Red Rock Review 2025 Vol. 2 The premiere off-road club focused on family fun 4-wheeling, responsible recreation and public land stewardship UPDATED SCHEDULE INFORMATION: Please note changes to the schedule. Registration Setup has been moved to Thursday, April 10th due to scheduling conflicts at the Old Spanish Trail Arena. The Monitors Meeting has also been April 10th - Registration Setup 6:00pm at OSTA. rescheduled to that date. Monitors Meeting - 7:00pm on Arena Mezzanine. TRAIL LEADERS - You can pick up your packets the day before or there will be someone at the arena at 6:30am the April 12th - Arena - Registration Open 7-10 am day of your trail. Use North entrance of the arena. We encourage you to stop by the Arena every day to check for April 13th - Arena - Registration Open 7-10 am trails that need Officials or Monitors due to unforseen circumstannces-the registration area will have any needed April 14th - Arena - Registration Open 7-10 am. Officials Safety Meeting @ Arena 7:00 pm. Officials positions listed on the white board. Last Saturday only - drop groovers & lists off at Carquest must attend this event! Auto Parts Store (across from S Hwy 191 Maverick) April 15th - Arena - Registration Open 7-10 am Easter Sunday- drop groovers & lists off at 1131 Wasatch Ave (Brewer's) 435-260-0287 or on Monday at Carquest. April 16th - Arena - Registration Open 7-10 am. Monitors: Block One-way and Exclusive Use trails. (These Workers Only Party at Canyonlands by Night. Meet & are Paid positions & don’t count towards the Workers party Greet at 6:00pm, Dinner at 7:00pm. on Wednesday night - but if your spouse has qualified in April 17th - Arena - Registration Open 7 am - 6 pm. some way or you have worked your hours in other areas, you are invited.) contact Patsy Kraft at 435-260-2934. Please note Vendor Show from 7 am - 6 pm at the Arena! there will be a meeting at the Old Spanish Trail Arena on April 18th - Arena - Registration Open 7 am - 6 pm. Thursday, April 10th at 7:00pm on the mezzanine outside Vendor Show from 7 am - 6 pm at the Arena! the registration area. Officials Safety Meeting: Safety meeting, Monday April Merchandise raffle begins at 6:30 pm in the Arena. 14th at 7:00 p.m. at the Old Spanish Trail Arena. Officials April 19th - Registration and Arena Closed must attend and sign in if you are in town. THE WORKERS ONLY PARTY - The Workers Party will be April 20th - Easter Sunday - Registration and Arena held at 7:00pm on Wednesday April 16th at Canyonlands By Closed Night. Requirements to attend party: The party is for those April 21st - Arena - Registration and Arena clean-up who have worked to put together the 2024 Labor Day or the beginning at 6:00pm at OSTA. Post Safari Meeting at 2025 EJS event. 16 hours of volunteer time is required for attendance at the event. A trail leader/helper per day is worth the Arena at 7 pm.
Easter Jeep Safari 2025 Quick Reference Schedule (Updated)
A Bit of EJS History
The area remained a sparsely populated region until the 1950s. In the 1890s farming and a nascent mining industry were Moab changed dramatically starting in 1952. The discovery the main economic drivers of the Moab economy. A railroad of the country’s richest uranium deposits just south of Moab was built into the valley from north during this period. The by Geologist Charlie Steen in a Willy’s Jeep made Moab the area around Moab included 18 different communities and uranium capital of the world. Population grew from 1,200 to villages. The first post office was established. 6,500 In 1909 the first automobile arrived in the valley and By 1967, with the decline of Uranium as the area’s shortly thereafter in 1912, the first bridge was built across economic center, the Moab Chamber of Commerce created a the Colorado River. The Moab Garage Company was started recreational off-roading event, the Easter Jeep Safari. to service the increasing automobile presence in the area. Originally a single day, single trail event the permitting and
THE WORKERS ONLY PARTY (cont)- 8 hours. Volunteering to set up for EJS, work in registration, vending, or merchandising will count towards your 16 total hours required to attend. If you have been recruited to work on a trail you were not assigned, check with your trail leader to ensure they have you on their trail list as being recruited. You can also stop in at registration and let them know too, as this too will count towards the 16 hours need for the party.
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Pictured above are the 2024 Red Rock 4-Wheeler Charitable Giving Recipents and Club Representatives. They are:
• Trin Norton – Old Spanish Trail Arena • Jordan Lister – Grand County EMS The Club Officers wish to thank all of our members and • Allen Freestone – San Juan County Search & Rescue event participants who allow the club to give back to • Emily Roberson – Youth Garden Project organizations here in the Moab area. Your participation and • Kate Jagla – Moab Free Health Clinic membership allowed the club to present 17 organizations • Don Hamilton – Canyonlands PRCA Rodeo with donations totalling $30,000. • Beth Logan – Moab Healthcare Foundation The Club is also continuing its long standing tradition of • Father Dave Sakrison – St Francis Food Bank awarding three $2,000 scholarships to Grand County High • Pete Kaufman – Humane Society School students. Applications have been delivered to the • Curtis Walker – 4H Horsemanship school and the scholarship committee will evaluate the • Theresa King – Moab Arts Festival applications to determine this years recipients. Scholarship • TJ Brewer – Moab Valley Fire Department awards are not limited to four year colleges. Applicants who • Sheriff Jamison Wiggins – Grand County Sheriff will be attending vocational and technical schools are also • Sara Melnicoff – Moab Solutions encouraged to apply. Awardees will be presented with their • Bob Kraft – President RR4W scholarships at GCHS Annual Awards night. • Sheree Maughan – Moab Chamber of Commerce We will again be sponsoring the All Night Graduation • George Schultz – Vice President RR4W. Party for all GCHS students on the night of graduation. All Utahraptor State Park Grand Opening GCHS Students are invited to attend the all night event at The newest State Park in Utah opens in Moab. Utahraptor the bowling alley. State Park will hold it's Grand Opening in late April. Club The Graduation Party is May 22, 2025. We have received members have been instrumental in the construction of the park. Members installed over 140 steel posts for signage countless expressions of thanks over the years as parents throughout the park. Members spent multiple weekends are happy to have their students at a supervised event working with park staff to complete the installation. Special rather than on the roads on what can be a dangerous thanks to Mark Pope for coordinating this project! night. Due to rising costs for the event the club is partnering with other local businesses to defray the cost of Free Recovery Class! the event. Please join WARN Industries and Factor55 in cooperation with the Red Rock 4-Wheelers for a recovery class at the WARN booth at the 2025 Jeep Safari Vendor Expo. 4 classes insurance requirements outpaced the Chambers ability to will be held, at 10AM and 3PM on Thursday the 17th and continue the event and a group formed by uranium Geologist Friday the 18th. George Schultz, The Red Rock 4-Wheelers, assumed management of the Easter Jeep Safari and grew the event Learn safe winching and rigging techniques so you can be exponentially to a 9 day event with 40 trails currently. RR4W equipped for EJS as well as your future exploring. There will now has 5300 plus members worldwide. be a give away of a WARN prize pack at each class along with special discounts, but you must be present to win. In 1979, George Schultz asks Grand County Commissioners and they agree to add roads and trails within the county to its class D road system to prevent them from being closed or cut off with the impending DOI BLM’s impending wilderness area inclusionary Proposals
Red Rock 4-Wheelers Continue to Give Back!