Quote Originally Posted by Triathlete View Post
There are trails of all levels there. And don't worry, we take good care of everyone. You will quickly learn who the good spoters are and they will get you through unscathered. Of course there is always some risk envolved...even driving down the street.
Billy's right, spotters are really important. If your VX is "stock", you pretty much can expect you're going to get some things scratched up, like your front lower cladding perhaps, and the rear cladding down under by the gas tank skid. Your tail pipe may get a bit "reshaped" And your fender cladding may get brushed up a little.

Thought I'd share some pics so you can get an idea of what it's like. Hope it helps!

Here's some general type of terrain you can do as a stock VX and as a fairly beginner. I was stock the first year I went, but 2nd year I got oversized tires. These first shots I have the larger tires, so I'm raised up a bit for extra clearance.





This is an example of a couple of 800 lb rocks that want to rip your fender & door off...here's when a spotter is REAL important...
That's Mark (MSHardeman) spotting me down. He's awesome!!
It was way harrier in person....trust me!






This is hubby coming down....he scraped/bent his side step a little on this one.........I say smaller trucks are better, yes!




This part is STRAIGHT DOWN and you slide down even with full brakes applied...this was my first slide. It was awesome, but it did scrape the he!! out of my front bull bar and lower front cladding. That's why most VXers don't have a front bull bar on when in Moab....
First pic is when I was stock, 2nd with bigger tires....scraped both times, just not as bad the 2nd trip (I think these are actually 2 different hills BTW...but same effect)





These are from 1st yr, all stock. Did a little damage to a rim and scraped the front & rear cladding on this rock pile.