We left Moab March 28th and entered the trail via Shafer. It had one switchback with snow and ice still. Was a little bit terrifying, but took it inch by inch and made it through.
Drive was great to the Airport campsite where we had a permit for two nights. Stopped by Musselman Arch for a bit. The views from this trail are just epic, even for someone who goes to the desert a lot. The two nights at Airport allowed for some great hiking in the vicinity, mostly Lathrop Canyon.
After two nights we then drove on to White Crack for one night at the campsite. The drive was rainy and snowy, but for the most part was just a beautiful drive. Actually thought the moisture made the colors all very different than most desert trips. Was very cool.
Wow!! WC was a super cool site, but was very very windy. We arranged our campers the best we could to shield us from the wind, but holy moly it was gusty. We still managed to hike around the site and on the white cliffs.
After the third night we were out of permits and needed to make the drive all the way out. Was a pretty long 6 hour trek but was really fun. We were very glad we didn't have wet weather for Murphy's Hogback or Hardscrabble, as those are legit climbs and required 4 Lo and a beer at the top. Saw some fishtailing tracks on both climbs from the day before and were thankful we didn't see cars off the road.
Epic trail, can't wait to do it again!!!!! 2021 Tundra, Firestone Airbags, 2017 Hawk, BFG T/A KO2 for the ride.
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