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    Default Moab trail closures



    New BLM plan has come out, and it restricts a lot of the area NW of Moab, north of the Colo river and west of 191....
    https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/b...yjeOoBOQkHCzjA

    This is reposted from one of the local OHV/4wd trail clubs/organizations - I don't verify that its 100% accurate, but it at least gives some insight on the motorized impact:
    "There's no other way to say this. This travel plan is the worst defeat motorized recreation has suffered in decades. SUWA won. Moab is lost. Almost every major trail west of Moab is closed, including Day Canyon Point, Hey Joe Canyon, Mashed Potatoes, Ten Mile Canyon, Hell Roaring Canyon, Mineral Canyon, Hidden Canyon, 7-Up, two of the three overlooks on Deadman Point, and many more. Poison Spider, Golden Spike, 7 Mile Rim, 3D, Buttes and Towers, Hell Roaring Rim, and Metal Masher will stay open but that's about it. All motorized access to the Green River except for county B roads is closed. Most overlooks on the rims of Labyrinth Canyon, 10 Mile Canyon, Taylor Canyon, and South Fork 7 Mile Canyon are closed. For no other reason than the fact the BLM decided to completely reverse course and prioritize non-motorized recreation everywhere there is anything remotely scenic, contrary to the express direction of their own resource management plan. I thought this would be bad, but I never dreamed it would be this bad."

    Map shows Island in the Sky District of Canyonlands at the bottom, Arches on the right, I70 up top. Every red line is a trail that is being closed.

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