandstone hills, thousand-foot cliff edges, arches. Each of these trails has its own obstacles or memorable spots - and if you don't keep a notepad at hand while you drive (which I certainly don't), your memory will inevitably fail you.
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It is hard to get started writing about the Golden Spike.įirst of all, to cover it, you have to also write about Poison Spider Mesa, and Gold Bar trails (or others, depending on how you got to it - Golden Spike does not begin or end near the higway).