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NAXJA Member #135
- Location
- Albuquerque, NM
Here is a list of trails in the Moab area, researched personally by your fellow 
members. Click on each link and it will take you to the appropriate thread in theTrail Maps/GPS Tracks forum where you will find a description, map, GPS file and photos of each individual trail. Note that you need to be a paid member to download the .gpx files.
While this will help first timers choose the trails they want to run in October my main intention is to give potential trail leaders the tools they need to confidently take a group of strangers on a run. You see, every year people show up to the Fall Fling and are disappointed that they cannot run X Trail because it is already full. That is because every year it is the same handful of people who step up to the job of Trail Leader. There are only so many trails run each day because nobody wants to lead them. I can tell you from experience that being Trail Leader at the Fall Fling has many perks.
Intermountain Chapter members, I am especially asking for your help. This event is right in your back yard. Do you really want to beg for trail leaders from SoCal Chapter or the Midwest Chapter or the ultimate ignominy, from the Colorado Chapter?
The 30th Anniversary Celebration promises to be the largest gathering of trail-worthy Cherokees the world has ever seen. You don’t want to miss it. In order to make this event the best ever we need volunteers. Browse through the following list of trails and pick out the ones that you would most like to lead and decide which days of the event you would like to do it. The list is by no means complete. If your favorite is not there, ask for it! Express your wishes to Trail Boss Jeff Turner (XJEEPER) now. If you can commit to leading a trail he will put one or more in the schedule just for you. Jeff will start a thread for trail leaders closer to the event for you procrastinators but if you wait for that you will have to take what he gives you.
On to the trails. These are linked from the Trail Maps/GPS Tracks forum. If you have trail specific information, comments or photos put them in the appropriate thread. If anything in there is outdated post your recent experiences. We all know trails change over the years! In no particular order:
Metal Masher
Fins-n-Things
Spring Canyon Bottom
Beaver Basin
Miner's Basin
Klondike Bluffs
Dome Plateau
Thompson Canyon
Hole in the Rock Trail
members. Click on each link and it will take you to the appropriate thread in theTrail Maps/GPS Tracks forum where you will find a description, map, GPS file and photos of each individual trail. Note that you need to be a paid member to download the .gpx files. While this will help first timers choose the trails they want to run in October my main intention is to give potential trail leaders the tools they need to confidently take a group of strangers on a run. You see, every year people show up to the Fall Fling and are disappointed that they cannot run X Trail because it is already full. That is because every year it is the same handful of people who step up to the job of Trail Leader. There are only so many trails run each day because nobody wants to lead them. I can tell you from experience that being Trail Leader at the Fall Fling has many perks.
- Your trail fee for that day is paid by .
- Your Jeep stays clean because you are in front of the dust cloud.
- You get an official volunteer t-shirt.
- While everyone else has to scramble to sign up for their choice of trails, you can join a run at the last minute, even if it is full.
- You will get extra raffle tickets, maybe even the one that wins the 30th Anniversary Giveaway Cherokee.
- You meet friends old and new who come from all over the world just to wheel with you.
- People appreciate your efforts so much that they name their children after you.
Intermountain Chapter members, I am especially asking for your help. This event is right in your back yard. Do you really want to beg for trail leaders from SoCal Chapter or the Midwest Chapter or the ultimate ignominy, from the Colorado Chapter?
The 30th Anniversary Celebration promises to be the largest gathering of trail-worthy Cherokees the world has ever seen. You don’t want to miss it. In order to make this event the best ever we need volunteers. Browse through the following list of trails and pick out the ones that you would most like to lead and decide which days of the event you would like to do it. The list is by no means complete. If your favorite is not there, ask for it! Express your wishes to Trail Boss Jeff Turner (XJEEPER) now. If you can commit to leading a trail he will put one or more in the schedule just for you. Jeff will start a thread for trail leaders closer to the event for you procrastinators but if you wait for that you will have to take what he gives you.
On to the trails. These are linked from the Trail Maps/GPS Tracks forum. If you have trail specific information, comments or photos put them in the appropriate thread. If anything in there is outdated post your recent experiences. We all know trails change over the years! In no particular order:
Metal Masher
Fins-n-Things
Spring Canyon Bottom
Beaver Basin
Miner's Basin
Klondike Bluffs
Dome Plateau
Thompson Canyon
Hole in the Rock Trail
