Jeeping on Hurrah Pass, Chicken Corner, & a bit of Lockheart Basin Trails, Moab Utah

We had a great time exploring the Chicken Corner Trail and revisiting Hurrah Pass and a bit of the Lockheart Basin Trail in a Jeep Rubicon. Chicken Corner was very enjoyable and not too challenging but had a great spot for lunch at the end. Lockheart Basin was considerably more rugged than I rember from just over a decade ago. I can't wait to go back and do the whole thing again and see how the rest has changed. Dunno if the Syncro would make it, but that just means another reason to go scout it out with another Rubicon! It's a great trail and going N to S you end up in the beautiful Needles district of Canyonlands NP. The White Rim is also on my to-do list. Of course the GoPro cameras worked great, especially in the dusty conditions. I look forward to getting better at capturing more trail treks.

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The Jeep was from Cliffhanger Jeep Rentals in Moab; a good operation with topnotch vehicles. We originally had requested a slightly older TJ Rubicon with a soft top, 3" lift, and 33" M/Ts but ended up getting a practically brand new JK hard top, with a 2.5" lift, and 32"M/Ts, but the added bonus of the electronic sway bar disconect and sat radio! All their rigs use Terraflex lifts and Superior front axles.

They're here: cliffhangerjeeprental.com

For guidance I used the guide book "Utah Byways" by T. Huegel/Wilderness Press. A great book withy 65 great back roads to explore. For maps I used National Geographic Trails Illustrated maps # 500 Moab North & 501 Moab South. These are great maps printed on water proof & tear resistant paper with tons of trail details for hiking, biking, ATVs, and 4WDs.

You can find them @ wildernesspress.com & TrailsIllustrated.com

Other good resources are "Guide to Moab, UT Backroads & 4WD Trails" by Charles Wells/Funtreks, Inc. and Latitude 40*'s maps. The book has great details and points of intrest with GPS waypoints. It has about 55 trails that range from maintained dirt roads suitable for some 2WDs to the full-on extreme rock cramling trails Moab is famous for. The Moab West map has great detail and covers from Moab west all the way to the Maze and Island in the Sky distrects of Canyonlands NP. It covers Arches in the north all the way down to the Needles too and is H2O proof and tear-resistant as well.

Check out: Latitude40maps.com & Funtreks.com

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• Jeep
• Rubicon
• Chicken Corner
• Hurrah Pass
• Lockheart Basin
• GoPro
• Off Road
• Moab
• Utah

[luwitohs]

I love it down there! Have you ever stayed at Basecamp? thats the little lodge place once you get down Hurrah pass.

[fastedos1969]

no sound?