Moss Wash Trail - A Trail, A "Mansion," And A Mine

The BLM has marked the Moss Wash Trail's trailhead with this sign. Watch for it.

Paul and Jamie in the Rock Lizard lifted Cherokee negotiate the eroded trail.

Keith Stettner, who has a for sale sign on his '76 CJ7 rock crawler, had no trouble with any of the trail.

A Jeep that is unfortunately becoming fairly scarce on today's trails, Ron Stover's '45 CJ-2A "flatty" was fun to watch, and brought back fond memories of the author's first Jeep.

Robert Fry's locked up TJ easily traversed the trail.

Lunching in the shade of the mansion, and using the stairs for sitting because we forgot our chairs.

A stripped Willys Wagon was seen below the trail. It was determined some time ago that it couldn't be recovered safely so it rests there as a warning to drive carefully.

Every so often the trail would climb out of Moss Wash to offer views of the surrounding hills, then it would drop back down into the wash.

Reminiscent of the Burma Road of World War II fame, the trail flowed in and out of Moss Wash.

The one non-Jeep on our trail ride was Marty Helton's 1972 Ford Bronco, which was being followed by the author's '82 CJ-7.

Abandoned mines and mine buildings are found all along the trail. Perhaps this was a powder magazine at one time?

The rocks in the dry streambed were minor obstacles for Keith's stripped-down CJ.