Black Rock Canyon

The Pony Express trail head is about 40 miles from TeraFlex PLUS. It’s another 13 miles to the start of Black Rock Canyon. From Murray you take I-15 to the Lehi exit, then head to the Pony Express Trail, turning South at the Faust cut off.

The first trail run of 2008 was a great success. There were 24 rigs in the group. Everything from a T100 and a couple of Samurai’s to some nicely built Jeeps. It was great to get out, after (or during) the long cold winter.

Black Rock Canyon was seen from both sides, but there was too much snow to see the top. We sent some of the big dogs out front, all locked up with new 37 inch Toyo’s. Dave (Doc), Lane, Todd, Devin, Kirk and the boys gave it a serious effort, but 3 feet of snow was a bit much. The rest of us hung out while they did battle for 30 minutes or so. After accepting defeat, we commenced the arduous task of turning everyone around to go back down and find a way around the mountain.

Using state of the art GPS and TOPO map technology we wandered aimlessly for the next 4 hours. We tried this canyon then that. Each attempt was thwarted by that last snow storm. We finally wound up driving on foot hills from the Cedar Fort side of the mountain to the Utah Lake side, with Little Moab as our ultimate Goal. Yes we got stuck, broke some straps, chained up, shoveled out, but had a great time doing it. That’s what a “snow run” is all about. Little Moab was still covered in snow so not much action happened there. We hit the muddy trail then the highway and headed home. THANK YOU for a great start to the 2008 wheelin’ season. Stay tuned for info on the next run, (after the Easter Jeep Safari).

Wood Out

Black Rock Canyon

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Murray, Utah 84107-4711
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