Onion Creek & Hideout Canyon (Moab) run w/ Off-Road Premium

[dirtwheeler]

I thought I posted this earlier, but something must have gone wrong (I don't see it). So, hopefully not a re-post.

Quick synopsis... these pics are from Onion Creek and Hideout Canyon (and some pics between there and Moab). These are fairly easy trails with minor technical sections, so I'm not going say much about the 4Runner off-road performance on these trails. It did great on these trails, as expected. Of course, it's easy to screw up even on easy trails - which I have proven more than once

I switched between 4H and 4L numerous times to go between steeper rocky sections and faster hard-packed trail. The ease at which I can do this is much better than in my '97 Wrangler, but I suspect this is fairly trivial to do in most modern part-time 4-wheel drive vehicles. I used the rear lockers again a couple times, but mainly for some additional testing. There was no "real" need for them on these trails. I didn't think I'd need to air down for these trails, but in retrospect I probably should have - just because some of the rocky sections could have damaged the tires and the ride would have been a little smoother. Sometimes it's hard to know if you've never done a trail before. And then you get invested in not having aired down in the first place.

We took some video on the rocky sections, but I haven't looked at it yet. If there's anything interesting, I will post the video later.

Here's some pics that had the 4Runner in them...

 

[Rellims]

I thought I posted this earlier, but something must have gone wrong (I don't see it). So, hopefully not a re-post.

Quick synopsis... these pics are from Onion Creek and Hideout Canyon (and some pics between there and Moab). These are fairly easy trails with minor technical sections, so I'm not going say much about the 4Runner off-road performance on these trails. It did great on these trails, as expected. Of course, it's easy to screw up even on easy trails - which I have proven more than once

I switched between 4H and 4L numerous times to go between steeper rocky sections and faster hard-packed trail. The ease at which I can do this is much better than in my '97 Wrangler, but I suspect this is fairly trivial to do in most modern part-time 4-wheel drive vehicles. I used the rear lockers again a couple times, but mainly for some additional testing. There was no "real" need for them on these trails. I didn't think I'd need to air down for these trails, but in retrospect I probably should have - just because some of the rocky sections could have damaged the tires and the ride would have been a little smoother. Sometimes it's hard to know if you've never done a trail before. And then you get invested in not having aired down in the first place.

We took some video on the rocky sections, but I haven't looked at it yet. If there's anything interesting, I will post the video later.

Here's some pics that had the 4Runner in them...

Putting in that work!!

 

[jdgreen]

Nice photos, but it's hard to go wrong at Onion Creek. I'm glad a few folks are finally beginning to leave the pavement. Since our ORP is still in transit, I'm living vicariously.

 

[photorunner]

Man, I miss Moab. I used to go out there every spring until I moved to the PNW.