Moab- November Snowpocalyse- Bull Canyon

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Due to 12-18 inches of snow Canyonlands was basically shut down. In order to atleast 4 wheel in the 4 wheeling Meca of the world, we had to find some dirt we could access.

So after much debate, we decided to check out Bull Canyon. We had spent the first part of the day driving our to Canyonlands in hope of running Elephant Hill. Unfortunately it was closed.

We checked out Newspaper Rock! Pretty cool







After that we Headed back to Moab and filled up at Maverick. After paging through the Moab Trails book and taking into consideration the insane snow fall. We decided a more moderate trail would probably be good. We didn't have a lot of time left before we needed to head back home.

I've never really heard anything about Bull Canyon, its off the Gemini Bridges Trail. So we decided to give it a go.

I did not have to put my Range Rover into low range. It was pretty easy even though the book called it Moderate. Nothing a stock SUV couldn't handle.

Some pictures

The Snow

 

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Trail pictures

Gotta check out how the new springs flex. I didn't try to hard, this was about as extreme a ramp as i found.





Just some more trail shots.

 

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We let the oldest boys out to do some exploring and take some pictures. I love the slick rock!

 

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Things were starting to melt as we were heading back out.

 

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[Jeremy P.]

Snow really changes the look of Moab and adds an extra element of fun (when you're not next to a cliff)! It's a bummer you couldn't run elephant hill, but I can understand why the NPS wouldn't want people going over the hill with that much snow!

 

[BigSwede]

Very cool, I've seen Moab in the rain but not snow.