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TRAIL & SAFETY GUIDE THETHE BESTBEST TRAILS!TRAILS! SAFETY TIPS AND DESERT ETIQUETTE SCENIC DRIVES ROCK ART WHAT TO SEE WHERE TO EAT HISTORY OF MOAB PLEASE READ Thank you for renting from Canyonlands Jeep SHIFTING PROCEDURE Adventures. The following information is for 2H to 4H or 4h to 2H your safety and protection while touring the Shifting between 2H and 4H can be made with backcountry of Moab’s fabulous canyon country. the vehicle stopped or in motion. If the vehicle is Please take a moment to review the following in motion, shifts can be made up to 30 mph. With safety instructions and recommended trail routes the vehicle in motion, the transfer case will en- outlined in this booklet. gage/disengage faster if you momentarily release 4 Wheeling Is Fun When You Follow A the accelerator pedal after completing the shift. Few Simple Guidelines Apply a constant force when shifting the transfer Always wear a seat belt. Jeeps are not designed case lever. for high speeds on the open road. Please stay 4H to 4L or 4L to 4H within the recommended speeds set by the state With the vehicle rolling at 2 to 3 mph (3 to 5 of Utah. You can be pulled over and given a km/h), shift an automatic transmission into ticket for not wearing a seat belt. Neutral (N). While the vehicle is coasting at 2 to Stay on designated trails. Most of the rec- 3 mph (3 to 5 km/h), shift the transfer case lever ommended trails are designed for moderate firmly to the desired position. Do not pause with 4-wheeling. Canyonlands Jeeps are not recom- the transfer case in N (Neutral). mended or built for any trails of a difficult nature Note: Shifting into or out of 4L is possible with (4+ or greater in difficulty). Anything more than the vehicle completely stopped, however, dif- a 4+ rating requires special suspension and modi- ficulty may occur due to the mating teeth not fications, which Canyonlands Jeep Adventures being properly aligned. does not provide. Several attempts may be required for clutch teeth alignment and shift completion to occur. The When in doubt, back out! If you are traveling on preferred method is with the vehicle rolling at a trail or trying to maneuver around something 2 to 3 mph (3 to 5 km/h). Avoid attempting to that you are not comfortable with, don’t do it. engage or disengage 4L with the vehicle moving Remember, any damage done to the Jeep is the faster than 2 to 3 mph (3 to 5 km/h). responsibility of the renter. PROHIBITED AREAS AND TRAILS: PLEASE NOTE: Low tire light symbol will The following areas and trails are prohibited due be on as we air the tires down for trail use to the nature and difficulty of the trail. Inexperi- and comfort. Also, oversized tires change enced drivers can cause harm to themselves and the calibration of the odometer and speed- the Jeep while on these trails. ometer. Moab Rim, Golden Spike, Behind the Rocks, Pritchett Canyon, Poison Spider, Hell’s Re- venge, Metal Masher, Steel Bender, Gold Bar Canyonlands Jeep Contact Information Rim, Cliffhanger, Kane Creek Canyon, Top of Local - 435-259-4413 the World, Strike Ravine, Porcupine Rim, Rose Toll Free – 866-592-5337 Garden, Potato Salad Hill, Area BFE, Rusty Nail If you have a medical emergency please or any other extreme off road trails. call – 911 (this will connect you with local dispatch for emergency services) REGIONAL MAP TRAIL RATING SCALE Easy Moderate More Difficult (some challenging obstacles/terrain) SAFETY TIPS AND DESERT ETIQUETTE New Drivers: If you are new to off-roading, start Mines and other structures: Be careful around with an easier trail. Practice basics such as how old mine buildings. Don’t let children play in and when to use low and high range 4 wheel these structures. Also remember, a lot of these drive, how to place your tires on rocks rather than old mines can be radioactive. straddle them and learn to be environmentally Dehydration: As your body sweats to cool itself, responsible. it dehydrates. You may be drinking water, but not Travel with another vehicle: Your chances of enough. Eating may make you nauseous. Symp- getting stranded in the back-country are greatly toms include dry mouth, dizziness, headaches, reduced with two vehicles. Extra maps can help if shortness of breath and irritation. Drink more you decide to take a spur road off the main trail. than you think you need even if you don’t feel Weather and Conditions: The weather can thirsty. change fast in the desert. A storm cloud miles Did we mention water? We can never stress it away can cause flash flooding in the area you enough. Got water? Good, then go have fun! are in. Nature can be an awesome force in Moab Tread lightly when traveling. Drive and ride causing huge temperature changes, rock slides only on roads and trails where such travel is al- and flash flooding. Use common sense. lowed; hike only on established trails, on rock, Keep hands, arms and legs inside the moving or in washes. Camp at designated sites or, where vehicle: Many trails are narrow. Branches, brush allowed, at previously-used sites. Avoid placing and rock overhangs may come very close to your tents on top of vegetation and use a camp stove vehicle and can scrape or hurt a wayward limb, instead of making a campfire. Unless signs indi- etc. cate otherwise, leave gates open or closed as you Cliff Edges: Watch children and be extremely find them. careful at cliff edges. There are few guardrails in Moab. The consequences are swift and final. Remember, with sandstone, it is much easier to TREAD LIGHTLY climb up than back down. Search and Rescue Tips for Responsible Four Wheeling stays busy with people who go up and can’t come back down. • Stay on designated routes. • Know your vehicle’s limitations. When in Lightning: In a storm, stay away from lone trees, doubt re-track. cliff edges and high points. Stay low to the • Be considerate of others on the road and ground or in your vehicle. Lightning can strike trails. from a cloud far away when the sky is clear over- • Yield the right-of-way to those passing you or head. traveling uphill. • Yield to mountain bikers, hikers, and horses. Water, Water, Water, Water: Did we mention • Keep noise and dust down. bringing water? At least a gallon a day per per- • Check the weather forecast. son. Running out of water can be a fatal mistake • Buckle up! Seat belts are mandatory. out here. Stick a five gallon container in your • Don’t mix driving with alcohol and/or drugs. vehicle. Better to have it and not need it than the • Understand your vehicle’s controls and how to other way around. operate them. www.treadlightly.org CRYPTOBIOTIC SOIL The “black dirt,” or crust that can be seen covering the desert is actually a complex of slowly-grow- ing cyanobacteria, algae, mosses and lichens that bind the soil together, retain scarce water, and provide a usable source of nitrogen for des- ert plants. Your tracks do matter, for once plants or soil crust are damaged, they may not recover in your lifetime. Stop in for a bite to eat, we’re right across the street! Home of Utah’s best green chile! 189 S Main Street right next door to the Moab Adventure Center OPEN 6 AM -10 PM 5 ROCK ART area. Their game included now extinct Pleisto- cene fauna such as mammoths and mastodons. A later culture, called Archaic, probably used central base camps during their seasonal round of activities based on harvesting wild plants and animals. They did not build permanent habitation structures, but lived in caves and in small brush shelters built in the open. The Anasazi, whose culture centered south of Chris Conrad photo Moab in the Four Corners area, concentrated The Moab area has numerous examples of Indian much of their subsistence efforts on the cultiva- rock art to enjoy. This page briefly discusses some tion of corn, beans and squash. These sedentary types, dates, the artists and their cultures and people also harvested a wide variety of wild how to take care of these irreplaceable sites. Di- resources such as pinion nuts, grasses, bighorn rections are included to a number of sites which sheep and deer. The Fremont, who were contem- allow you to sample some of the easily accessible porary with the Anasazi people, also grew corn, ancient rock art in the Moab area. All sites are ac- and were apparently more dependent on hunt- cessible with a passenger car and a short walk! ing and gathering wild resources than were the What is Indian Rock Art? Anasazi. Their territory was mainly north of the There are two types of rock art: petroglyphs (mo- Colorado River, but overlapped with the Anasazi tifs that are pecked, ground, incised, abraded, or at Moab. scratched on the rock surface) and pictographs Both cultures had a complex social structure, and (paintings or drawings in one or more colors were highly adaptive to the extremes of the envi- using mineral pigments and plant dyes on the ronment. The Anasazi and Fremont are classified rock surface). Although many images may have by scientists as “Formative” cultures. originally been executed as a combination of both techniques, most now appear only as petro- The most recent inhabitants, the Utes, have been glyphs because the paint material has faded or in southeast Utah since the 1200’s.

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