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Day 4 of our Moab Easter Jeep Safari would take us up to sandstone plains of the Poison Spider Mesa Trail. By far one of the most famous trails in the Moab area, Poison Spider Mesa features steep climbs up slickrock faces, off camber shoots, technical v-notch sections and fun sand dunes to rip down. Of couse, this is to say nothing about the phenominal views from the top of the Moab Fault where you can see clear across the Moab Valley and Colorado River below. Here are some pics from our trip.

Working on Moochie's front locker before heading out...


Having an outstanding breakfast prepared by Condo #3


Trail Bud showing off his umbrella mod before heading out...


Heading up to the Poison Spider Mesa...




Trail Bud having a good time rockin the first big ledge climb...


McPuck86 getting ready to make his way up....


Being in a 2-door, toad had some trouble getting up this big ledge but, after a few tries, was able to conqure it...


Moochie taking on this sandstone face on the high side...


WestleyAndButtercup getting some hangtime on their way up...


sm_rubi rolling up to the top...


mkjeep throttling his way up...


Working our way to the base of the Waterfall...


TikiJK creeping her way up with ease....


brainchild walking up the highside...


JeepCacher making his way up...


Inyo JK near the top...


08YELLO-RUBI testing out a set of Falken Wildpeak AT's...


Working our way through the canyon and heading over to the Wedgy...






Time for the Wedgy....








One more big ledge to climb to the top of the mesa...






Lined up at the top of the mesa to let a couple of Jeeps go by...


Shot of Pig Rock - can you see it?


Our long train traversing the slickrock...










Stopping for a quick lunch...


And, on the move again...




Standing on top of the overlook...


View of the Colorado River from the top of the overlook...


Looking down at Moab and the La Sal Mountains in the distance...


Finishing up the loop and having some fun on Sand Hill...


Paying tribute at the Mary Jane Francis grave marker...




Heading back...


Making a stop to say hello to some friends coming up...


Of course, our friends were a team of Engineers from Jeep. Here they are taking a pic of us to post up on their blog...


On the move through the pretty landscape once again...


Coming of the last turn on the Water Fall can feel a bit wierd...


I think the expression on WestleyAndButtercup says it all...






Having some fun back on the first ledge...


Back at the staging area...


And of course, no great day is complete without a shot of American Honey!!


If you would like to see all 525 pics that were taken of everyone, simply click on the link below:

Project-JK Moab EJS 2011 : Day 4 - Poison Spider Mesa Photo Gallery

Be sure to check back soon as more pics from MOAB Easter Jeep Safari 2011 will be coming your way!!

mkjeep

Awesome pics and a great time Eddie!

Steel Rain

Likes a grreat time was had by all!!

tomslik

I think Poison Spider Mesa is one of the trails that added some extra kinks and dents in my Magnaflow exhaust...

FrostByte

What, no write-up on the umbrella mod? Great pics as usual Eddie.

mkjeep

Thats a Trailbudbrella, only a select few are privy to this top secret mod.

Or, put it this way, a select few can only fit under it when its hot or raining.

Trail Bud

that's right

Trail Bud

All of the trail pics have great narration by you.
It makes the pictures a story.

sm_rubi

Some great pics Andrew! Thanks for my second favorite trail run of the week (Cliff Hanger was #1) and more great memories Eddie and Cindy!

Fun times!

how the heck did I miss them? Were they the group at the v-notch?

j.craft

The quality of the pics and words makes those of us stuck at home feel a little closer to the promised land. Thanks!