White Rim Trail in Canyonlands NP

[mjmoore17]

I am going to be in Canyonlands in the end of May. I have a reservation for a night on the White Rim Trail. I am going on this trip with my QS6 off-road. I originally was going to leave it up top and camp with a tent during White Rim Trail but would like to take the QS6 with me. Has anyone done this ride with a QS ? Did you have a problems? 
Thanks for any help.

michael

[daplumbr]

Just out of curiosity, I looked up the White Rim Trail info a the National Park site. My thoughts are you would be fine with your Jeep and camper, with some exceptions. One is stormy weather and potentially slippery conditions that might overwhelm available traction. Another is if the trail requires any reversing to get around/over/past obstacles because that would be pretty much impossible when towing in tight places. Lastly, the hitch has limits on angles and when you are going in really rough spots, the hitch may exceed those limits and be damaged. In the end, you should check with the Park Service on feasibility. The web site indicates potential +$1000 towing charges from private companies in the area if you get into trouble!

[gbpack]

We want to visit there sometime in the next year. Are there any campsites within Canyonlands NP that we could tow our 21BHS to? If not, are there any campgrounds just outside of the park that we could get into with our rig?

[billmoore]

We want to visit there sometime in the next year. Are there any campsites within Canyonlands NP that we could tow our 21BHS to? If not, are there any campgrounds just outside of the park that we could get into with our rig?

Moab is beautiful, and there is a lot to see and do there! And some of the best stuff isn't even in the national parks...

[djsamuel]

We've stayed at Spanish Trail RV park in Moab. Nice and also convenient to Arches and Canyonlands. There are other campgrounds as well.

[mjmoore17]

Just out of curiosity, I looked up the White Rim Trail info a the National Park site. My thoughts are you would be fine with your Jeep and camper, with some exceptions. One is stormy weather and potentially slippery conditions that might overwhelm available traction. Another is if the trail requires any reversing to get around/over/past obstacles because that would be pretty much impossible when towing in tight places. Lastly, the hitch has limits on angles and when you are going in really rough spots, the hitch may exceed those limits and be damaged. In the end, you should check with the Park Service on feasibility. The web site indicates potential +$1000 towing charges from private companies in the area if you get into trouble!

I did check with Park Service, they said that it can be done but due to issues similar to ones you raised, they would not recommend it. On the Google Search pictures there is a similar tent camper but it has a prindle hitch. I think I will just park it in the campground near Arches and use a tent for the night. Thanks for your thoughtful reply.

Michael