A Personal Challenge
When Dave and I was leaving Eye of the Whale Arch, three young guys in a Subaru stopped us and asked if they could follow us up to the Tower Arch parking area (nine miles up this road). They had gotten to this sign and turned around, fearing the worse.
This road is listed as a recommended one-way route, traveling north to south. We are driving it south to north. The park ranger said it was doable, but just barely. Hmmm..., sounded like a challenge to me!
Anyway, the road did, indeed, turn very sandy, but W9JEEP handled it just fine. The Subaru made it, too, but had difficulty in a few spots.
After stopping at the arch for a while, Dave and I continued the loop out to the graded road. I'm not sure if the guys in the Subaru went that way, or turned around and backtracked. The last part of the loop had some very real offroading. One ledge in particular was very steep and tall (over 10 feet). I'm not sure if it was doable in their vehicle.
A Personal Challenge
When Dave and I was leaving Eye of the Whale Arch, three young guys in a Subaru stopped us and asked if they could follow us up to the Tower Arch parking area (nine miles up this road). They had gotten to this sign and turned around, fearing the worse.
This road is listed as a recommended one-way route, traveling north to south. We are driving it south to north. The park ranger said it was doable, but just barely. Hmmm..., sounded like a challenge to me!
Anyway, the road did, indeed, turn very sandy, but W9JEEP handled it just fine. The Subaru made it, too, but had difficulty in a few spots.
After stopping at the arch for a while, Dave and I continued the loop out to the graded road. I'm not sure if the guys in the Subaru went that way, or turned around and backtracked. The last part of the loop had some very real offroading. One ledge in particular was very steep and tall (over 10 feet). I'm not sure if it was doable in their vehicle.