Higher Ground 4x4

State Land Trust Permits – Before You Begin

If you didn't know it already, our State land is divided up into different land management areas. While there are different National Forests throughout, there are also Bureau of Land Management maintained areas, and State Trust Land. If you're heading onto National Forest land that requires a fee, you'll almost assuredly ...

Sycamore_Creek_Night_Run_09

It's summer in AZ, so some outdoor activities have to be packed away until the temps play nice again. There are ways around it though, such as heading north or just sneaking out at night. We hadn't done Lower Sycamore Creek in a while so figured what ...

Phoenix Flight of The

It was a large scale undertaking. Bolt for bolt had been passed over and something new was created on old foundations. With the real journey now less than 2 weeks away, this bird was in desperate need of a wing check and to survive Higher Ground’s Moab09, ...

Collateral Damage 3-21-09

A couple Higher Ground Guys were blessed by the Jeep gods recently in the way of new parts. Two of our star vehicles received some rather beefy upgrades underneath and a good thrashing was in order. Alan’s Cherokee had just come back from Absolute Offroad with ...

Rattlesnake Canyon Snow Run 09

We may not get much of it, but we sure know what to do with it. When we heard it was on the ground, we set the date to explore Rattlesnake Canyon. The timing had to be right since the Canyon is a protected area for ...

Anaconda 08

. Some of our more strapping young Jeepsters thought it be time for a trail that spoke with bigger stones- one of those anti-bypass straight shoot jobs. This trip, three Higher Ground Jeeps and four Rock Rats stepped forward to grill up some Anaconda on a beautiful ...

Sedona 08

Sometimes it takes a full weekend up north; a trip that boasts it all. Last year's official Higher Ground trip up to Sedona worked out so well, we scheduled out another all inclusive package deal. For many "vactioners," that deal may consist of some kind of swanky hotel set up, ...

Higher Ground Hoodie Preorder

Preorder here now. If you need a specific size, have your order in before the end of Saturday the 18th. Hoodies are Hanes® Ultimate Cotton™ - Pullover Hooded Sweatshirt 10-ounce, 90/10 cotton/poly PrintProXP™ low pill, high-stitch density fleece Two-ply hood with grommets and dyed-to-match drawcord Set-in sleeves Coverseamed armholes and hem Kangaroo ...

Canyon de Chelly 08

When Paul Zelez, (Sc00by) told me he had a seat available for his Canyon de Chelly trip, I knew I couldn’t turn it down. Three days and two nights down on the beautiful undeveloped canyon floor is a wheeler and photographer’s match made in heaven. I ...

Collateral Damage 9-20-08

Table Mesa has plenty of reasons to be popular. The two biggies are that it is the closest trail system to Phoenix and secondly, the trail number and levels are quite extensive. On this past Saturday 4 HG rigs set out with 4 other big-builts ...