We did the Jeep entrance and was surprised how much of a Jeep road this is. Call me a Jeep snob, but I am never sad to see a section road that causes cars/CUVs to need to turn around.Make sure you get tickets for Arches. They're required now.
If you don't have tickets there's always a "Jeep entrance" near Willow Springs dinosaur tracks. The dinosaur tracks are nothing like those at Comanche National Grasslands, but they're decent.
I will say this, on 7 mile rim with no sevice OnX worked on both my phone and tablet. Didn't reset itself and require me to log in again - I don't understand why it hiccupped the first time I tried to use it.Thanks for all the great write-ups and glad you had a great trip.
Yes regarding OnX, I am still trying to figure out how it's useful if there is no cell service. Which is, of course, when I want it most.
And then this:
"I am impressed that I have a vehicle can drive down the highway at 85, pull off at a trail like Elephant Hill, air down a bit, disconnect the sway bar and go to town."
100% why the JLUR is so amazing. Lovely on the highway, a beast offroad, and the transition is a piece of cake.
LOL, I got hung up there for about 10 minutes trying to figure it out before I got free.SOB hill
No, only SOB. However backing up the final hill at the end of a long day at dusk was briefly stressful.Did you have any issues with the rock up near the confluence overlook?
I’ve given up on using OnX. I’ve not been able to get it to work offline. What has been best for me is Gaia using the gpx files from either Jeep the USA or TrailsOffroad. Gaia has an important function so with the gpx file from Jeep the USA you download the file then import with Gaia. TraillsOffroad has a function that will send the selected trail gpx file directly to your Gaia account. Gaia will also sync to you computer, tablet and phone. Typically I plan our trails using my iPad or computer and use either my iPad or phone with CarPlay. Using CarPlay the Gaia map appeared on the Jeep screen. Lately I’ve been mounting my iPad mini and using it. It worked very well a couple of weeks ago when we were in Ouray and Moab. I will say Gaia takes some experience to get to learn how to import and select your trail. One good thing is typically you can import all the trails in a single area at one time.OnX off line was hit or miss from me. It'd either work, or I'd drive right off the current cell map, with no way to get the downloaded map to weeks.
Resorted to the Jeep built in Nav a couple times.