Dkretden
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Moab
Chicken Corners trail.
This trail certainly fits the bill. It’s easy and about 26 miles one way from Moab (about 5 miles of that is on pavement until you get out of town) through amazing geology and history.
My wife and I went to Jeep Jamboree in Moab this weekend. And, while I did do Fins and Things (and earned a badge), it showed me that I had MUCH more fun doing the 52 mile round trip to Chicken Corner than a 9 mile loop at Fins trying desperately not to scrape my Jeep over ledges. Many love stuff like that. I don’t. I’ll stick to Trails for Pusses.
Chicken Corner is an old pack mule route that ends at a bluff overlooking the Colorado River. You can still hike around the corner on a trail that is about 300 feet in the sky and about 3-4 feet wide as you pick your way around the corner of the bluff. If you don’t go around the corner, you are a Chicken. Hence the name. We hiked the VERY short trail (about a hundred yards) around the corner but very few in the group did. You find yourself leaning into the rock wall because the alternative is not pleasant to contemplate. This is the kind of spot that these legs would not take me to. While there is likely a shorter hiking trail to get to the corner, it still would be a dozen or more miles round trip, I’m guessing. Without my Jeep, I would not have ’proven that I wasn’t a Chicken!” (Lol)
gorgeous drive, with stunning views the entire way. One narrow shelf road, blind, around one bluff make for a bit of challenge if heights/shear cliffs scare you (But it’s really short and really not bad at all.... even if shelf roads concern you.... I would say that you should try it.)
Take the kids and teach them about geologic uplift and erosion. Oh and as a plus, you can point out that the final scene of thelma and Louise was filmed just across the River (about center frame in the second image below).
highly recommend.
Moab
Chicken Corners trail.
This trail certainly fits the bill. It’s easy and about 26 miles one way from Moab (about 5 miles of that is on pavement until you get out of town) through amazing geology and history.
My wife and I went to Jeep Jamboree in Moab this weekend. And, while I did do Fins and Things (and earned a badge), it showed me that I had MUCH more fun doing the 52 mile round trip to Chicken Corner than a 9 mile loop at Fins trying desperately not to scrape my Jeep over ledges. Many love stuff like that. I don’t. I’ll stick to Trails for Pusses.
Chicken Corner is an old pack mule route that ends at a bluff overlooking the Colorado River. You can still hike around the corner on a trail that is about 300 feet in the sky and about 3-4 feet wide as you pick your way around the corner of the bluff. If you don’t go around the corner, you are a Chicken. Hence the name. We hiked the VERY short trail (about a hundred yards) around the corner but very few in the group did. You find yourself leaning into the rock wall because the alternative is not pleasant to contemplate. This is the kind of spot that these legs would not take me to. While there is likely a shorter hiking trail to get to the corner, it still would be a dozen or more miles round trip, I’m guessing. Without my Jeep, I would not have ’proven that I wasn’t a Chicken!” (Lol)
gorgeous drive, with stunning views the entire way. One narrow shelf road, blind, around one bluff make for a bit of challenge if heights/shear cliffs scare you (But it’s really short and really not bad at all.... even if shelf roads concern you.... I would say that you should try it.)
Take the kids and teach them about geologic uplift and erosion. Oh and as a plus, you can point out that the final scene of thelma and Louise was filmed just across the River (about center frame in the second image below).
highly recommend.
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