Off-Roading in Moab is Still Wide-Open for Business
Off-roading and Jeeping are big business in Moab and so far it was not affected by BLM closing several trails in efforts for preservation.
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Off-roading and Jeeping are big business in Moab and so far it was not affected by BLM closing several trails in efforts for preservation.
Off-roading groups and the State of Utah filed legal challenges to keep Moab trails open to vehicles after federal officials announced large-scale closures in September.
"Almost every major trail west of Moab is closed."
From several thousand feet above, the winding network of roads and trails that twist and divide sections of Gemini Bridges and Labyrinth Canyon in southern Utah are hard to miss. Roughly 98% of the area is within a half-mile of a designated road.
The Bureau of Land Management will release a new travel plan for the Gemini Bridges-Labyrinth Canyon area near Moab in Grand County, Utah, which could close some popular off-roading roads.