Location: Moab

The awe-inspiring canyon country around Moab, Utah is interlaced with a vast network of unpaved backroads. Some are mild and relatively easy while others offer heart-pounding, edge-of-your-seat 4WD excitement. It’s a big country, and most trails are by-products of the 1950’s uranium boom, today re-purposed as recreational trails. Here you’ll find sand, slick-rock, broken talus, impossibly steep climbs, hair-raising descents, cliff-hanging ledges, hundred-mile views, native rock-art, dinosaur tracks, and, just for fun, the occasional patch of quicksand.

Moab Guide Services and 4wd Training

A Barlow’s certified trainer will guide you and provide tips and tricks to build your 4-wheeling skills on the famous trails of Moab. Whether you choose our Private Guide Services or join a pre-scheduled Group Trip, we know you’ll have an amazing and memorable 4×4 adventure.

Trips and Training available in Moab

Barlow Adventures schedules group trips and trainings throughout the year for the following courses in Moab.

204 - Trail Guiding: Introduce and develop your skills to be an effective trail guide.

210 - Three-day 4WD Training: Multiday training course to develop vehicle & recovery skills.

304 - Trail Guiding: Real-world practice leading students on trail rides.

400 - Train the Trainer: Identify and practice key skills to teach and lead others in 4WD recreation.

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Interested in custom trips or training in Moab? Call 928-282-8700

Private 4wd Guide and Training Services in Moab

Hire your own private guide for a day…or a week! Our pro guides provide expert navigation, spotting, and safety preparedness, as well as tales of the area’s natural history and legends to give you a deeper appreciation for this amazing area. Hone your 4×4 skills on trails from mild to adventurous! All skill levels are welcome.

Private training in Moab is a custom, unique experience, and more details are involved in designing a program that fits your needs than can be covered easily on this website. For the fastest response, please fill out and submit the form, and a Barlow Adventures representative will contact you to discuss the specific needs of your group. Or you can call us at 928-282-8700.

Moab FAQ

  • Moab trails are justifiably famous and many are unbelievably rugged. But the wide variety of terrain also makes it an ideal training ground. Novices will do just fine. Our experienced and knowledgeable guides can show you everything you need to learn to successfully and safely Jeep Moab.

  • Usually about six vehicles, plus the guide Jeep. We keep our groups small to maximize guide time with each guest and minimize trail impact.

  • Moab is the high-desert. It can have hot days and cold nights, so bring layers of clothing to be prepared for 50-degree mornings and 90-degree middays. Late winter and early spring can be cold, wet and snowy. Spring is always windy. Fall is generally clear and mild. Summers are hot with afternoon thunderstorms likely later in the season.

  • Drivers must be 25 or older with a valid driver’s licence and proof of full coverage auto insurance. No underage drivers please! Passengers may be of any age unless otherwise restricted by a specific trip.

  • In remote areas you may expect bathroom stops to consist of thick patches of trees or shrubs. You may wish to carry toilet paper in a ziplock bag in order to pack out used paper products. Please keep our public lands and trails clean—pack out your trash!