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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If you are going the usual way on the WRT, the clearance height at the very edge of the passenger side of your camper is the key. Mine is 10 foot 4 inches to clear with almost nothing on the roof. Remember too, the width matters here. Alex and I have the same footprint camper which are the narrowest ones available from Lance. I went with Alex in 2010 and we were stopped by high water in the Green River overtaking the trail and had to turn around and beat it back the way we came. I had my rear super singles which are about 4" narrower than a set of duals and and had no trouble staying on the trail.
You did have to do some picking and choosing of routes. I wouldn't have a problem taking a dually on the WRT as long as the camper was of the narrow and not-so-tall variety; it would just take careful consideration of the route right in front of you. I think 10 feet 6 inch clearance on the passenger side would be the absolute max on the river portion of the trail. This rock overhang was the only, 'close call' we had on the trail. Still, there was about 6 inches of minimum clearance:
Here's the same obstacle coming back; you can see the lack of flora where some tall vehicles skirted well to the right:
I would say this section going back up Murphy's was the other narrow part of the trail.
jefe
You did have to do some picking and choosing of routes. I wouldn't have a problem taking a dually on the WRT as long as the camper was of the narrow and not-so-tall variety; it would just take careful consideration of the route right in front of you. I think 10 feet 6 inch clearance on the passenger side would be the absolute max on the river portion of the trail. This rock overhang was the only, 'close call' we had on the trail. Still, there was about 6 inches of minimum clearance:
Here's the same obstacle coming back; you can see the lack of flora where some tall vehicles skirted well to the right:
I would say this section going back up Murphy's was the other narrow part of the trail.
jefe
