Rocky Mountain ATV Jamboree

May is pretty early- normally. You may be alright this year as it has been a very light snow year. Likely still be some higher areas you can't get access but there will be tons of great riding!

As stated- be prepared for anything especially at the higher elevations. In late June of last year we had a storm come over and dump 3" of snow on us in 40 minutes- we were at 10k feet. An hour later we were back in Marysvale where it was sunny and 80 degrees.

In Utah I always pack a tarp and parachute cord along with all of the other stuff we always have in the UTV. When the weather turns ugly- which is never for very long- A tarp tied between the UTV and a tree or simply thrown over the top of the UTV and bunggied down makes for a much warmer and drier place to wait out an afternoon storm.

Y-Guy wrote:

TRIPLE8 wrote:
We are now planning a trip for May.

Be aware in May you will most likely run into snow at the higher elevations, plan for it and sever weather.

Probably not this year, as they have none as of today. Friends from Marysvale and Richfield sent some pictures of them riding last week and even at the 10K-11K level there was barely any snow. Going to be a very dusty year, unless they get some spring rains.

TRIPLE8 wrote:
We are now planning a trip for May.

Be aware in May you will most likely run into snow at the higher elevations, plan for it and sever weather.

Thanks for this post and all the pics and info on the Paiute. That place looks and sounds awesome. We are now planning a trip for May.

nevadanick wrote:
If you like the Jamboree kinda thing try the Eastern Sierra ATV jamboree in Walker Ca. We went one year with our RZR to see what one was like but the pace was far to slow for us.

Haven't done the organized ride, but have cruised most of Mono and a fair amount of Inyo County's, plus quite a bit of Nevada. We really enjoy The Sierras.

Received my Jamboree info from Sevier County Tourism. Looks like they are well organized. Don't know if we'll do the Jamboree but definitely looking forward to riding Utah.

cbigham wrote:
You will see in the Paiute area they are moving slow, which is fine. Frequently no helmets, babies and or small children riding on front of the atv being held by the left hand, sometimes atv in middle of the road.

If you pass them head on and flash a five finger'd hand then another two fingers, here in CA that means 7 more behind me. There, they just wave back and smile.

Area is set up for fun touring, not speed. Perfectly fine, as long as you understand it's not the CA dez or Kennedy scene. I never come around a corner cooking it and expect they will be to their right. They will sometimes pull over to the left oblivious to your approach though they should see you, to take photo or some such. Easy on all curves whether you can see around it or not.

Scenery is great.







Wish I had more shots available online.

Haha, yep sounds like you are passing other Californians, that's not how we roll over here.

Any of the 52"-54"± gates the FS had on the Paiute trails are now 50" with NO variances, like there used to be. Also, those short gates have been raised to 48" high.

These posts...?

We bought a 50" RZR pretty much for Utah. Hope to keep it running long enough to use it there :B