trails by las vegas and williams AZ

[sleepydad]

hey guys hope I can get a couple of decent easy family cool trails if anybody has any local knowledge?

I'm heading out next Wednesday on a spring break road trip from
day1 MN -> North Platte, NE
day2 North Platte, NE->Moab, UT
day3 Moab, UT->vegas (pickup wife and son at airport)
day4 vegas
day4 vegas->the dam
day5 the dam->then ending up about 10 miles north of williams.

we rented a local house so I will have 3 days around Williams and should have some time to trail ride for a day. yes I will maybe run a couple of easy quick trails when in Moab.

the bummer part;( I will be driving my range rover and not my 4runner. wisdom gained here is don't buy a used luxury SUV because nobody else in your family will ever want to road trip in the 4runner ever again.

thanks in advanced if anybody has suggestions for around Williams.

 

[Battle Born Offroad]

By Las Vegas:
Las Vegas Jeep Trails
Trails | OFF-ROAD Nevada

Wheeler's Pass is nice right now, snow is melting and there is a stream up there.

By Williams:
Arizona TRAILS | AZoffroading

 

[MAST4R]

hey guys hope I can get a couple of decent easy family cool trails if anybody has any local knowledge?

I'm heading out next Wednesday on a spring break road trip from
day1 MN -> North Platte, NE
day2 North Platte, NE->Moab, UT
day3 Moab, UT->vegas (pickup wife and son at airport)
day4 vegas
day4 vegas->the dam
day5 the dam->then ending up about 10 miles north of williams.

we rented a local house so I will have 3 days around Williams and should have some time to trail ride for a day. yes I will maybe run a couple of easy quick trails when in Moab.

the bummer part;( I will be driving my range rover and not my 4runner. wisdom gained here is don't buy a used luxury SUV because nobody else in your family will ever want to road trip in the 4runner ever again.

thanks in advanced if anybody has suggestions for around Williams.

Williams, AZ? Those are forest roads up there, probably quite messy right now.

The one must-do trail in the area is really a rough dirt road, Diamondback Creek, which leads you to the waters of the Colorado River into the Grand Canyon. You must obtain a permit from the Native American reservation. The building where you get the permit is near the trailhead so that's easy.

Kingman has lots of trails, check this site out, they also have Nevada coverage: Jeep the USA - Best Jeep trails in the Western U.S.

If by easy you mean fast, only the 2.0 trails will do as 2.5s can be slow. The 3.0 usually means at least one difficult spot but doable in a capable stock vehicle.

They offer gpx files which are invaluable but only basic if any descriptions so if you have no other info, you will not know how slow or even how long a trail is.

 

[sleepydad]

Williams, AZ? Those are forest roads up there, probably quite messy right now.

The one must-do trail in the area is really a rough dirt road, Diamondback Creek, which leads you to the waters of the Colorado River into the Grand Canyon. You must obtain a permit from the Native American reservation. The building where you get the permit is near the trailhead so that's easy.

Kingman has lots of trails, check this site out, they also have Nevada coverage: Jeep the USA - Best Jeep trails in the Western U.S.

If by easy you mean fast, only the 2.0 trails will do as 2.5s can be slow. The 3.0 usually means at least one difficult spot but doable in a capable stock vehicle.

They offer gpx files which are invaluable but only basic if any descriptions so if you have no other info, you will not know how slow or even how long a trail is.

Thank you I will check all this out. I did Imogene pass last year in the Rover so it can go places. I try to avoid trails with names like “bone crusher” or “axle twister”. Especially when I’m 1500 miles from home.

Nothing is better than getting some local know how. Looks like it’s been wet and snowy this year.

 

[MAST4R]

Thank you I will check all this out. I did Imogene pass last year in the Rover so it can go places. I try to avoid trails with names like “bone crusher” or “axle twister”. Especially when I’m 1500 miles from home.

Nothing is better than getting some local know how. Looks like it’s been wet and snowy this year.

Yeah, two notes about AZ:

1/ Imogene is a 2.5 for the JeepTheUSA site and that sounds right for their AZ 2.5s.

2/ Unlike Moab or CO, very few harder trails in AZ offer scenery or non-rock crawling driving fun worth pursuing. Broken Arrow and Red Rock Powerline near Sedona are great but generally the harder AZ trails offer nothing beyond the challenges themselves. Most desert trails offer equivalent scenery, from the dirt roads to the hard ones.

Also, I missed the fact that you will be driving a Range Rover. I am not sure if you have adjustable suspension. You will want serious clearance or armor for some of the 3.0 rated trails on that site.