Drive the Shafer Trail from Canyonlands NP to Moab Utah- drop 1900 feet to the Colorado River 

Check you spare tire and tools, extra water and extra gas, extra food and charge up your phone and make sure someone knows you are going and when you plan to be out. Even if you just arrange to call the ranger at the entrance, that's safe. Be sure you have warm clothing, it gets very cold in the desert at night if your car should break down. It can easily go down to freezing at night, even if it has been 100 during the day.

Great video. Perfect for anyone (like me) doing advance travel planning. Hits all the essential details, includes awesome footage, and even has compelling / inspiring commentary. Thanks for putting this together!

Excellent commentary. So few YT videos provide that. Naming roads using landmarks and tips based on experience are much appreciated. History lesson was interesting as well (cattle road)

I moved from Vegas back to Chicago in 2000 because I was stupid. I miss just grabbing my friends and our Jeeps, yes, highly modified, and just picking a direction and driving. After 20years I'm still trying to make my way back there, hopefully I'll get there and again explore before I'm too old..

Enjoyed your video. One of my favorite roads in the Moab area. Usually the first one we take newcomers on. And of course, Moab is one of the best places for video and photography.

Great video!! Well explained , planning to drive this road in August!

Excellent video. I cannot wait to do this trail next April (albeit without 4WD). Your voice and attitude is amazing, I almost wished you were my tourguide.

Love Shafer..... The scenery .... well. Nice video!

Absolutely fantastic description of the place. I'm heading there next weekend and I'm going to take these trails.

Vantastic video! this April visited Moab for the first time, loved it! Schafer Trail\Potash road was our first adventure we did in Moab. it was a great way to breakin my new Bronco Sport Badlands! we also did the Bronco off Roadeo, Chicken Corners, Gemini Bridges, Fins and Things and Willow Springs Road. Cant wait to return to do more exploring!

Cool! I’ve been to Canyonland NP twice but have yet to go off any paved roads. Did that in Capitol Reef NP and Grand Staircase-Escalante though. It was amazing and worth the rough ride.

Thank you for this great video. It helped me a lot mapping out our Utah trip for September.

At 8:59, you were are Thelma and Louise Point. Where they filed the car driving off the cliff. As for the Shafer Trail, I've driven it three times. Usually in a jeep rented from Twisted Jeeps in Moab. If you haven't already, consider renting one from them for a day then take it to the "Fins and Things" trail in Moab. Perfect beginner trail that is incredible. The trail is just a couple miles from the center of Moab city. Thanks for the video. I love to "virtually" visit that area often. Next trip is... Yellowstone and your favorite "lunch spot" (you know what I mean LOL)!

Great job. You could also note the famous Thelma and Louise movie shot location. I believe it was where you commented on the spur trail you saw from above, but not exactly certain from that angle. 😊

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Nice episode 😊

Nice job sir.

When I first drove it it was really rough. Looking like a freeway now.

Did the trail 10 days ago in a Honda CRV. Every great until you get to potash rd. Thats where it gets rough.Took little more than 2 hrs to drive it. We passed maybe 15 cars in that time. All suv jeep trucks and 1 kia car. Personally I would never do it again all the way.Unless I had a jeep or truck. Something with high clearance.

I rode my bike down shafer trail a couple weeks ago. Totally different experience than driving. Had lunch at Thelma and Louise point (from the movie) then rode all they way back to Moab. Great video thank you fo sharing.

I did it with my audi q7))) highly recommend to use suv..NO SEDAN..but thing u have to do when u in Moab

Some of God’s best work.

When the National Park states high clearance AWD recommended, what do you suppose they mean by high clearance? Would a stock Jeep Wrangler suffice?

This kind of terrain,, I need fox suspension for my truck to run fast,,

Is camping allowed?

DUSTY!!!!!

This is a nice video but it kind of sugarcoats the gravity of the drive. The drive is scary if you don't have a specialized vehicle, aren't a confident driver....too many people just turn on and think it's a nice scenic drive. The signage really isn't explicit enough. There are some treacherous, tight spots. And some people drive or bike like idiots.