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Touring Wagon tackles the White Rim
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2013 2:47 am
by ashergrey
The White Rim is a 100+ mile 4x4 trail through the Island of the Sky district of Utah's Canyonlands National Park. Primarily carved by uranium miners in the 1950s, it runs through one of the most barren and desolate landscapes in the lower 48 states.
I'm sure I'm not the first to take a Subaru around it, but it's certainly not the friendliest place for any vehicle without a low range and a lot of clearance.
http://youtu.be/-CVXcCD74AM
Re: Touring Wagon tackles the White Rim
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2013 3:44 am
by BoostedSubie
That's a pretty cool trail, looks like a scenic drive. I use to live in UT, in Layton outside of Salt Lake, and I always wanted to go check out the canyons and rock features but never made it.
Re: Touring Wagon tackles the White Rim
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 11:17 pm
by Legacy777
Looks like a challenging and fun drive! I miss doing that kind of off-roading.
Re: Touring Wagon tackles the White Rim
Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 7:36 am
by ashergrey
Legacy777 wrote:Looks like a challenging and fun drive! I miss doing that kind of off-roading.
Challenging, physically punishing on a street car suspension and even a little terrifying when driving along sheer drop-offs into canyon bottoms.
Worst section was actually a high-speed run through deep snow and mud toward the end on the Mineral Canyon Road. Had to keep speed above 40 to avoid bogging but ruts kept trying to throw the car off the road. Here's how it looked at the end, when I stopped on pavement to air the tires back up.

Re: Touring Wagon tackles the White Rim
Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 7:03 am
by CFK
Thats Amazing

The scenery is Bananas, as well as the drop off's ! cant believe you had to keep your speed up while not Thelma & Louiseing it
Top Notch

Re: Touring Wagon tackles the White Rim
Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2013 6:16 am
by martimus919
I'm glad the road didn't give out on you. Looked pretty good down there.
Re: Touring Wagon tackles the White Rim
Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 6:29 am
by oldscoobyturbo
fantastic video looks like a great place to break cars/trucks
I would need to bring friends and a service truck
Re: Touring Wagon tackles the White Rim
Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 2:47 pm
by SILINC3R
Awesome video, looks like she's ready for Mars.
Re: Touring Wagon tackles the White Rim
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 5:29 am
by ashergrey
Here's the whole story on this adventure, for anyone who's interested:
http://backcountrypost.com/forum/thread ... agon.2898/
Re: Touring Wagon tackles the White Rim
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 6:46 pm
by Legacy777
Very cool! I'll have to read over that when I get more time.
Re: Touring Wagon tackles the White Rim
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2014 6:00 pm
by Legacy777
I just read through your entire post, and I must say that was an awesome & epic trip!! Excellent pictures & journalistic writing!