Trails – Page 2 – MojaveOverland

Sep 24, 2014Feb 03, 2015

Sand Hollow

A good jeeping buddy Eddie Oritz decided that for his birthday he wanted to gather all his friends and do some wheeling at Sand Hollow State park just outside Hurricane, UT. This may have been one of my all time favorite rides, the trails were amazing and the views epic. I spent night on Saturday and spent some time hanging out with the most awesome group of people. I also got to try out my new sleeping arrangement, a hammock slung inside my JKU and the verdict is… Great night of sleep, except for the thunderstorms that rolled through in the middle of the night. I will do a write up soon about how I hung a hammock in my jeep!

Aug 28, 2014May 19, 2016

Tater Tot Gap

Potato Ridge (aka: Rocky Gap) is a trail that runs between Red Rock recreational area and Lovell Canyon on the lower end of the Spring Mountains. I ran this trail two consecutive weekends with different people. These where my first times running this famous trail, and from what I’m told is that the trail as it sits now is way more difficult then in the past due to recent rains and flash floods. They used to rate this trail a 2-2.5 (based on a scale of 1-5) and now it’s a 2-3, in the past you could use the frontage road to avoid difficult sections of the wash but now the frontage road is almost as hard as the wash. On my first run I witnessed my first roll over and on the second run a rider broke an axle.

This is not a trail for stock jeeps and a 3″ plus lift with 35’s is recommend, also lockers would not hurt. Do not run this trail alone as you will have a high chance to turtle and will need to get pulled off, also a spotter who doubles as a rock tosser helps. Set aside at least 3-6 hours (depending how much time you spend in the wash) to run this trail. Also make sure you start from the Lovell canyon side to avoid paying the entrance fee in to the red rock recreational area.

I took some video and some pictures of my adventure, enjoy.

Jul 28, 2014Feb 03, 2015

Wheeler Pass

It’s been a few years since I have run Wheeler’s Pass, and it’s just as beautiful as I remember. The wild horses by Cold Creek were awesome (and they showed us who was the visitor by not getting out of the road). Also I rarely go naked (no doors or top) but I did this day, and wouldn’t you know it I got rained on… but it was desert rain and it was over in 5 minutes. And my new 2WayAir system was awesome and my first ride with my new sway bar disconnects.