TR: First 20 miles of the White Rim Trail
We had the great pleasure of doing this partial trip with MelloMike and C.Traveler2. We spent one night on the trail camping at the airport campground while mellomike and c.traveler2 made their way a...
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Steve_in_29 wrote:anutami wrote:A dually with a TC is NOT a good idea on this trail. The trail itself isn't much worse then a graded Forest Service road and things like Subarus drive it all the time. In something smaller such as that it is really just a scenic drive.Fish mojo wrote:
Bucket list trip, for sure. I went thru Canyonlands (and the rest of the "Big 5") in 2014. Looked down on the trails and dreamed of that full trip. Can this be done in a dually?
not really, I struggled with my SRW and ended up scrapping my rear jack against a rock. That said a support vehicle a mountain bike outfitter group uses (that does the entire loop) is a dually, but it has a custom flat bed with some racks on it. can't remember the name of the outfitter.
However the part of the trail that runs along above the Green River is VERY narrow BARELY ONE LANE dirt trail cut into the canyon wall (cliff wall on inboard side and drop off on outboard) that has a spot with an overhang that limits height clearance at that point as well. At the overhang you either make it OR damage your camper getting through (as The Turtle Expedition did in their EarthRoamer) as there is NO WAY to turn around and backing up the several miles until you could do so would be a superhuman accomplishment.
If you drop a tire off the edge (or it happens to give way) it will be a quick E-Ticket ride over the cliff into the Green River hundreds of feet below and most likely result in death for all involved.
That support vehicle is not as wide as a dually/TC combo and has no height to worry about but even so I doubt they let just anyone drive it along that part of the trail. When driving along that part of the trail you CAN'T see the edge of the road out your side window. At on point I stuck my head way out my window (we were stopped) and with me as hugged up against the inboard wall as I could there was probably less then 2 feet of dirt from my tires to the edge of the cliff.
I have wanted to know what the height of that overhang is for a long time. Do you know what that clearance height limit is? I have visions of getting through there in my F-250 and S&S TC.
The pictures are wonderful. What an adventure.
