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Photos by Pat

April 13, 2007, The dropoff was so steep I had to hold my hands up for the vehicles to know where to get lined up to come downhill	April 13, 2007, Matt's Xterra getting a little air on the downhill	April 13, 2007, I was certainly prepared for cold weather at least
April 14, 2007, This was our second capsite, after our first had the tent blow down in high winds, this provided more natural cover	April 14, 2007, Matt pulling Dave's stuck jeep out of the snow

Photos by Brandon and Dave

April 13, 2007, Parked on slickrock checking out the area	April 13, 2007, Traction is actually fantastic on dry slickrock	April 13, 2007, Snow capped mountains visible in the distance
April 13, 2007, Fins n' Things looks like I'd expect Mars to look like	April 13, 2007, Dave's Jeep showing some articulation	April 13, 2007, A closer view of the mountains
April 13, 2007, The Xterra finds its limits on some stair steps	April 13, 2007, One of the great Moab vistas	April 13, 2007, It warmed up a bit in the afternoon
April 13, 2007, Matt and Pat	April 13, 2007, Dave can't resist a good headstand	April 13, 2007, Me checking out some photos I've taken
April 13, 2007, Matt working up a stair climb	April 13, 2007, Matt and Pat waiting to see Dave make the climb	April 13, 2007, So far, so good
April 13, 2007, The Jeep's capabilities make it look easy	April 13, 2007, Huge steps are considerably easier downhill than up	April 13, 2007, The day wraps up with a run through the mud
April 13, 2007, Matt making waves in the mud too	April 13, 2007, A trail we did NOT do, with a JGC stuck just feet from the top	April 14, 2007, New day, new trails to run
April 14, 2007, Dave finally finds a step he can't climb (around 20 inches)	April 14, 2007, Top of the World, the view is quite amazing	April 14, 2007, The four of us for a group shot
April 14, 2007, Out of order - It rained and snowed on the way to Moab again	April 14, 2007, Matt taking the steps with aplumb	April 14, 2007, Some of the beautiful Moab rock formations
April 14, 2007, Matt trying for zero gravity on the drop-in	April 14, 2007, One of the short runs near camp	April 14, 2007, I mis-judged the snow depth and got Dave's Jeep stuck. Note how the snow supports human feet but not Jeep tires
April 14, 2007, Pat demonstrates snow is much deeper than anticipated. "Well there's your problem!"	April 14, 2007, Back at the base, a view of the front antiroll bar strap	April 14, 2007, Day 2 ends without major incident
April 15, 2007, At the end of the Cliffhanger trail, Jeep only for this day	April 15, 2007, Like so much around Moab, the view is great	April 15, 2007, The shelf road is narrow and a little challenging in spots
April 15, 2007, Rock piles in the trail make for an ever-changing challenge	April 15, 2007, This wicked little angle-cut attempts to slide you off the trail	April 15, 2007, The trail is narrow enough to barely permit passing
April 15, 2007, The first challenge is also the last on the way out	April 15, 2007, Dave manages to attract someone videotaping it	April 15, 2007, On the drive home, Dave corrects a theological error
	April 15, 2007, The end for now, until next time....

Photos by Brandon

March 10, 2006, Snow in northern Arizona on the way there	March 10, 2006, Monument Valley, after the snow stopped	March 10, 2006, More storm clouds against a vivid blue sky
March 10, 2006, Snow again once we get within 2 hours of Moab	March 10, 2006, We end up having to camp at Arches Park, also snowy	March 10, 2006, One of the famous arches
March 10, 2006, With camp set up, it is cold	March 11, 2006, After a brisk 25 degree night, we break camp	March 11, 2006, Very interestingly shaped rock formations
March 11, 2006, Rolling out, we continue to snap some photos	March 11, 2006, Giving the rock formation a closer look	March 11, 2006, We discover a tiny snowman along the way
March 11, 2006, Snowy road conditions through the park	March 11, 2006, Another cool looking rock formation	March 11, 2006, We easily could have spent the day just in arches
March 11, 2006, Another one of the arches	March 11, 2006, Exiting the park at lower elevation, Dave's ready to roll	March 11, 2006, Matt's all set to go as well
March 11, 2006, Island in the Sky district: The huge views begin here!	March 11, 2006, Anticipation builds as we see the roads below us	March 11, 2006, Simply breathtaking
March 11, 2006, The only thing that even compares is the Grand Canyon, which is further downstream	March 11, 2006, Photos can't even fully capture the majesty	March 11, 2006, The Jeep is now sporting icicles from the wheel wells
March 11, 2006, You can just barely make out White Rim Road down below	March 11, 2006, Me, standing in front of one of the major overlooks	March 11, 2006, Dave taking in the scenery
March 11, 2006, Another great canyon view	March 11, 2006, Still amazing	March 11, 2006, An image showing how sheer some of the cliffs are
March 11, 2006, Same view, but landscape format	March 11, 2006, Our primary route snowed out, we enter via an alternate with reasonably dry conditions	March 11, 2006, Moab is right by where the Green and Colorado rivers join
March 11, 2006, Looking good	March 11, 2006, Scenic parking	March 11, 2006, We arrive at the first campsite one day behind due to snow
March 11, 2006, It begins to snow again during an exploratory drive	March 11, 2006, It's called Island in the Sky for a reason	March 12, 2006, Getting started the next day, conditions look marginal
March 12, 2006, Not more than 30 minutes later, the weather breaks	March 12, 2006, Dave enjoying the huge vistas, now from in the canyon	March 12, 2006, The huge rock cliffs are quite impressive
March 12, 2006	March 12, 2006, One of our last scenic breaks of the trip	March 12, 2006, A shelf road on the climb out
March 12, 2006, View out the rear window of Matt following us	March 12, 2006, Another view of the shelf road climb out	March 12, 2006, The final section was very wet and muddy before reaching pavement
March 12, 2006, Back in AZ on the drive home through the painted desert area	March 12, 2006, Another huge snow & rain storm was headed in	March 12, 2006, Cool looking craggy hill on the reservation

Photos by Dave

March 10, 2006, Breakfast at the Denny's in Payson	March 11, 2006, Our snow-covered tents in Arches park	March 11, 2006, Taking pictures of everyone taking pictures
March 11, 2006, Snow covered sticks	March 11, 2006, Those two snow covered roads were our original plan	March 11, 2006, Whoops, I'm in Dave's picture
March 11, 2006, Dave explains: "It's not snowing that hard!"	March 11, 2006, Test fitting of the snow chains	March 11, 2006, Matt's tailgate was the dinner table for the evening
March 12, 2006, Oh yes, it snowed again overnight	March 12, 2006, That's snow & ice on the windshield, morning looked poor	March 12, 2006, Not long later, we just broke free of the storm
March 12, 2006, The weather was beautiful for the rest of our photo stops	March 12, 2006, Ice puddles in the rock	March 12, 2006, Another Jeep pic
March 12, 2006, Is there really a road there?	March 12, 2006, More canyon vistas	March 12, 2006, More canyon vistas
March 12, 2006, The rocky climbout	March 12, 2006, The VERY soft mud on the final road back to pavement	March 12, 2006, The soft mud enjoyed staying on the vehicles
March 12, 2006, The survivors of the White Rim Trail	March 12, 2006, Matt approves of this offroad adventure

Photos by Matt

March 11, 2006, Snow on the vehicles after the first night	March 11, 2006, Cheated death once again	March 11, 2006, Matt approves of this rock formation
March 11, 2006, Dave overlooks the snowy Island in the Sky vistas	March 11, 2006, Sean at the grand overlook	March 11, 2006, Matt at the grand overlook
March 11, 2006, Dave and Sean at one of the Green River overlooks	March 11, 2006, Matt and Dave at the Green River	March 11, 2006, Matt Titan in a PR-like shot
March 11, 2006, Sean hiked way up the mountain to get a shot of the campsite	March 11, 2006, Same campsite, camera panned slightly to the left	March 12, 2006, The Colorado river, near the end of the drive
March 12, 2006, One last shot of the river before the climb out	March 12, 2006, I think this guy's been parked there a while	March 12, 2006, Well now we know why it's called Cow Canyon at least

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