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Posted: 8/10/2024 4:21:21 PM EDT
[Last Edit: CJ7365]
Getting ready to roll that way, never been to the North Rim, just want to know how the road is, how steep is the grade? Driving Class A pulling Jeep. Have traveled numerous steep grade 6%.
If anyone is going to be up that way, I'll be there for the next week. Any must do's up there, obviously going to go to the north rim, but have my jeep any good sight seeing forest service roads? |
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Posted: 8/11/2024 2:26:00 AM EDT
[Last Edit: freeride21a]
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This is the worst part.. and it is not that bad really, but ive also never done it in anything but a SUV.
~2000ft over 10 mi  Attached FileI internet mathed.. about a 4% grade average.  Attached FileNow.. for the rest. North Rim is BEST rim!!!! Dont forget to stop at Jacob Lake Inn for cookies. Enjoy the Bison just after you enter the park, that is where they usually hang out. North rim is SOOOO much less crowded. Views are spectacular as always. |
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Posted: 8/11/2024 9:06:24 AM EDT
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After going to the North Rim you will never want to go to the South Side again, unless you like crowds.
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Posted: 8/11/2024 12:24:39 PM EDT
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That road isn't that bad. The area Freeride pointed out has one or two tight corners, and the rest is just regular road.
We did it a few years ago pulling our smaller trailer (~24ft) and the worst part was the wind. |
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Posted: 8/11/2024 5:33:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By azcheesehead: After going to the North Rim you will never want to go to the South Side again, unless you like crowds. This X 100! I have only been once in 2003 and it was amazing. We stayed in the cabins at Jacob Lake. Very “rustic”. Anyone I talk to about going to GC I tell them to go to the north rim if they think they’ll only go once. Or, go to the south rim then the north rim. Enjoy & cheers! Jester |
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Posted: 8/11/2024 7:45:11 PM EDT
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IIRC the north rim and the south rim are 17 miles apart as the crow flies, but if you drive it, it is about 200 miles.
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Posted: 8/11/2024 9:53:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By azcheesehead: IIRC the north rim and the south rim are 17 miles apart as the crow flies, but if you drive it, it is about 200 miles. but the last bit of that drive is freaking worth it.. the red cliffs. Also, if you turn right at the split where 89a goes towards marble and 89 to page, you are not far from horseshoe bend(20mi) and antelope canyon(27mi). |
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Posted: 8/12/2024 11:09:57 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By freeride21a: This is the worst part.. and it is not that bad really, but ive also never done it in anything but a SUV. ~2000ft over 10 mi https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/21179/grade2_jpg-3291522.JPG I internet mathed.. about a 4% grade average. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/21179/grade_jpg-3291523.JPG Now.. for the rest. North Rim is BEST rim!!!! Dont forget to stop at Jacob Lake Inn for cookies. Enjoy the Bison just after you enter the park, that is where they usually hang out. North rim is SOOOO much less crowded. Views are spectacular as always. Thanks for this, we are at Holbrook and leaving today for Jacob Lake. Thanks for the info |
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Posted: 8/12/2024 5:54:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CJ7365: Thanks for this, we are at Holbrook and leaving today for Jacob Lake. Thanks for the info Pix! Lots & lots of pix! If you have time, go to Point Sublime. Aptly named and worth the trip. Go there last. Everything else blows in comparison. |
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Posted: 8/12/2024 6:16:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Jester_ISB: Pix! Lots & lots of pix! If you have time, go to Point Sublime. Aptly named and worth the trip. Go there last. Everything else blows in comparison. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Jester_ISB: Originally Posted By CJ7365: Thanks for this, we are at Holbrook and leaving today for Jacob Lake. Thanks for the info Pix! Lots & lots of pix! If you have time, go to Point Sublime. Aptly named and worth the trip. Go there last. Everything else blows in comparison. I dunno, i was pretty sublime here at the North Rim Lodge.  It was horrible I tell ya!  Attached File |
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Posted: 8/12/2024 11:23:49 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Beretta_Jerry]
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The Navajo bridge has a little museum, and you can walk across the old one. Really cool if you're into that. Edit: Sometimes condors roost on the trusses of the bridge
Also, house rock road has a condor viewing area a couple miles up the road. It's gravel, so not ideal if you have an rv. Condors not guaranteed to be there. Their range is hundreds of miles. You can see all the poop that is staining the cliff face though. Condors also hang out on the bridge. When we went up, it was September. Didn't see any unfortunately. |
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Posted: 8/13/2024 10:46:07 AM EDT
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Herr at Jacob Lake, internet is intermittent, I'll try to post some pics, here are a few of going through Marble canyon.
 Attached File Attached File Attached FileWill be going to the N rim later today. |
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Posted: 8/14/2024 8:37:09 PM EDT
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F’n amazing!
Freeride, I have a near identical pic from the lodge but with a beer. And just me, the Mrs was not in that pic. Other pix are great too. That was an amazing trip! Except we broke a rear shock and couldn’t find a replacement in PHX before heading back. Nothing like 1k miles with 3 shocks! Good times. I am jealous y’all. |
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