Windy & Dusty on Porcupine Rim

[IntrepidXJ]

Date: October 11, 2008

Saturday was the start of my final weekend in Moab this trip. I decided to go on another official trail ride and tag along with Jared who was leading Porcupine Rim. Only about eight Jeeps showed up for this trail ride, which I thought was good. However, this trail turned out to be very very bumpy and it took us longer that we had planned to complete the trail. Not to mention that we also missed a turn and passed up the loop we were planning on taking by a few miles. The night before, the temperatures in Moab had dropped pretty significantly and while we were on the trail the wind picked up pretty good and threw a lot of dust into the air. Even with the windy weather and bumpy trail, we had a great day!

Part of our group at the trailhead


We started the trail by Fins & Things


Bumpy trail along Negro Bill Canyon


Climbing one of the bigger ledges on the trail


Plenty of dust in the air at the first overlook


Dust over Castle Valley

[IntrepidXJ]

Dust hiding the La Sal Mountains


Following close to Porcupine Rim


On our way back, we took an alternate loop that is not very well travelled


Coffee Pot Rock in the background


Back at Porcupine Rim on the way back....still plenty of dust in the air


Full gallery can be found here:

Porcupine Rim

[JP]

What is that pile of stuff highlighted in red

[IntrepidXJ]

Rocks people have stacked in the past....I guess

[shlingdawg]

Hey, watch it JP.

One night, around midnight, I built a HIGHWAY DOWN Pritchett Canyon. We did Behind the Rocks and decided to go back to town via Pritchett Canyon instead of taking the dirt road back to the highway then back to town.

We had an XJ with us that had never been offroad and the owner was afraid of scratching it going down. I assured him it would be fine.

Anyway, to get an XJ with a 2" budget boost and 30's down Pritchett Canyon, you can image the engineering I used. Indeed, I got his XJ down and out of Pritchett without a scratch.

I can only imagine the first people UP the canyon that day. Wondering who the f@ck rated it a 5. I'm sure they didn't even spin a tire.

[JP]

Hey, watch it JP.

He didn't want to scratch it; then he should never take it out of the mall parking lot

I hate when people stack rocks and then leave them That's how the fun is taken out of trails

[shlingdawg]

Hey, watch it JP.

He didn't want to scratch it; then he should never take it out of the mall parking lot

I hate when people stack rocks and then leave them That's how the fun is taken out of trails

True. Never went "wheeling" with him again.

We left around 8:00 in the morning and got back to Denny's at 2:30am. The last thing I was going to do after building a road and moving all those rocks was put them back where I found them.

[JP]

I would have made him hop out and move them as he made it over. Don't take a rig on a trail if it's not capable of doing it. If you need to pave a road, unpave it when you're done. I hate that

Hey, down's easy....gravity is always there to help