Cruise Moab 06. Who's going? What are you running?

[clarkrw3]

Hi All

Well the registration opened this week for Cruise Moab so I was wondering how many there are here that are going and what trails on what days are you signing up for? I thought that it would be cool for some of the expedition portal family to run some trails together. I included my 3 choices for each day in the order I requested them.

My choices for each day is as follows
Thursday
Hells Revenge
Cliff Hanger
Golden spike
Friday
Cliff Hanger
Metal Masher
Moab Rim
Sat
Golden Spike
Kane Creek Canyon
Metal Masher

Hope to see you all there:gunt:

[pskhaat]

The most expedition like of your trail options are as follows:

Thu: Hells Revenge
Sat: Kane Creek

Gotta talk to the CEO (wife) and see if she's coming with new baby, or just me & my older son....

[Brian McVickers]

When is it?
Any more info on it - a website maybe?

Thanks
Brian

[clarkrw3]

here is the web site
http://www.risingsun4x4club.org/cruisemoab.asp

I know moab wheeling isn't very expeditionish but I will do some of that on the way up by maybe going through canyon de chelly and then I will be doing a trip through canyon lands NP. Bring the little one...my wife will be coming with our son who will be 5mo old by then.

[cruiseroutfit]

Hmmm, I need to make some decisions... :D

[upcruiser]

I'm always out there a few weeks before hand every year, due to my work schedule. Looks like I won't have my rig back together though in time this year and will probably just have the Silverado and my bikes.:cool: I'm not sure how I feel about Cruise Moab. I understand its a great event, but for me, getting out in the back country is to get away from people and that just seems to busy for me. I'm sure it is super fun but I think I'd prefer go there still on the non peak times.

[pskhaat]

FWIW, CM is a very low key event IMO. It's nothing like EJ or the like. Though I often attend, most of my time is taking off from the group, or finding a group of people that want to take a side trip.

[upcruiser]

Yeah, maybe my oppinion was incorrectly formed after having been in Moab during EJS. That was nooooo fun to be around.:(

[pskhaat]

Guys, I'm out this year. 8 hours each way with the kid in the car to only put him back in his seat for 5-8 hours each day isn't fair to him. He likes going off-road, but not that much.

I may decide to renegade it and just go hiking and some small trails with him and maybe meet for a rogue easy run or something, but I'll have to play that by ear.

[Scenic WonderRunner]

I love Moab and all.......

.....and it's fun to be on the trail with some buds......

But I just don't understand the thrill of paying $95 bucks to get out in a traffic jam in the dirt?:(

I can stay home and do that for free!

Maybe I should experience it at least once though just to try and prove myself wrong.

[pskhaat]

I think it's just the camaraderie, and if you're a Toy/LC fan, just running with others and being able to see what other mods everyone else is done. The $ is just group access fees a dinner, insurance, maintenance, etc.

It's worth a trip to CM even if it's a bill out of the pocket.

[dmc]

i would agree that CM is far more about seeing 100+ Toyotas parked together at dinner or hanging out with other toyota nuts on the trail. moab is far better other weekends but it's nice to share the trail with like minded people.
dmc

[DSRTRDR]

Michael and I are going to be there, we put in with preference for Golden Spike (Thur), Steelbender (Fri), Moab Rim (Sat) and these and Hell's Revenge and Posion Spider Mesa as backups.

I've been to Moab with the K5's before, both as passenger and with the FJ40, and we also happened to be there last Easter Jeep Safari, but we stayed away from trails with official runs. I would not go to EJS again, but it's just fun meeting other like-minded wheelers, and to experience the whole athmosphere.

I still think that there is a special sociology to wheeling, and one of these days, I might get around to "scientifically" documenting it...........;)

[locrwln]

I would love to go. I been to EJS two previous times and like has been said, the crowds are just too much anymore. However, I think CM is on a much smaller scale. Unfortunately, my plate is just too full this year. Maybe next time.

Later,
Jack

[pskhaat]

Okay, we may be going (will take 2 days to get up there with the fam), but only on a Renegade basis. Question for everyone:

Would anyone like to do a non-sactioned trail? I know the area like the back of my hand I'd be happy to lead/participate. Options (more expedition-like than CM) are:

Longer Ones (full day+)
1. White Rim
2. Lockhardt Basic
3. The Green River Bottom
4. Dark Canyon

Short Fun Ones (1/2 - 3/4 day)
5. Sand Dunes
6. Gemini Bridges (Lower)
7. Happy Canyon (one of my favorites, very unknown)

[Scott Brady]

There is an outside chance I might make it. May is pretty open for me right now.

[blupaddler]

I am thinking about it...Gotta check on time off.


Also, do you think White Rim can be done in one day? Comfortably that is.

:D

[pskhaat]

Any chance you want to set up something semi-informally for approximately those dates? I'd be very willing/love to help if needed.

[pskhaat]

Also, do you think White Rim can be done in one day? Comfortably that is.


You can do it, but it's a whole day affair and ya gotta start and get permits early. The problem is getting booked in the campgrounds on the trail, they book early and book often.

I will say it's much more enjoyable making it a 2-day trip, even if you camp on the trail right next to the national park border, there's so much to see from the old fort, to the confluence, to the many side canyonds that run about. Not to mention it's a non-trivially long drive from Moab out to the park office to get the permits, then back out of the park to start the trail.

[Desertdude]

Signed up for the trails below - staying at Spanish trails campground Wed-Sat I like to be in the thick of it - fun to talk with all the LC owners and place the names with the faces - If you have never been to the Rising Sun Moab event you are truly missing something. We will be riding in the 80 - taking the week before to cruise up the back way with the Norcal 80's group.

One cool thing about the Elephant hill run is you get to see the White rim and the confluence of the two rivers - and some great slot canyon hiking - very cool indeed

Thursday1: Kane Creek Canyon
Thursday2: Behind the Rocks
Thursday3: Moab Rim

Friday1: Behind the Rocks
Friday2: Moab Rim
Friday3: Metal Masher

Saturday1: Poison Spider Mesa
Saturday2: Hells Revenge
Saturday3: Metal Masher

[kcowyo]

.... do you think White Rim can be done in one day? Comfortably that is.

Darren did it in his 4Runner (http://www.mycolorado.org/images/white_rim/)

- so it can be done, but it took me two days and I wish I had allowed for three. I think Darren would tell you that he wishes he'd had more time. The first 2 miles took me 2 hours. Not because it's a hard trail, but you just can't stop gawking and taking pics!

[Darren]

Two to three days would be perfect, though ten would be awesome! It took me literally from sunrise to sunset when I ran it, which was fine. Still very enjoyable, but you have to keep pace to see it all under daylight.

Uh, where's your report already, K.C.?!



You can do it, but it's a whole day affair and ya gotta start and get permits early.

You don't need permits if you aren't going to camp.

[upcruiser]

Yeah, I'll echo what's been said in here previously. The camping spots are the things that really determine how much you'll see in a given day. The better spots are hard with reservations well in advance. 2-3 days would probably be a good way to see it by rig I'd assume. When we biked it last spring, we did it in 3 days. 115 miles if you do the full loop from the visitor's center and put in the miles on the road. There are people that bike the whole thing in a day, which is pretty sick.

[bh4rnnr]

I'll be there, so you guys will have to put up with me:) . Will be out the whole week. Always fun to check out the hotrod show:jumping: . Might be staying in condo this year with a few fellow members. Looking forward to riding along and being the photographer for the event this year:) See you all out there.

[ShottsCruisers]

There is an outside chance I might make it. May is pretty open for me right now.

Let's go to Moab on another W/E from Cruise Moab? ;)

Take our time....small group....bring the 100 again (unless the LX doesn't vibrate :D )

[lowenbrau]

If you've never been there and you are looking for some expedition type terrain, I really enjoyed Elephant hill. I'd love to go back and do a multiday trail run sometime, maybe beginning or ending with Cruise Moab.

[RokCrawlinToy]

I'll be there with the new FJs. http://expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1031

[alia176]

Okay, we may be going (will take 2 days to get up there with the fam), but only on a Renegade basis. Question for everyone:

Would anyone like to do a non-sactioned trail? I know the area like the back of my hand I'd be happy to lead/participate. Options (more expedition-like than CM) are:

Longer Ones (full day+)
1. White Rim
2. Lockhardt Basic
3. The Green River Bottom
4. Dark Canyon

Short Fun Ones (1/2 - 3/4 day)
5. Sand Dunes
6. Gemini Bridges (Lower)
7. Happy Canyon (one of my favorites, very unknown)

Scott,

I'll be able to go to Moab for about two days before I need to head home! As always, I'd like to go on a trail that I've never been on. The plan is mark off every single trail in Charles Wells' book before I depart this planet :D

White Rim sounds like a great run. Can we run it w/o making reservations for the campground? If not, I'd like to consider it for Thursday and Friday and then head home on Saturday.

I hate to only spend two days in Moab but I need to fly out of Chicago on the following monday for New York for work! :mad:

Anyway, I'll keep checking this thread.

Cheers,

Ali