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Mere days before "social distancing" went from an awkward word grouping to a catchphrase, @Backroadexploration led a small group of members of Expedition Utah from Temple Mountain Campground (near Goblin Valley) through Capitol Reef. This was an overnight adventure spanning roughly 70 miles of...

As part of our final trips for 2019, a group of us got together for some trail riding in Moad in late fall. Part of us were to spend the time around Moab, living it large in a Condo (I was part of this group, my son and I bummin' a ride with my Dad in his JK Unlimited). The rest of our group...

I took my family to Tower Arch as part of our weekend adventure in the Deadhorse Point/Moab area last summer. I have always been aware of this trail, but ironically have never bothered to take it. Probably because I've always seen the lineup of RVs and cars to get into Arches and figured...

We had the opportunity of spending some days in Island Park and decided to go adventuring. I was expecting something akin to the high Colorado Rockies, but the terrain in Northern Idaho was pretty different. More trees, more water. Not as rocky. But amazing in its own right. And as most...

Day Canyon Point is located west and a little south of Moab, Utah, just north of Dead Horse Point State Park. If you are looking for a more secluded trail than the "touristy" Fins N' Things and Hell's Revenge, this would be a good one. Our most recent trip on this trail was last week during...

The Alpine Loop is one of the most famous off road trails in the Western United States, and for good reason. The loop circles some of the best mountain ranges in the Rockies, connecting the town of Lake City in the east to the Ghost Town of Animas Forks to the West. The northern leg of the...

Toquerville falls is a series of cascading falls over sandstone slick-rock created by a small creek just north of St. George Utah. Access is just minutes away from I-15, so if you are planning a trip to the Mojave, Moab, or Durango area, this little detour is highly recommended. It's a...

Corkscrew Gulch is not as well known as the other famous San Juan Passes (Imogene, Engineer, Cinnamon, Black Bear), but it really should be considered along with those greats. The trail traverses the Red Mountain Mining District, just a mountain range south of Engineer Pass and connects...

Hey guys! After a long journey of trying to find a Cruiser, I finally found an '03 LX470 single owner, with full records, that I was willing to part with an absurd amount of money (dang Utah "Toyota Tax") for a 15 year old car. After less than 72 hours of ownership, we took it off road in...

American Fork Canyon is often overlooked by Overlanders because when people think of Utah, they think of Central/Southern Utah: Moab, San Rafael Swell, and even the Sand Hollow Region. But there are a lot of gems in the Northern region; Tyng's Grave being one of them, and it's one of my...

This road is technically trivial, but the scenery is amazing. The Divide Road from the North takes off shortly after turning from Highway 50 to 141 and rises up to the top of the Uncompahgre Plateau and follows this plateau rewarding you with some of the best ponderosa groves in the west...

So I've been watching the slow "unveiling" of the Bronco with much hope and anticipation that it would have some off road capability. In fact, I would have been stoked if Ford just released the Everest alongside the Ranger and called it good....but making a boxy Bronco is just icing on the...

So we just completed a mini-traverse of the San Rafael Swell in Utah, starting at Huntington State Park and finished at I70 after crossing the Devil's Racetrack. Since we have young kids, we camped with the trailers at Huntington State Park and did this route in a single long day (10am to...

This is kind of a delayed report. Most Overlanders take this pass and combine it with Cinnamon Pass to form the Alpine Loop. We did it a little different due to the size of our groups and did one half from Ouray to Animas Forks and then from Animas Forks over the pass to Lake City. This trail...

So my cousin who owns the TRD Pro fires me a text saying "Hey, I was in Moab and took some footage on Hell's Revenge that clearly shows how A-TRAC works, maybe you could use it?" Sure enough, the short clip was perfect. Now, I know everyone reading this post ALREADY knows the fundamentals of...

We've had such a mild winter, I decided to take my family out West and enjoy the good weather. We did a historical route to the Japanese Internment Camp just west of Delta Utah, then along the old Highway 6&50 through Marjum Pass to a Hermit's Cabin, and then to a spring in the shadow of the...

A few years ago we took my dad's H2 through Elephant Hill. It did very well. For those familiar with the trail, there is a "fun" spot called "the squeeze" where your drive through a crevice in the rock. In Jeeps, it's trivial. In a full size rig, you need to drive straight. In large rigs...

And our worst fears are confirmed. I'm trying to figure out the market for a super short wheelbase Disco 5? I can't see real adventurers buying this except a few brand loyalists, and why would the luxury buyers take this over a disco sport or evoque (small side) or a rangie sport or velar on...

This is one of my favorite trails, and I finally finished my video review. We ran into a group of Overlanders a couple of times, LR3s, JKU, Lexus, 4Runner, etc. I searched to see if they were on this site and posted their adventure, but I couldn't find it. We met them "just off of I70" (as in...

While you plan your week long epic journeys through the mountain passes around Telluride, Ouray and Silverton, I highly recommend taking an excursion to the north towards the town of Marble and Crystal. The Crystal Mill is an air compressor station that has been noted for being the most...