Well, let me be the first to stop you then. It was alot of fun, BUT. Utah is having a HUGE snow year. Salt Lake has had 2x its annual snowfall ALLREADY this winter! It snowed several times while we were there, including a whopper Friday night. I have been to Moab several times in the past at winter, and wheeled usually with family members on the usual tourist trails like White Rim. While I have seen snow, never a conistant 4-6"+ at the higher desert elevations. Even the big blizzard on Hole-N-The-Rock in 99 that dropped a foot, melted the next morning. I was ready to turn around on Metal Masher(and did at Widow Maker). The slickrock had a layer of ice, covered with snow, dicey to say the least and I quickly crossed off a large portion of area trails for the trip. Even the easy loops I did in Arches resulted in some intense moments, including a cliff side emergency " When in Doubt, Gas Her Out" due to sliding in the snow. Hiking is not much fun when its freezing either... The cloudy skies.... Come on Spring! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/coolg.gif" alt="" /> Anyone who is interested I can provide more details on the nice Arches loop I did. I did not do it exactly like the Wells guide, but you can cover a large portion of Arches with the loop.