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#1 Rock Crawlers Heaven Sand Hollow, UT

Wanted to share this with you guys..

Sand Hollow State Park in Washington, UT (133mi North of Las Vegas) Some of the best wheeling i have ever done. The park is $10 to get in and flags required. There is a man made lake at the bottom where you can camp and fish or swim. Lots of parking for rigs and RVs. The rocks here are Surrounded by beautiful sand dunes big enough for a 3-4 day trip with the crawler and four wheelers. The crawling here has everything from scenic to competition buggy only trails. Here are some pics of our trip this past Sat 2-16-13 we will be going back again in a few weeks if anyone wants to join :)

"Joint Effort" trail rated a 8 out of 10

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All of those pics are from one trail. There are several trails that offer anything you want. Some of the other names are Nasty Half, TNT, Sandthrax, Arrowhead, Milts Mile, Chain Reaction, The Maze, Johns Trail and more. If you want to see more pics look here and there are plenty

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yep, Sand Hollow is my new favorite area to wheel in Utah. Were actually lining up a group to go there for Easter as well. Weds March 27th thru March 31st.
 
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Awesome, maybe ill try to talk our group to going to Sand Hollow instead of Moab. We will all be going back to Sand Hollow around the first weekend in March aswell.
 
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That looks like the most fun ever! Over here you either get badass wheelin and sucky camping or OK wheelin and good camping.

Badass wheelin next to a lake!! Sweet, and dunes for when you destroy your rig on said wheelin! :flipoff2:

EDIT: Do they have any space to rent? Like permanently? :flipoff2:
 
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Its sweet! All the camping spots and RV bus parking is by the lake and the lake is surrounded by both rocks and sand so its almost like a beach. Boats, jet skiis and all are welcome. This past weekend we saw lots of fishing oats in the water. The dunes are pretty good too! I have taken my side by side in the dunes for a full day and still had areas i didnt get to see. In the far back there are some 300 ft cliffs you can park on and watch the sun set. Some trails are marked but not all of them, utah4x4club is working on getting all the trails marked. St George UT isnt far (15mins) and they have several hotels and good eats like Red Lobster, Outback and such.
 
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I have been to Sand Hollow 6 times now and all for a day run. I still have not hit the 2 hardest trails yet but hoping to do so soon. Sandthrax is the hardest trail from what i hear and the last group that did it broke 3 comp buggies on the first obsticle. Arrowhead is the second hardest and i only made it up the first obsticle before rain hit us and we had to turn around. Joint Effort is the 3rd hardest and i completed the entire trail in about 4 hours, some stuff you can not crawl and have to bend the go pedal to get up. I had to drag a YJ through most of it and he was set up pretty good. His 37s were to small and he had a large bumper and low clearence that hung him up. The next hardest are TNT and Chain Reaction which are pretty long trails and can take 3-5 hours depending on the group you have with you, these trails still require big tires, lots of twist and body damage big time. Last time i did Chain Reaction i broke my front driveline, one guy rolled and another broke his rear end. Johns Trail is pretty hairy in spots and i think the Maze has some good stuff too. If you camped here 3 days you wouldnt come close to hitting it all plus you have lots of dunes to play on and the lake to goof off in too. Its never dusty either which is a huge bonus for me cause the family doesnt complain :) There are still about 8-10 more trails left excluding the ones mentioned above and they are more for a full body rig 35s and lockers.