We have driven the Shafer trail more times than I can count. I first time was about 15 years ago and we were just site seeing and came upon the sign and it said the Visitor Center was 18 miles. Pff! how long can it take to drive 18 miles, It was about an hr before dusk and figured we... More

My friend and I had actually gone down this trail in June of 2008 (we were at Canyonlands again in June 2011). We wanted to do some 4-wheeling and were told about this trail at the visitor's center so we decided to give it a try. We started at the top and had driven down to the bottom and I... More

Stayed at a B & B in Moab and the owner said we just had to take the shafer trail road to canyonlands park and that it was the only way to go and I might add there was no mention of sheer cliff walls and adrenaline rushes. I think he mentioned it would take 2 hours from Moab up... More

After reading the reviews, I couldn't decide if this road was doable or not! But it is! I am a 50+ female from the flatlands! We drove down from the top in a 4WD Toyota Forerunner. Yes, it is a bit steep at the top on the switchbacks. Just put it in 4WD and low and let it go! Perfect... More

This was the sentence that came out of my mouth as my husband, an experienced 4-wheeler, made the tight, narrow hairpin turn that caused me to see the sheer drop now on my side of the truck. The one he had been experiencing for the past however many miles on our way down the canyon on Shafer Trail. I could've... More

Death grip doesn't come close. Pass the Xanax and close your eyes. I've stood over Niagara Falls, right on the edge, done the Gondolla up and down Jasper Mountain, heights hadn't been a problem before this "ride". Standing on Dead Horse Point and looking down into the valley next to the Colorado River, we asked ourselves "I wonder how you... More

The Shafer Trail, WOW!!! What an awesome ride. We checked in at the visitors center, and the gentlemen told us it was a 9hour drive one way. Said we needed 4wheel drive and high clearance. this was at 2:30pm. So my girlfriend and I decided to get going and check this drive out. Now we started at the top. As... More

My wife and I stopped at main gate and I was informed that shafer trail was a 23 hour one way only 4-wheel drive road. I went to visitor center and they said oh no it is not one way you can turn around at any time but it is 4-wheel drive only. So we decided to drive in a... More

On May 30 2008 ,late afternoon (1630) we decided to go to Canyonlands from Moab .Thanks to some keen-eyed mapreading by a son on navigation duty we took the back route - the 279, then the Schafer trail . Since we had a 4WD ( Toyota highlander - not raised or anything exotic) I thought no problem ... paved 279... More