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The Pickle
Moab,
Utah
(Grand County)
Last Updated:
04/04/2023
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Highlights
The Pickle is an extremely short 4X4 trail with only a few challenging obstacles. It follows a wash through a canyon less than 100 feet deep. With one extremely narrow, mandatory section, this trail is not recommended for full-size trucks. This is a great trail to test your off-road rig's suspension or learn how to scale the slickrock ledges that Moab is known for. It is also a bit cooler, with plenty of shade provided by the canyon walls.
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Rated
4/5
Visited: 09/06/2023
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A short, fun and anxiety inducing trail. Body damage is likely without perfect spotting and driving. The canyon is deep and in spots only a few inches wider than a JL. We scratched a rear fender in the squeeze obstacle just past the balancing rock.
Made it through with no winching and plenty of adrenaline! I’m glad we did the trail but it’s a once is enough type trail for me due to the extremely close proximity between body panels and rock walls in multiple places.
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Rated
5/5
Visited: 04/03/2023
Difficulty Accuracy:
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Always a fun day. Ran the trail as part of a vendor run for EJS. A lot of rigs take a long time to get through this trail, but it was still fun. Trail hasn't changed much besides the fact that the canyon is getting deeper as it erodes more. The balancing rock looks mighty skinny at its base. Not sure how many more years that will be standing.
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Rated
4/5
Visited: 05/28/2022
Difficulty Accuracy:
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Short trail, as advertised, but a lot of fun. As mentioned above, the JK in our group had more problems than longer wheelbases (JKU and LJ) and had to be winched up Jalapeño Pickle.
We ran this trail, then Hidden Canyon, and then down to Seven Mile Rim. With stops and traffic on 7R, it was around an 8 hour day, but a great one. The 6 hrs combined estimate for wheeling all three trails from Trailsoffroad.com was pretty accurate. While not as difficult or as long, it almost felt like a "Mini Trifecta". Would absolutely wheel this route again.
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Rated
5/5
Visited: 04/01/2021
Visited the trail as part of the Yukon EJS night run. This trail makes for a great night run as it's short, and the canyon really lights up well at night.
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Visited: 06/01/2020
I was with a group who had done the trail before. I was not planning on running it while in moab but I’m glad we did what an awesome trail! My jku sport with no lockers was able to complete it with good spotters.
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