5/24/2023 0 Comments Golden crack moabNotice the fluid path going down the middle? We found lots and lots of these little “trails” all over Moab. This was the first slickrock decent I encountered. Keeping a steady right foot will help you get to the top, where you have a ledge to negotiate before you are in the clear. The sidewalls take a lot of abuse as you work your way up this long obstacle. You can see that about a third of the front tire is actually in contact with the rock. If so, the sheet metal on that side will be badly damaged. One is more likely to slip the passenger tire off the rock. A slip of the tire here will result in one of two things a rollover or grinding sheet metal. We were fortunate and didn’t get behind any break downs or problem spots, so the day went very nicely and we were able to finish the trail and a couple of obstacles on the Gold Spike before calling it a long day. Of course, there was no shortage of Jeeps. A few motorcycles were on it and lots of mountain bikers where using it as well. The trail is popular with both the 4 wheel vehicles as well as those on two wheels. It also hooks to the Golden Spike trail which we played on for an hour or two. It provides a little bit of everything that Moab has to offer for you Jeepers ledges, slick rock, tight spots, rubble, and some GREAT views of the area. Joe took me on it as sort of an “Intro to Moab” kind of run.
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