You definitely want to call ahead. The article linked, certainly says that there's alot of difficulty to this trail, however, jumping around the parks website, there was also a pretty severe washout on part of it, and they've closed the loop indefinitely. Looks like fun when they re-open it though. Good Luck.
Thanks ambaker for the distance update... I knew it was a long ways. I got the vehicle and survival gear thingy licked. I don't go nowhere no time unprepared anymore.
Ya know, Bear, this is the 2nd out-of-the-way place wilderness area you've been to before me. You are starting to give me an inferiority complex!
However...
People... people... people...
Do you think I'd let a "little" washout on the last 11 miles of a near impossible 100 mile "road" loop stop me?
That is such 2 dimensional thinking. LOL!!!
Heck, except for the switchbacks Mineral Road is the easy part! Bear_Music can tell you that.
Don't you folks remember that I'm the guy that survived over a week in one of the hottest deserts in the world - the Sonoran - without food, water or shelter during the heat of summer and walked out under my own power? Nobody, and I mean nobody, does that and lives to tell the tale! There are a whole lotta dead bodies there that can attest to that fact.
I'm special. ;) ;)
That sissy "Survivor Man" dude was there in February for crying out loud. My 84-year old mother could survive that. LOL!!!!
This news definitely puts White Rim on my "must do" list this very next trip I'm starting within a week!
Ya know, Bear, this is the 2nd out-of-the-way place wilderness area you've been to before me. You are starting to give me an inferiority complex!
I'm OLDER than you, dude. I was doing this when you were in diapers. American West and Southwest, Baja California, those were my stomping grounds. Go further afield than that, and you'll leave me behind, as far as wilderness goes. Now I'm an armchair traveler.
Ya know, Bear, this is the 2nd out-of-the-way place wilderness area you've been to before me. You are starting to give me an inferiority complex!
I'm OLDER than you, dude. I was doing this when you were in diapers. American West and Southwest, Baja California, those were my stomping grounds. Go further afield than that, and you'll leave me behind, as far as wilderness goes. Now I'm an armchair traveler.
I shouldn't tell this cause it will ward off the young fillies from me on Valentine's Day... but you are not that much older than me and would have hardly been barely old enough for kindergarten when I was in diapers.
I'm just exceptionally well preserved for my age. No Grecian formula needed for this boy and I act even more immature than I look! :)
Ya know, Bear, this is the 2nd out-of-the-way place wilderness area you've been to before me. You are starting to give me an inferiority complex!
I'm OLDER than you, dude. I was doing this when you were in diapers. American West and Southwest, Baja California, those were my stomping grounds. Go further afield than that, and you'll leave me behind, as far as wilderness goes. Now I'm an armchair traveler.
For those curious to know what White Rim Road is like, Gordon Smith from FredMiranda shared this great photo journal on a trip he took on White Rim two years ago with 8 other people. It is a very nice slide show with excellent photography:
I have never driven the entire length but have several friends who have as supply vehicles for the bike race. You will want 4X4 for sure, full tank of gas with a couple of extra full cans and a good spare tire. There are several spots (that I have driven) where you want to get out and scout ahead. It's like most things driving down in Moab, know where reverse is and use if needed. I think you may need to get a permit as well.
Thanks John... I think you are right on all counts. I've gotten great input from several sources and feel pretty confident I can handle it... and some of the photo ops out there are terrific.
