Moab is such a great place because it's not just for rockcrawling. You can spend the days out hiking, mountain biking, or even dune running. These shots of Clinton Cressler were taken at the sand pit along the exit route from the Pritchett Canyon trail. Clinton's '71 Jeep Commando is mounted on a Ford Bronco frame and drivetrain, and he wasn't scared to open up the 400ci V-8. Want to hit the dunes? Go southeast out of town, up the hill, and after the passing lane, turn right down the dirt road just opposite the Area BFE entrance.
Since it is called the Easter Jeep Safari, it seems obvious that Jeep would send some representatives out to show off its vehicles. In town they had a revealing of the new four-door Jeep Unlimited (we showed it in our June '06 issue) plus a chance to check out the quad-steering dual-Hemi- engined Jeep Hurricane concept vehicle. We asked the Jeep reps if we could take the $4.2 million Jeep buggy out for a spin, they just laughed at us.
By the end of the week this writer had battered Clampy through a number of trails, but it wasn't until I headed up Coyote Canyon (found along the entrance to Area BFE) that I really started abusing that little truck. A busted radiator slowed me down for a bit, but before long I was back at it. | 
Editor Rick Pewe brought our Ultimate Adventure C10 out for some more rock rash and quickly stuffed it in a crack on the Upper Helldorado trail. If you think the outside shot looks scary, check out the view from the driver seat. Thank goodness for that Warn winch. | 
Hey Isuzu Vehicross guys, here it is! We told you we would run a photo of one of your ultra-cool, ultra-niche vehicles when we saw one out wheeling on the trail and now we have done it. Want more pics? Send more rigs to the trails. We'll be there waiting. |