The trail ratings here for Jeeps go from 1-5. This particular trail was rated between 3.5 to 3.75. Went on another ride today with my regular group and told them it needed to be upgraded to at least a 4.0.
I rode a trail in the spring with a Poo Poo rider. It’s a zig zagging shelf road up the face of a Utah canyon. We rode up it and back down it, technical but doable. I rode that same trail a couple of days ago, planning on another up and back down - but there had been a siht tonne of water run down the trail since I was there, all (or most) of the dirt was gone in some steep sections, leaving a series of nasty, rocky climbs. But the trail is so narrow and steep, there’s nowhere to turn around; once you start, you’re committed.
I made it up but it was damn near terrifying.
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I did NOT go back down, took a looooong, illegal, bypass back to camp. That ride freaked me out, I’ll never do that trail again.
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Calling it dangerous would be a huge understatement, the drop offs were frightening.