Sedona Trails??

[chayos00]

Hey guys, next month my wife and I are going up to Sedona for our anniversary. Last year we did a HumVee tour, but now that my truck is lifted and ready for some offroading, do you guys know of any trails that would be fun to do by ourselves?

 

[MediumX]

Here is a few from an FJ forum I visit now and then:

AZFJ › Forums › Reviews › Arizona Trail Reviews › Schnebly Rd/Hotloop (Sedona, AZ) - 1.5/2.5

AZFJ › Forums › Reviews › Arizona Trail Reviews › Oak Creek Homestead (Sedona, AZ) - 2.5

AZFJ › Forums › Reviews › Arizona Trail Reviews › Broken Arrow (Sedona) - 2.5

Hope this helps

 

[chayos00]

Hope this helps

This totally helps! And now that I've looked at the web page I was thinking it looked familiar... well turns out it's in my bookmarks!

Anybody know of any other trails in Sedona?

 

[JackAZ]

Check out this book "Guide to Arizona Backroads & 4-Wheel Drive Trails".

Amazon.com: Guide to Arizona Backroads & 4-Wheel Drive Trails (9780966497632): Charles A. Wells: Books

I know several other members also have this book and recommend it for several states. There are separate editions for Utah, California, and Colorado.

This book lists 6 separate trails around Sedona.

Schnebly Hill Road - Easy
Soldier Pass - Difficult
Van Deren Cabin - Moderate
Greasy Spoon - Difficult
Oak Creek Homestead - Moderate
Broken Arrow - Difficult

The scenery and views of the red rocks in Sedona are spectacular at Broken Arrow. I posted some pictures earlier today from a trip this past weekend. I also take my family on this trail, as it isn't TOO overwhelming for wife + kids. This might have been where you took a Pink Jeep/HumVee tour. They are all over the trail every time I've been.

 

[chayos00]

So went to Sedona this weekend, was there Friday through Monday. I ended up going on the Oak Creek Homestead trail. So this is rated at a 2.5, that's a negative. This was easily a 3.0-3.5 rated trail, I ended up turning around on the stretch of the shelf road that was just about half way to the river. It was getting late and then there was a flash flood warning out for the area and a number of dry river beds that I crossed to get there. I'll post up some pictures of the road later. Unfortunately I didn't get any pics while I was on the shelf road, as I was a bit distracted by not bottoming out and driving off the side of the road.

It was fun though, and now I want to find some local trails to have some fun on!

 

[chayos00]

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/gallery/122700-sedona-az-oak-creek-homestead-trip.html#post1152446

Sedona Slide Show 2012 <-- More pics here versus what's below.

Video's after coming off the shelf road.
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[hrt4me]

thanks for posting these!