moab next summer anyone? - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

atowley · 09-18-2003, 04:00 PM

I know I'm planning waaayyy to far in advance, but what the heck. I'm seeing if anyone is interested in going out to Moab in early July of next year. Right after the 4th. Just trying to get a group to go out there. I hit up the clubs that I wheel with up here in MN, but no takers. Anyone????

Po' riggity · 09-18-2003, 10:17 PM

Id be down for another moab trip, proving my junks got a new motor with FI by then.. which is definetly possible... and if I can get the time off work...
Scott

atowley · 09-19-2003, 07:25 AM

that's great. So that's one maybe. Any others? Like I say, a long way out yet.

Bill Collins · 09-19-2003, 02:54 PM

i have been to moab the last 2 sept.i love the place.but my family wants to make the easter jeep safaria this year,so july may be to soon to go again.but who knows...

GJarrett · 09-23-2003, 06:51 AM

Just a suggestion, but IMO you do not want to wheel in Moab in July, unless you and your rig can handle temps above 110 degrees on the trail.

I was there in July of this year. The temperature on Fins 'N Things was 116, so we decided to cool off doing Kane Creek stream crossings. Kane Creek was dry as a bone and even hotter - 118 degrees. Rose Garden Hill was cooler ("only" 111) and it got all the way down to 105 a couple of times. On a trail like Pritchett Canyon, you could probably guesstimate that it would be 10 degrees above those temperatures.

Our group never encountered another wheeler on the trails. Without complete preparation and lots of water, the weather conditions there at that time of year can kill you if anything goes wrong. I'll never go back in mid-summer again.

Bill Collins · 09-23-2003, 10:42 AM

gerald is right,i was just there over labor day and the temp was over 100.maybe march or april,or even sept.just a thought...

atowley · 09-23-2003, 03:59 PM

Yeah, I've been thinking about that. It was just an easy time to go because I've got two weeks off work in July. I don't have to burn up any vacation days. I was talking to some local guys that I wheel with, and they all want to go to the Rubicon trail instead. So I'm thinking that's where we are heading instead. A bit cooler. Longer drive to get there, but ahhh well.

smh4x4 · 09-25-2003, 05:38 AM

what are the best months to go

GJarrett · 09-25-2003, 06:52 AM

Anytime around EJS through Memorial Day is usually great weather; once you get into June, that's when it becomes a crapshoot - in June it might be fine but then again it might be over 100. I've also gone the first weekend in November when the leaves were changing and it was fantastic - the temperature was perfect, the sky was cloudless crystal blue, most trees were green, and the cottonwoods were bright yellow: contrasting beautifully with the red rock.

09-18-2003, 04:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
atowley Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Member # 21192 Location: MN Posts: 135	moab next summer anyone? I know I'm planning waaayyy to far in advance, but what the heck. I'm seeing if anyone is interested in going out to Moab in early July of next year. Right after the 4th. Just trying to get a group to go out there. I hit up the clubs that I wheel with up here in MN, but no takers. Anyone????

09-19-2003, 02:54 PM	#4 (permalink)
Bill Collins Registered User Join Date: Feb 2000 Member # 163 Location: Village Mills, TX 77663 Posts: 2,629	i have been to moab the last 2 sept.i love the place.but my family wants to make the easter jeep safaria this year,so july may be to soon to go again.but who knows... __________________ 85 runner with some stuff...

09-23-2003, 06:51 AM	#5 (permalink)
GJarrett Registered User Join Date: Aug 2000 Member # 1506 Location: Native Texan Currently Residing in Hicksville SC Posts: 201	Do you prefer roasted, or broiled? Just a suggestion, but IMO you do not want to wheel in Moab in July, unless you and your rig can handle temps above 110 degrees on the trail. I was there in July of this year. The temperature on Fins 'N Things was 116, so we decided to cool off doing Kane Creek stream crossings. Kane Creek was dry as a bone and even hotter - 118 degrees. Rose Garden Hill was cooler ("only" 111) and it got all the way down to 105 a couple of times. On a trail like Pritchett Canyon, you could probably guesstimate that it would be 10 degrees above those temperatures. Our group never encountered another wheeler on the trails. Without complete preparation and lots of water, the weather conditions there at that time of year can kill you if anything goes wrong. I'll never go back in mid-summer again. __________________ Ol' Krusty "Nerves of Steel; Brain of Chipmunk" [b]'99 Eddie Bauer 4x4 aka "Herc"[/b] [url="http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=15264"]Gerald's Exploder[/url] If you 4wd, the Rubicon is Home. Last edited by GJarrett; 09-23-2003 at 06:59 AM.

09-23-2003, 10:42 AM	#6 (permalink)
Bill Collins Registered User Join Date: Feb 2000 Member # 163 Location: Village Mills, TX 77663 Posts: 2,629	gerald is right,i was just there over labor day and the temp was over 100.maybe march or april,or even sept.just a thought... __________________ 85 runner with some stuff...

09-25-2003, 06:52 AM	#9 (permalink)
GJarrett Registered User Join Date: Aug 2000 Member # 1506 Location: Native Texan Currently Residing in Hicksville SC Posts: 201	Anytime around EJS through Memorial Day is usually great weather; once you get into June, that's when it becomes a crapshoot - in June it might be fine but then again it might be over 100. I've also gone the first weekend in November when the leaves were changing and it was fantastic - the temperature was perfect, the sky was cloudless crystal blue, most trees were green, and the cottonwoods were bright yellow: contrasting beautifully with the red rock. __________________ Ol' Krusty "Nerves of Steel; Brain of Chipmunk" [b]'99 Eddie Bauer 4x4 aka "Herc"[/b] [url="http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=15264"]Gerald's Exploder[/url] If you 4wd, the Rubicon is Home.

09-19-2003, 07:25 AM	#3 (permalink)
atowley Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Member # 21192 Location: MN Posts: 135	that's great. So that's one maybe. Any others? Like I say, a long way out yet.

09-23-2003, 03:59 PM	#7 (permalink)
atowley Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Member # 21192 Location: MN Posts: 135	Yeah, I've been thinking about that. It was just an easy time to go because I've got two weeks off work in July. I don't have to burn up any vacation days. I was talking to some local guys that I wheel with, and they all want to go to the Rubicon trail instead. So I'm thinking that's where we are heading instead. A bit cooler. Longer drive to get there, but ahhh well.

09-25-2003, 05:38 AM	#8 (permalink)
smh4x4 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Member # 16023 Location: farmersburg in. Posts: 274	what are the best months to go

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