2024 Moab Trip Report: Running Fins and Things & 7-Mile Rim / Wipe-Out Hill

2024 Easter Jeep Safari Recap
Had an incredible couple weekends down in Moab participating in Easter Jeep Safari (EJS) 2024. Overall, EJS was a great experience and I really encourage folks to check it at out at some point in their lives. It's put on by the Red Rocks 4 Wheelers, which is an awesome group of 4-wheel enthusiasts who help maintain & support the trail networks in Moab. You can thank them for keeping the directional signage & paint marks on many trails throughout Moab.

Weekend 1 Recap:
Did a solo run down to Moab for the first weekend of Easter Jeep Safari (EJS) 2024 and ran Fins & Things, which is rated as a 5/10 on the Red Rocks 4 Wheelers scale. Had an incredible time running the trail & and generally just enjoying the Moab scenery, camping, and even catching some March Madness (my chosen campsite surprisingly had enough signal to stream the games at night ).

From my perspective, I think that this trail is the great introduction to Moab offroading & a perfect challenge for the Tacoma. There are a few tough obstacles strung throughout the trail & there are plenty of steep hill climbs & descents, but overall a very doable trail if you have a rear locker. I think a stock TRD Offroad or TRD Pro would conquer this trail without an issue. Trucks that are fully open may struggle in parts of the trail. Having some protection (like sliders & a rear bumper or hitch guard) is also a good idea too. Not necessarily required modifications to run Fins, but they certainly help with peace of mind. Unfortunately, I had a tough time taking good pictures this go around since I was by myself, but here are some of main highlights from the first weekend.

Arrived at camp around 7:30 pm, just before sunset


Camp setup & Theo digging holes & chompin’ sticks


Beautiful sunrise the next morning


Airing down


Following steep descent pictured in the background


Scenes from Fins & Things


I know, I know… it’s a jeep, but this thing was sick
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Weekend 2 Recap:
For the second weekend of EJS, I headed down with @LunarTaco13 (Ryan) & his wife to hit the Wipe-Out Hill trail, another 5/10 rated trail according to Red Rock 4 Wheelers. I arrived in Moab on Friday afternoon, hit the vendor fair, and then swung by Moab Brewery to meet up with Ryan & his wife. We played some pool & then headed over to Proper Brewing for some dinner & some March Madness. After watching a couple of the games, we headed back to camp & enjoyed some time around the campfire before calling it a night.

We woke up bright & early Saturday, had some breakfast, cleaned up camp and headed off the the meetup location where we'd depart for Wipe-Out Hill. For context, this trail tours a region south of Canyonlands Airport and west of Highway 191. It uses portions of Bartlett Wash, Tusher Canyon, Courthouse Pasture, the south cliff base of Big Mesa. It's a very diverse trail, including a wide range of scenery and trail surface and a couple of challenging hills.

HUGE shoutout to Ryan's wife, who took these incredible photos. So freaking cool having some taking professional-looking photographs of the truck. Wayyy better than my iPhone shots, haha.

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Overall, the Wipe-Out Hill trail was an easy outing (besides the unmarked obstacle & the Wipe-Out Hill obstacle portions) and an absolutely BEAUTIFUL trail. I really enjoyed all the the scenery, exploring Tusher Tunnel, seeing the Determination Towers, and obviously running the obstacles. I'd definitely recommend this trail!

 

Dropping the video of the truck climbing & descending Wipe-Out Hill last weekend. Shoutout to @LunarTaco13 for recording!

https://youtu.be/jiPrykU5DGQ?si=1fiY8IvFv8ns6Cgq

 

Awesome looking trip, great pics. Love the pics of your Taco leading the Jeeps

 

Thanks man! Really appreciate the kind words!

We Toyota guys gotta show em who’s boss

 

Dumb question maybe, Is the road with the bigass rock over it part of shafer?

Going out that way soon and looking to do a mix of scenic drives and proper wheeling. Similar setup but shorter wheelbase with only rear locked for me. going through on a big trip. Think I may do hells revenge instead of fins though, and skip the two gnarly bits obviously. Suggestion from a friend. any input?

7 mile rim was on my list for trail to do some proper wheeling on. Doable with 33's, no front sway bar here, and a rear locker?

 

Not a dumb question at all! The big rock trail was not Shafer, though I do not remember the trail's name. @LunarTaco13 - do you remember the name of that trail by chance?

That's awesome you'll be heading out to Moab for a trip with both scenic & proper wheeling trails. I ran Shafer and about 1/3 of hells revenge on my first trip out to Moab, both of which were great trails. Shafer was incredibly scenic and a nice intro the Moab landscape.

Hell's Revenge was must first true wheeling trail in the truck and I found it to be pretty intense at that point in time. If it's your first proper wheeling in your truck, I would suggest doing Fins and Things over Hells Revenge to start. I've ran Fins a few times now and it's one of my favorite trails in Moab. Here's a later trip report I wrote up with more details on Fins.

Yes, 7-mile rim is very doable. Great scenery and wipeout hill was an absolute blast. There are a few other obstacles throughout the trail, which will likely allow you to use your locker too.

 

Long Canyon.

7 mile is a great trail.