RMXC, Les (Utah Xterra Club), and Stewart (North Dakota) spent the long weekend in Moab.

Trails ran:
Fins n' Things
Mini Lion's Back
Lion's Back
Hell's Revenge
Hell's Gate
Poison Spider













Rest of pics here

Wow. Looks like alot of fun.

Here are a few of mine







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awesome pics

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Troy

Nice pictures Hardcore!

That is quite the light bar on the tan X!

Awesome!!!

I love that khaki X. All go, a little show.....exactly the way I like it.(my trucks that is!)

brantley

Awesome pics, a little further notice and I coulda' been there myself Looks like a kick-ass wheelin' trip for sure Nothing like Moab in the rain So who all ran up Hells Gate?

I went first, got 3/4 of the way and my tires slid off the passenger side wall.


At that point I called for a strap and got pulled out of the hole. Made it out under my own power after that. I'll try it again when I have something other than an open diff.

Kevin did a lap, made it look easy.

Then Jordan in the '05, did just fine.

Then Stewart did a lap and did fine.

Troy

Awesome pics! It looks like it could be a close call with the wall where the '05 is coming out, no?

Could Jordan give us a feel for how it was like to wheel an 05 in Moab?. did he use lockers?

Had no problem keeping up with the rest of the group. I did have to get straped once, but that was a tire and ground clearance issue. I did use the locker alot, but didnt have too, just made things easier.

I was probably stupid to try Hell's Gate on that new of a vehicle, especially after watching Troy smack his truck against the wall. However, the power in the 05 was great and was able to crawl up slowley.

The squeeze had me a bit worried. My chunky monkey was millimeters from the wall. I had made it this far without body damage, didnt want to blow it here. With the help (if you call it that) of spotters, they got me through. You can see how close though:

Nice! I love the reflection in the windshield in the picture looking down on Jordan.

A few more pics. Great Trip!

Jordan did great.


Troy:


Lions Back:


Kev:



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I am so damn jealous of you guys! Awesome pics. Is that the dollhouse in the background of the last pic?

Man, its awesome to see a 2005 just w/ sliders doing a 4+ trail like Hell´s Gate... I mean, I was there once and its damn scaring...

You should submit those pics to some 4wd magazines to show the capabilities of the Xterra...

Nicely done!!

What duh...



How do you get down from something like this?

At least it doesn't look like rain.

...WTG Man

Strong work! Sorry I missed you guys. It sucked knowing I could be there an hour and 15 minutes!!!!!!

awesome pics! that place looks like so much fun, i'd love to go cross country and play in Moab for a while

You do a multi point turn up top where it is relatively flat.

Awesome trip guys...catch ya on the next one...

awesome pics!!! any videos??

Just a quick teaser shot of what I have as I'm still on the road. Thanks Iowa DOT for the internet.

Since we're showing GIANT pics of Lions Back ...

That picture makes my stomach jump... god I wish I was there right now..

mee t

All my photos from this last weekend are Click here

My new wall paper



Some of my favorites so far





Final bit of lions back

Outstanding photos. Great job on Hell's Gate.

Remember to check out www.gonemoab.com. There is no other place like Moab.

-Doug

My Dog helps me with tire placement.

Wow, AMAZING pics! Thats what its all about.


Can you do the lions back in 4x2?

Very kewl pics guys!!

my compliments on the pics guys!

OMG!



Those are some of the best Moab shots ever!!!

Very cool, guys!

Is that 05 stock? (Aside from the apparent rock sliders)

A few more from the trip:

wow! the pics get better and better, ok so i gotta ask, the first pic, did he actually go down? or did he back up off of the ledge? and the 4th pic, wow! thats a sweet shot, nice angle, damn Moab looks awesome, i wanna go lol

Yep

Of course, it's just a little hill

Wow, I need to trust my stock X a little more haha

Yeah he went down it and Troy went down it. I hit it on the left more where the drop was not so extreme. They were hitting there rear bumpers/carriers pretty good on the decent.

This line is a little sketchy 'cause the ledge to the passenger side is a thousand feet down.



Troy

Awesome pics!

You RMXC guys have some serious cojones!

John

Stewart, nice pic of Chris

Jordan...the Jeepers provided great spotting and support...but what did you do with this hand signal?

Hmmm...maybe I missed the fact that the 05 has rear steering as well...

Looks like a great time. I'm jealous!

Mind if I use some of these pics?

If you have higher res of these and dont mind, please send 'em.

I have no problem with you using any of mine just let me know which ones if any you want and I'll send them your way.

Go ahead Jim, to get the hi rez version just click on the image twice.

My Moab Gallery

Awsome pics

Troy, Jordan and myself!! Ha Ha Ha, Im locked now Dan. Tipover Challenge at Moab in 06!!

I have vids but I wont be able to post em until Dec, right now I am in FL.

Yeah you should have seen it before I pulled off the hill a bit. Coming down I was thinking "OK which will hit bottom first... tires... or bumper.... waiting... waiting... ahh tires, sweeet!"

I've been slackin'. It's been at least 8 mos. since I've dumped another $1000 or more into my truck

Great pics, guys!

Awesome ass pics there guys. So how steep are those rocks?? Seems like some serious pucker effect takes place there. Also how well do you think an '05 S edition will fare there? I don't have a rear locker so I have to rely on the ABLS. I want to do that so bad but won't be able to do it '06 because our baby will only be about 3 months old by then. Maybe I can make it in '07.

It can get quite steep and the pictures don’t do it justice. A stock truck without a locker shouldn't have to many problems. I ran Moab in 2004 with a bone stock 02 with sliders. You will have to take different lines than the locked or modified trucks. One thing you will want to have is rocker protection as at the stock height you could easily damage a rocker panel.

Truely awesome! Good to see th '05s out there too. I just read the Motor Trend write up for the 06 truck of the year- That's what their talking about

That was my first real mod. I'm waiting on my skid plates now and a couple of other things as well.