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SPARE TIRE CANYON

April 10,  2010

Rating: 3.5

Nothing beats an eleven Jeep Caravan snaking through the green Arizona desert. Add some hill climbs, some narrow canyon walls,  and finish it all off with lunch with your feet in  the river and you'll have the very definition of what Saturdays should be.





 

 

    
 

AXLE ALLEY

March 27,  2010

Rating: 4.5

When is a waterfall too big? The Higher Ground extreme crew set out to find out if AA would claim another Jeep back flop. We camped under the moon and then hit the trail in the morning. One casualty had this trail living at least up to its name.





 

 

    
 

LOWER TERMINATOR & PREDATOR

February 6,  2010

Rating: 4.0

A nasty wet challenge after the rains remake the trails and leave hazards and traction under the water's surface. Slippery fun ensues on this Table Mesa double play.





 

 

    
 

FR98/LOG CORRAL

November 21, 2009

Rating: 3.0

A close one for everyone. Families came with on this multi-facetted trail as we covered all kinds of ground until our tires hit the water. Sunset guided us across the river just in time before we split for home.





 

 

    
 

FLORENCE BACHELOR RUN

October 3, 2009

Rating: 4.5

A send off to remember, we hit Lower and Upper Wood-pecker as a warm up to a very fitting Highway to Hell finale. 18 able Jeeps started this trek but only a handful finished.





 

 

    
 

SYCAMORE CREEK NIGHT RUN

July 7, 2009

Rating: 3.5

For this Invitational summer classic, we bring 7 Jeeps out past their bedtimes to play peak aboo with the creek rocks. Sometimes the rocks won the challenge and we're forced to leave men behind.





 

 

    
 

COLLATERAL DAMAGE

May 21, 2009

Rating: 4.5

If you're going to do a shake down run to test out your new goodies, you might as well swing for the fences. A warm up on Anaconda led the remaining survivors on to the larger falls of CD.





 

 

    

 

 

HG4X4 MOAB, UT 09

May 11-17, 2009

Rating: 4.5

A whole week and more pictures and video than we know what to do with. We finally just gave it it's own page directory complete with eight individual trail reports, soundtracks, aerial flyovers, best boy grips, pyrotechnics and more. Seriously- it was that bad ass of a trip.





    
 

PHOENIX

THE FLIGHT OF

April 26, 2009

Rating: 3.5

Bob brings his bird out to Table Mesa to find the bugs. Raw Deal and Lower Terminator are the proving grounds to see if the new beast is completely Moab ready. Five support group friends come along.





 

 

    
 

ANACONDA

January 3, 2009

Rating: 4.5

No where to go but up or over. Higher Ground and a few Rock Rats work this trail over with lockers and some bullying. No breaks on this short morning run just good times.





 

 

    
 

RATTLESNAKE CANYON

January 3, 2009

Rating: 3.0

Snow in Arizona? We took 10 vehicles up north to find out. Turned out to be the perfect amount for a scenic high desert crawl and we ended up running it both ways.





 

 

    
 

CANYON DE CHELLY

October 4-6, 2008

Rating: 2.5

A couple Higher Grounders get the privilege to Jeep in north east Arizona Navajo country. Three days of roughing it on the canyon floor surrounded by cliff ruins and undeveloped beauty.