That's my kind of ride, definitely NOT boring. I felt for the guy on the ATV, glad the hail wasn't any bigger, being soaked is miserable enough. Thanks for sharing.
I was holding my breathe on those narrow trails where you had to go to the outside and then big mud puddles splashing up and almost over you! Hail was crazy there for a second 🥺Enjoyed this ride in Moab through your lens!
I was amazed how one good storm could reconstruct the landscape. Just outside of Eastern phx desert, I was riding on a Wednesday. Rained Thursday and Friday AM. I returned Saturday and every wash was cleared out with 3ft drops and no sign of any trails... dangerous sometimes!
What a scary ride! Getting pelted by hail and rain, I was hoping you guys wouldn't slide off the mountain. I'm so happy you guys are safe and healthy 🙂
I bet the guy on the 4 wheeler wish he had a helmet when the hail started. It would be cool if you could do a voice over of a play by play of what’s going on, what’s going through your mind, etc.
I live jsut north of Moab and man THIS the beggining of this video is a SCARY place to be, it’s 100% serious flash flood comming , roads washing out trails getting blocked, always know where high ground is and better to wait it out than risk crossing even a small water crossing in this. Glad u made it!
Love that area. But that's just a good old storm with runoff. The people who have been caught in actual flash flooding, especially in Utahs slot canyons, would probably disagree with that description. Great stuff!
Yes I kept expecting to see an un-crossable creek, all that run off must have made a good flash flood down stream though:) Cheers from a very wet Australia.
I did that trail this summer. It was H.O.T. hot and I was hoping for a sprinkle to cool off, but not that weather you got! We did get soaked on Hell's Revenge around sunset and froze!
Yeah, we were hoping for just “a sprinkle” as well. We actually did hells revenge the night before and got hit with a similar storm. Haha. Made for two fun adventures that weekend . Spent about 5 minutes trying to climb out of The Devil’s Hot Tub with muddy tires and Finally made it. Scariest climb of my life.
I have to ask the question because I don't know. When I was watching this I was thinking why are you driving down from the top into the flooding area below? I would think waiting at the top until the flooding was over would make more sense, Unless the storm is a large storm and if that was the case why are we out there in the first place if there is a large storm in the forecast? Just curious ... Interesting video and looked very uncomfortable for the guy on the four wheeler.
Good question. The parking lot at the bottom was not in a wash and up on a hill where water wouldn't be able to pool up, so we thought we'd be good. It doesn't show in the video, but after the water came down for a while, a huge pond pooled up about 3 feet deep and 50 feet long near the end of the trail, but the water wasn't moving fast, so no real danger. There was just a chance of rain in the forecast and we were in the last few miles when it hit out of the blue. Just made for a little extra adventure to finish out the ride. Yes, riding the four-wheeler was unpleasant. That was me. haha.
@@prolineutv well, you had to get to your car. this is a silly response and was silly to even try to ford this just to get to your car when you could have waited the whole thing out. you said yourself your car wasn't in any real danger so why put yourself into danger?
I'd say, you don't know how much rain is coming and it could wash the road out completely! Watchin Cerro Gordo mines channel and they had their road washed out, twice!!! Probably best to get down asap!
You have to factor in getting down before a potential mudslide or rockslide took place that would have blocked the road and prevented them from getting down after the storm. Also, that rock out there is slippery when it is just a little wet on the surface, It would be easier to go over those rocks when they are soaking wet or submerged because the tires can displace the water when it is making contact.
I was at the big waterfall on poison spider last memorial day weekend in a storm just like that. It was awesome!! Maybe I should post the video.. I was in a 4runner tho.. nice to have windows and heater.
Something like this also happened to us when we were in Arizona years ago. Went in a “3hr arc tour” that ended up being about 9.5. Best time of my life… all these old ppl where scared and then there’s me young high schooler with my older sister and parents having a hell of a time. Went through 2-3’ of water numerous times to get to trails.We were not properly dressed for rain which was the only rough part as it got a bit colder when the sun went down, go figure in the desert. But the tour place gave us free burgers and shit when we returned. I feel like we owed them lmao.
I'm not a 4WD guy so I hope this isn't a dumb question but why wouldn't they have just stayed on the high ground and let it pass as most storms like this do after 15 minutes to an hour? That being said, thanks for showing us just how much water can fall and how outrageous it gets in just minutes. Great footage!
There was a lot of lightning and no good cover options. Those were the main reason we didn’t stay out. Also, we were only a mile or so from the end of the trail, so figured we could get down to the vehicles and have some real shelter.
@@prolineutv that makes a lot of sense. The lightning exposure is one thing the viewer can't quite grasp completely unless one were there. Thanks for adding these details. Safe four wheeling
I like all the comments from Flatland, USA, about how dangerous that ride was. I also see how it COULD have been much worse. I would have done the exact same thing you did!
Yeah, a lot of people on here telling us how dumb we were, but going the last mile in the rain to get out of the lighting seemed reasonable at the time. Haha. I thought it was a fun ending to our ride.
Good video and I'm sure it wasn't any fun and I'm glad you made it down safely, but that wasn't a flash flood. That's a normal monsoon rain and runoff. Find a safe place and wait it out, they don't last very long.
What a video!!! Since water always flow from high to low areas, wouldn't it be better to just stay put at a higher ground and wait for the water to subside or for the rain to stop? Just curious. Regards,
I'm more concern of that rider on the squad bike , I remember due to rush, he didn't wear any protected gear. Rain with hail is like caught on the middle of a Squirt gun and airsoft cross fire
Garmin smartwatches that have a barometer sensor can alert you to drops in atmospheric pressure and send you a storm warning so you know to get out of there.
It’s a Polaris Turbo R 4. Yes, the new Go Pros have some awesome image stabilizing, especially considering that trail is WAY rougher than it looks in the video.
Always wondered how the jeep roads there get so rutted out. On the MTB trails, basic etiquette is to wait until the surface doesn't take an impression greater than an inch. Not checking the weather doesn't hold as an excuse to destroy the MTB trails 😇 Maybe similar would be good to adopt for OHV?
Lol...after living in Moab and working as a 4x4 guide here for years...I have discovered that basic etiquette isn't usually part of the OHV user group mentality. They are only concerned with their vacation experience...or are just so stupid they don't even think about what you are saying.
Wow, wild weather for sure. Thanks for making the video in such extreme conditions. I took pity on the poor guy on the 4 wheeler. The hail was crazy!
Yeah, when the hail hit your hands, it was pretty unpleasant. haha.
That's my kind of ride, definitely NOT boring. I felt for the guy on the ATV, glad the hail wasn't any bigger, being soaked is miserable enough. Thanks for sharing.
I was hoping someone had a helmet to give them until they got out of that. Getting hit in the head non-stop must have been very painful.
At least y’all didn’t have to call Matt or Paul
that was a good trip! thanks for letting us come along! This is gold to whoever enjoys nature rides but can't get out much!
Thanks. Yes, such a good time. The kids will never forget it, even though they weren’t loving it at the time.
Thanks for the video, We were the 5 RZR's in front of you going down. What a wet trip!
Yeah, glad we all had a change of clothes. It was really a fun end to the ride.
Amazing. Looks like one hail of a ride 😁
I was holding my breathe on those narrow trails where you had to go to the outside and then big mud puddles splashing up and almost over you! Hail was crazy there for a second 🥺Enjoyed this ride in Moab through your lens!
Quite impressive how after just a few minutes, you start noticing waterfalls everywhere. Scary
Also after just a few minutes you notice it's done raining
Thats some beautiful scenery.
Wow I feel for you as this has happened to us on Quads and it was scary for sure. Glad you all made it back Safe!!!!
For all the inpatient ones…. 5:55… amazing sight!!! Wonders of nature!!! 🤘🏼
This is some awesome crazy content!! Thank you for sharing!!
Just a typical Tuesday in Utah. Makes me home sick. Awesome vid
Leaving the high ground was genius!
Isn't the high ground is more safe .?
That’s just called “rain”. Flash floods get deeper than a puddle
My thoughts too, I kept expecting to see a flood! :)
Joke is on you guys. 😉
Poison Spider is the top of the watershed...so...it can't really have a giant flood
I was amazed how one good storm could reconstruct the landscape. Just outside of Eastern phx desert, I was riding on a Wednesday. Rained Thursday and Friday AM. I returned Saturday and every wash was cleared out with 3ft drops and no sign of any trails... dangerous sometimes!
That went from a little hail and rain to holy hell we better get outa here real quick! Great vid bud
What a crazy experience. Glad you recorded it
Love the beautiful landscape. Super cool video
Thanks
What a scary ride! Getting pelted by hail and rain, I was hoping you guys wouldn't slide off the mountain. I'm so happy you guys are safe and healthy 🙂
crazy stuff, those waterfalls are amazing. Thanks for sharing.
This is a prime example of why you ALWAYS take emergency gear, extra clothes and food and water.
Lol...town is like 1 mile away...seriously
That was AWESOME. At least from my perspective. Glad all is safe and thank you for sharing.
Thanks.
I am subscriber number 72🔥💥🦊
Brings back so many memories. Grew up in the ca desert and when its rain we would jump on our bikes and take off lol
Thanks for Sharing
Brings back memories
THAT looked like a fun and adventurous ride, awesome video.
I bet the guy on the 4 wheeler wish he had a helmet when the hail started. It would be cool if you could do a voice over of a play by play of what’s going on, what’s going through your mind, etc.
I LOVE this ! Especially while watching it all safe and dry from my laptop ...
Things changed fast! Gorgeous scenery
This place is amazing!
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Great video!!! Makes me miss going out to Utah
I live jsut north of Moab and man THIS the beggining of this video is a SCARY place to be, it’s 100% serious flash flood comming , roads washing out trails getting blocked, always know where high ground is and better to wait it out than risk crossing even a small water crossing in this. Glad u made it!
This looks like the best time! Love to see it
It was a great time. A lot of people disagreeing in the comments about that. Haha. Much more memorable finishing the ride in the storm.
@@prolineutv who would disagree with this vid, looks like a blast out there!!
Omg I love this...finally some badass content on TH-cam...damn that musta been fun!!!!!!!!!!!! 🔥🙌🥳🎉
I love Poison Spider Mesa!
That was crazy thanks for sharing 👍
We need more. Thank you
Love that area. But that's just a good old storm with runoff. The people who have been caught in actual flash flooding, especially in Utahs slot canyons, would probably disagree with that description. Great stuff!
Some of those people might not be around still to disagree. haha. Those slot canyon floods are no joke.
When all that water got to bottom it met any definition of flash flood and deadly as hell.
Yes I kept expecting to see an un-crossable creek, all that run off must have made a good flash flood down stream though:)
Cheers from a very wet Australia.
I did that trail this summer. It was H.O.T. hot and I was hoping for a sprinkle to cool off, but not that weather you got! We did get soaked on Hell's Revenge around sunset and froze!
Yeah, we were hoping for just “a sprinkle” as well. We actually did hells revenge the night before and got hit with a similar storm. Haha. Made for two fun adventures that weekend . Spent about 5 minutes trying to climb out of The Devil’s Hot Tub with muddy tires and Finally made it. Scariest climb of my life.
Choice vid, cheers from West Oz🦘🇦🇺🍻
I have to ask the question because I don't know. When I was watching this I was thinking why are you driving down from the top into the flooding area below? I would think waiting at the top until the flooding was over would make more sense, Unless the storm is a large storm and if that was the case why are we out there in the first place if there is a large storm in the forecast?
Just curious ... Interesting video and looked very uncomfortable for the guy on the four wheeler.
Good question. The parking lot at the bottom was not in a wash and up on a hill where water wouldn't be able to pool up, so we thought we'd be good. It doesn't show in the video, but after the water came down for a while, a huge pond pooled up about 3 feet deep and 50 feet long near the end of the trail, but the water wasn't moving fast, so no real danger. There was just a chance of rain in the forecast and we were in the last few miles when it hit out of the blue. Just made for a little extra adventure to finish out the ride. Yes, riding the four-wheeler was unpleasant. That was me. haha.
@@prolineutv well, you had to get to your car. this is a silly response and was silly to even try to ford this just to get to your car when you could have waited the whole thing out. you said yourself your car wasn't in any real danger so why put yourself into danger?
I'd say, you don't know how much rain is coming and it could wash the road out completely! Watchin Cerro Gordo mines channel and they had their road washed out, twice!!! Probably best to get down asap!
You have to factor in getting down before a potential mudslide or rockslide took place that would have blocked the road and prevented them from getting down after the storm.
Also, that rock out there is slippery when it is just a little wet on the surface, It would be easier to go over those rocks when they are soaking wet or submerged because the tires can displace the water when it is making contact.
I enjoyed the ride beautiful❤
Wow! What a great looking ride! Beautiful but potentially dangerous country!
I was at the big waterfall on poison spider last memorial day weekend in a storm just like that.
It was awesome!!
Maybe I should post the video..
I was in a 4runner tho.. nice to have windows and heater.
Thanks for sharing
Glad you guys are all safe
I was on poison spider that day too it was wild. We were way farther in though
Something like this also happened to us when we were in Arizona years ago. Went in a “3hr arc tour” that ended up being about 9.5. Best time of my life… all these old ppl where scared and then there’s me young high schooler with my older sister and parents having a hell of a time. Went through 2-3’ of water numerous times to get to trails.We were not properly dressed for rain which was the only rough part as it got a bit colder when the sun went down, go figure in the desert. But the tour place gave us free burgers and shit when we returned. I feel like we owed them lmao.
That that was not a flash flood! But it fun to play in. 😮
At least it’s not dusty. Thanks from St. Paul Minnesota.
that's an awesome video. looks cold
Beautiful
I'm not a 4WD guy so I hope this isn't a dumb question but why wouldn't they have just stayed on the high ground and let it pass as most storms like this do after 15 minutes to an hour?
That being said, thanks for showing us just how much water can fall and how outrageous it gets in just minutes. Great footage!
There was a lot of lightning and no good cover options. Those were the main reason we didn’t stay out. Also, we were only a mile or so from the end of the trail, so figured we could get down to the vehicles and have some real shelter.
@@prolineutv that makes a lot of sense. The lightning exposure is one thing the viewer can't quite grasp completely unless one were there. Thanks for adding these details. Safe four wheeling
it dont get no better than this..anywhere
Definitely missed the Flash “flood” in this video
I like all the comments from Flatland, USA, about how dangerous that ride was. I also see how it COULD have been much worse. I would have done the exact same thing you did!
Yeah, a lot of people on here telling us how dumb we were, but going the last mile in the rain to get out of the lighting seemed reasonable at the time. Haha. I thought it was a fun ending to our ride.
one of most memorable ate trips my friend and took was 10 days around the Moab canyons back in 09
I’m in Arizona and just wondering what the elevation is in this area?
Good video and I'm sure it wasn't any fun and I'm glad you made it down safely, but that wasn't a flash flood. That's a normal monsoon rain and runoff. Find a safe place and wait it out, they don't last very long.
Beautiful clip but I missed the part where there's a 'flash flood'
So beautiful
What a video!!! Since water always flow from high to low areas, wouldn't it be better to just stay put at a higher ground and wait for the water to subside or for the rain to stop? Just curious. Regards,
Lightening. Shouldn't stay exposed on the high ground like that
@@driverjayne That's a great reason! Now I know.😀
I'm more concern of that rider on the squad bike , I remember due to rush, he didn't wear any protected gear. Rain with hail is like caught on the middle of a Squirt gun and airsoft cross fire
Well now that was exciting!
Gnarly trip - you will talk about it for decades 😎
I've been in this situation a couple of times in the Wasatch mountains.Alot easier goin down than up.😂
Cool video, my stomping grounds CA desert, flash floods happen but lightning is more scary.
Wow..I once road my bicycle from fruita co. to Moab on the kokopelli trail..
Garmin smartwatches that have a barometer sensor can alert you to drops in atmospheric pressure and send you a storm warning so you know to get out of there.
The guy on the quad. Hell yeah!
Why not stay at the top till after?
What vehicle were you filming from? It seemed to handle the terrain well! Thank God for the gimbal or I would have been dizzy watching that! 😅
It’s a Polaris Turbo R 4. Yes, the new Go Pros have some awesome image stabilizing, especially considering that trail is WAY rougher than it looks in the video.
Just some Sprinkles on the rocks 😲👌
One thing for sure, don't have to contend with dust levels !!
Glad you are all ok
So why did you go to lower ground. In a flash flood you normally look for higher ground
That's one stable camera you got there.
Thank God! I would have gotten car sick 🤢
Watching this I’m like…Why are the driving down INTO the valley? WTH?
When was this lol.
Where was the flash flood?
That guy on quad has to be black and blue from that hail.
Ten in my book
It was unpleasant for sure. The hits to my hands were especially painful. Haha. Small price to pay for an adventure at the end of the ride.
@@prolineutv nice hearing from u brother.
Your tuff.
When does the flash flood come?
I was driving into moab right after this storm. Never seen anything like it
Impressive stability in the camera work
Just a standard go pro 10. They do a great job.
Looks like fun
Maaaaaaaan that lightning!
What an adventure!
Why head to low ground in the middle of such a storm? Inside the car you'd be safe from lightning, no?
It's very pretty there.
Awesome
Wow!
Flash flood ? I saw water following the trail
This is called fun riding on the east coast. The hail would have sucked for the guys on the atv
We got cought in similar situation back in June but on motorcycles
man I bet that truck never looked so good coming around that last corner for dude on the 4wheeler!
Always wondered how the jeep roads there get so rutted out. On the MTB trails, basic etiquette is to wait until the surface doesn't take an impression greater than an inch. Not checking the weather doesn't hold as an excuse to destroy the MTB trails 😇
Maybe similar would be good to adopt for OHV?
Lol...after living in Moab and working as a 4x4 guide here for years...I have discovered that basic etiquette isn't usually part of the OHV user group mentality. They are only concerned with their vacation experience...or are just so stupid they don't even think about what you are saying.
Wow been that done that on lake Mojave on a boat. SOO rade only in servicer mood at the time w/t family, made it but intent.
This is not a flash flood. Just heavy rain & runoff from a mountain?
^^^ absolutely this^^^
FF forward is up to my speed if I thought there was trouble coming and no ending in sight. Lucky on some levels yah....