This epic adventure was jointly sponsored by myself and by Kenneth Fingerlos of Mile High Jeep Club (MHJC) up in Denver. I'm a member of both clubs and have gotten to know some MHJC folks through working All-4-Fun.
For us in NM4W, we are blessed to have a full year of wheeling. We head north to the mountains for scenery in the summer and head south for crawling in the winter. For MHJC, they tend to go somewhat dormant in the winter since they have big mountains that get a lot of snow. They have a tradition of going somewhere like Moab or Sand Hollow for Thanksgiving, to get a little more play time in before they put their toys to bed for the winter.
At A4F 2025 in Leadville, I began talking to Kenneth about a co-club adventure - could my NM4W crew join the MHJC crew in Moab and all of us play together?!? Kenneth easily welcomed us and so began the planning!
Most folks arrived in Moab on Wednesday, running trails Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, before heading home Sunday. Nine rigs from NM4W joined six rigs from MHJC.
I got our side organized with dates, lodging, and of course a potluck, then turned over trail planning to Kenneth. He and April are long-time trail leaders at Easter Jeep Safari and know Moab forwards and backwards. We inventoried rigs and driver skill levels, and he sent out trail requests. Two groups set out each day, with Kenneth taking an Easy/Moderate group and April taking a Moderate/Hard group. Kenneth took folks on Sevenmile Rim/Wipeout Hill, Fins & Things/Baby Lionsback, Lost World/Gemini Bridges/Bull Canyon. April took folks on Kane Creek, Gold Bar Rim, and Top of the World.
The two groups got together socially for a giant Thanksgiving dinner at Moab Brewery on Thursday evening and again at Moab Rim Campground for a potluck on Friday night.
Friends were made and fun was had!
NM4W and MHJC rigs at Top of the World
Jack and Cathy Dickey at Top of the World
Jack welding broken axle tube on another party's rig
Mountain Sheep crossing Gemini Bridges Road
Bull canyon cracker cave
Dark air up
Long canyon trail rock
Leroy at Top of The World
Group 2 on Gold Bar
A look at Hamburger Hill
Group 2 entering Dive Bomb on Kane’s Creek
Delicate Arch
Park Ave in Arches National Park
Park Ave#2 in Arches National Park
Before Leroy got turtled
Hard to see the view when your feet are at the same level as your ears!
7 Mile Rim Day 1
Some steps
Further away than you think
View from the rim
Uranium Arch 1
Uranium Arch 2
Uranium Arch 3
Vally View
Lunch with a view
Long view
7 Mile Crew day 1
Monitor Butte
Merrimac and the crew
Heading up I Lean
Leaning on I Lean
Pit stop Fins and Things
WipeOut Hill down
WipeOut up 1
WipeOut up 2
Determination Towers
Fins and Things Down
Fins and Things Day 2
NM4W Rigs Fins and Things
Kenny's Climb
Lost World Day 3
Lost World formations
Lost world incline
Lost World formation 2
Lost World Wash
Lost World vally view 1
Lost World vally view 2
Looking towards Moab 1
Looking towards Moab 2
That rock didn't move
Bull Canyon - AKA Just one more trail
Bull Canyon 2
End of Bull Canyon
End of Bull Canyon stop
Headed out Bull Canyon
End of the light in Bull Canyon
7mi climb
7mi climb
7mi air down
7mi climb
First stop to regroup on 7mi
Deer stole the Dickey's headlight
At camp
7mi climb
Checking out Uranium Arches
Kenneth - group leader!
To the ARCH
But did you die?
Lunch 7mi
Burnt toast?
Harder line w/Stef
Heart puddle + puppy
I-LEAN
Moab Brewery Dinner
Moab Brewery Dinner
Moab Brewery Dinner
Moab Brewery Dinner
OFF CAMBER buttock clencher
Got a flat?
Lost world regather before fun climb
The fun Lost World climb
Bull Canyon MVUM stopping point
Yikes at gemini bridges
Gemini Bridges
Gemini Bridges
near Gemini Bridges
Bull Canyon Group drone
Gemini Bridges
Coming out of Bull Canyon
Long canyon trail
GOATS
Long canyon trail
Long canyon trail
Long canyon trail rock
Bull Canyon...natural formation or historic road?
Gemini bridges from Bull Canyon via drone
Gate at Gemini Bridges
Mary tackling the waterfall on Gold Bar Rim
Manual Life - might have forgot to release the emergency brake, oops...
The drive up to Moab was BEAUTIFUL!
Caravaning with the Dickeys up to Moab; Truck 1, Deer 0
Meetup at City Market each morning
Kane Creek group
Kane Creek
April (MHJC), in Penny, about to tackle Hamburger Hill on Kane Creek
Jack Dickey on Hamburger Hill/Kane Creek
Nellie, waiting her turn on Hamburger Hill
Jack's lil' mountain goat!
Sometimes the view makes me wonder about my sanity (Mary)
Top of Hamburger Hill
Cathy was Gaia's love buddy while Mary drove Nellie
Air up after Kane Creek
Kane Creek - Mary, Leroy, Cathy & Jack Dickey, April Fingerlos (MHJC), Dennis & Lorie Elliott (MHJC)
Doug & Baine! :-)
Air down for Gold Bar Rim
Mary & Gaia spent 3 happy days following the Dickeys in their lil' goat
10-100 on Gold Bar Rim
Air up after Gold Bar Rim
NM4W & MHJC potluck on Friday night
Jack's tire went flat at the cabin Friday night...
Lorie & Dennis Elliott (MHJC)
Leroy Lints (NM4W)
Kenneth Fingerlos (MHJC)
Lauri Rector (NM4W)
Mary Turpin (NM4W)
Stef & Oly Olson (NM4W)
Anthony Weaver & Allison Martinez (NM4W)
Rich & Michelle Katzer (MHJC)
MaryBeth Ness (MHJC) (missing Matt!)
Cathy & Jack Dickey (NM4W)
Snow Petersen (NM4W)
April Fingerlos with Penny
Doug Story II
morning meetup
Kenneth & Mary
an old bunrt out bridge at air down for Top of the World
Air down for Top of the World
Air down for TotW - Jack decided to swap his spare for the tire giving him valve trouble
Top of the Wolrd break
Down in the trees is Jack welding on the yellow Jeep we were assisting
Kane Creek run
Kane Creek run
So many fun water crossings down in the bottom of Kane Creek!
Kane Creek run - shelf roads, barf...
Kane Creek run
Kane Creek run
Kane Creek - stacked up at the base of Hamburger Hill
Jack spotting Mary on Hamburger Hill
A fun little climb out of a creek bed on Kane Creek
