4th Annual Moab UTV Rally Details - Everything You Need to Know...Click Here!

[ravencr]

Hello everyone,

Participant Registration: https://www.eventville.com/catalog/e...ventid=1006598

Sponsor/Vendor Registration: Email Chris@utvrally.com

Everything is the same as last year, except I've moved the dates earlier. Luckily for us, it will be cooler and we can take ourselves back in time and enjoy the April Action Car Show in town, as well. Stay tuned as we update everything on the site and let you know all the exciting things happening for the 2010 Moab UTV Rally, April 21-24th, 2010. Save the Dates, and I'd recommend subscribing to this thread and checking back here or on the main page: UTV Rally - April 21-24th, 2010 for updates. If you're not a registered member of the forum already, I'd recommend signing up for free so you're notified of what's going on before the event.

Here's a short video highlighting everything about the UTV Rally if you've never been. If you were there last year, you might be in the video, as well. Please keep in mind that this video highlights some of the carnage(makes exciting video), but there's literally trails from mild and scenic to wild and crazy and everything in between for the whole family. If you want to enjoy the milder side, the landscapes of Moab are truly breathtaking and unforgettable.

YouTube- 4th Annual Moab UTV Rally - The Ultimate...

Trail Descriptions

Easy

Sand Flats/Porcupine Rim – 3
The trail gradually descends with views over Spanish Valley to Canyon Rims Recreation Area. The scenery is varied and rewarding with red sandstone cliffs and rugged desert vistas. It winds across the sandstone plateau between Negro Bill Canyon and the Mill Creek Wilderness Study Area, passing spectacular rock formation on the way. The second part of the trail leaves the graded Sand Flats Road above the Slickrock Bike Trail and drops down to a ledge above Negro Bill Canyon. It crosses the headwaters of that canyon and is the only vehicle access into the vicinity of Coffee Pot Rock, a prominent landmark seen from several other trails. The climb is gradual to the cliff rim, called Porcupine Rim, above Castle Valley. The trail has good variety with some challenges for stock or slightly modified vehicles and some of the best scenic vistas we have. Be advised that much of the trail is continuously bumpy. Approximate mileage: 32 total, 28 off highway.

Kane Creek – 3
The trail follows Kane Creek along the bottom of its canyon (officially named Kane Springs Canyon on the maps) between its mouth at the Colorado River and Highway 191, It runs in and out of the creek - more than 50 crossings - but in one area, climbs high on the canyon wall. When the creek is wet, as it is likely to be in springtime, there is mud and quicksand. After a storm, the creek crossings may be impassable. Wet or dry, plenty of brush grows in from the sides of the road allowing for potential paint damage. Approximate mileages: total 38, (off highway 20)

Chicken Corners – 2
The trail name dates from older days when only the least "chicken" passed Chicken Corners. Travel is easier, but it remains as scenic as ever. The trail follows the Colorado River downstream, squirms through lower Kane Springs Canyon, climbs and then descends the "Kane Creek Anticline" over Hurrah Pass, and rejoins the river, a few hundred feet above it this time. The end of the vehicle trail is directly across the river from Dead Horse Point.

Moderate

Steel Bender – 5.5
This trail's difficulty rating keeps moving around as the conflicting forces of erosion and trail repair modify the obstacles. The trail lies between Moab and the La Sal Mountains in the vicinity of Mill Creek, a major drainage from the mountains. It crosses the creek a few times and travels a lovely part of Mill Creek Canyon. It overlooks the North Fork of Mill Creek as it climbs to the base of South Mesa on the skirts of the La Sal Mountains. It is another variation on the canyonlands landscape, and it offers further variety to the scenery and the four-wheeling opportunities of the Moab area. Approximate mileages: 30 total, 15 off highway.

Hell’s Revenge – 5
Our premier slickrock trail lies northeast of town between the Sand Flats Road and the river. There are long stretches of slickrock where the 4WD trail has recently been marked (a yellow, sometimes white, paint design that resembles a flame). There are other paint marks, too, for mountain bikes and emergency medical services. The most difficult obstacles are out of the stock-vehicle class, but those can be bypassed. There are steep climbs and descents and some edges that are not for the faint of heart. The steep slopes, however, are not technically difficult because of the excellent traction on sandstone. In a few places, the trail crosses the now-famous "Slickrock Bike Trail," a motorcycle and mountain-bicycle trail. (Although the Lion's Back, the Dump Bump, and Potato Salad Hill are nearby, they are not part of this trail.) Approximate mileages: 16 total, 12 off highway.

Fins N Things – 4
The "fins" are the Navajo Sandstone slickrock northeast of Moab, and the "things" are what remains as the fins erode. The fins started as wind-blown sand dunes some 200 million years ago, they got cemented into sandstone, and they are now going full circle back to sand blowing in the wind. The trail is reached via the Sand Flats Road, and the territory it covers is the rolling country east of the Hell's Revenge trail and between Negro Bill Canyon and North Fork of Mill Creek Canyon. There are a few sudden and steep climbs on and off the slickrock that can be difficult for vehicles with long overhangs. Any tire tread will do on the slickrock, but the clearance added by tall tires is always an advantage, while an aggressive tread helps in the sand. Approximate mileages: 25 total, 13 off highway.

Difficult

Cliff Hanger – 6
This trail is the only vehicle route onto Amasa Back, a rather high isolated area bounded by Kane Springs Canyon, Hurrah Pass, Jackson Hole, and a big loop of the Colorado River. If Kane Creek is full, the crossing can become impassable. The views, however, are unusual and spectacular all the way up the side of Kane Springs Canyon. Farther along, the trail is high above the canyon of the Colorado River. There are some petroglyphs and other evidence of early visitation.

Moab Rim – 7
The Moab Rim is the cliff rim seen just to the southwest of town. Its only four-wheel-drive access begins just downriver from town and the first mile has about the highest density of obstacles of any of our trails. Many vehicles have "bit the rocks" on the succession of rock ledges and tight turns that lead to the rim. On top, the trail is sand and rock as it leaves the rim, but it returns at another overlook. A spur, sometimes used, visits Indian ruins and rock art. After closing a short loop, the trail returns on the same rocky mile it started with. A formerly used trail loop to the famous Egg Ranch Fin and Death Row has been closed for seventeen years to all motorized travel by BLM's Resource Management Plan. Approximate mileages: 12 total, 7 off highway.

Pritchett Canyon – 8
While in the canyon, the views are of the steep canyon walls, large side-canyon pour-offs, and a pool-speckled creek bottom. Pritchett Arch, Window Arch, and some smaller spans are visible from the trail. The canyon is within the rock fin country of Behind the Rocks, and is the boundary of the Behind the Rocks WSA. The trail follows the bouldery creek bottom at first but then climbs onto ledge routes on a mixture of rock layers and dirt. The major obstacles are several forms of bedrock now exposed after erosion of the early roadway. The first real test is a couple of miles up the canyon at the nastily angled ledges of the Rocker Knocker. A little farther, a rock fall area has become a major hazard. Just above that is The Rock Pile, a several-foot ledge that requires a pile of rocks just to get wheels on the slope, while a so-called bypass is almost as difficult and hazardous. Next is Yellow Hill, where the road reaches for the canyon top on a very uneven ledge of multicolored rock.

Chris

P.S. I've got the entire OK RV Park booked(minus fulltimers), so if you know you're coming, call them at (435) 259-1400 and give them 1UTVRally2 as your password to get one of the spots reserved for the UTV Rally. If you haven't been I'd recommend showing up on at least the 20th and plan to leave/checkout on the 25th. If the OK RV Park is booked by the time you call, reserve at the Moab KOA: 435-259-8703. The event rides begin promptly on the morning of the 21st. See you there!

[rarinas]

i am pumped just booked a stall at the ok park for my first UTV rally.

[ravencr]

Glad to hear it. See you soon.

Chris

[bob50bmg]

Its my first rally in Moab also! Any ideas what trails your thinking about trying?

[ravencr]

Welcome Bob...glad to hear you're coming this year. It will be a trip you'll never forget, for sure.

Chris

[mdmigliori]

Count me in Chris. Just booked a spot at the OK.

[hard rock miner]

Just reserved a spot at the ok! My wife and I caint wait, This will be our first year also. We just got a new RZR S.

[ravencr]

Great to hear guys...it's going to be a blast, as usual.

Chris

[shortbed]

Also have a spot reserved at the OK. This will only be my second rally. Made the rally in Eager AZ a couple of months ago & had a ball! Looking forward to this one.
Gordy

[ravencr]

Look forward to meeting you Gordy. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Chris