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Green River to Monticello, Utah Off-road
This loop goes from Green River to Monticello, Utah, and back and passes through Moab. Starting in Green River, the route stays mostly on the west side of Route 191. On the return from Monticello, it stays mainly on the east side of Route 191. Blacktop is minimized… but unavoidable in various sections. The loop… Read more
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Exploring Utah’s Book of Tavaputs Trail: A Remote Off-Road Adventure
The Book of Tavaputs Trail is a trail from Vernal, Utah to Green River, Utah. It is about 85% on dirt roads. It is intended for street-license offroad vehicles. We completed the trail in our Polaris Rzr XP4 1000s. It is approximately 230 miles long. It is doable in one long day. But if you… Read more
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Around the Uintas Trail
The trail takes you around the north side of the Uinta mountain range and then back across the southern plateaus. It covers a lot of ground and has many possibilities for camping and hotels along the way. We started at the top of Timber Lakes (east of Heber City). But you could start anywhere along… Read more
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Syrup Trail Ride Report – Utah to Canada and back… on dirt
TLDR – We rode our Polaris SXS 2,412 miles from Utah to the Canadian border. Background In December 2022, my daughter, Sandstone Sammy, started getting more serious with a guy she was dating (Bigfoot Ben). Ben is from Calgary, Canada, and was living up there. During a family dinner on January 1, 2023, I made… Read more
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Arizona Peace Trail UTV Ride Report
Hundreds of miles of off-road riding across the western Arizona desert? Count me in! Thus began our adventure on the Arizona Peace Trail (AZPT) in January 2023. The AZPT is a network of off-road trails in the western desert of Arizona that create a loop over 675 miles long. Billed as “the largest OHV Loop… Read more
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El Camino del Diablo – The Devil’s Highway – UTV Trip Report
During a December 2022 trip to Tucson, Arizona for Axle Alex’s wedding, Sandstone Sammy and I became fascinated by the southern Arizona border with Mexico. Our curiosity was piqued after discovering the book “The Devil’s Highway”. Eager to explore further, we began planning a trip to ride the El Camino del Diablo, also known as… Read more
Exploring the west by foot and sxs