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Any car OK for Sedona?
Posted: Nov 03 2006 5:43 pm
by sueoz
Hi - planning to day hike while in Sedona. We have a Ford Taurus type car reserved for now. For most day hikes do we need something with more clearance or all wheel/4WD?
Thanks, sue
Posted: Nov 03 2006 5:48 pm
by joebartels
Taurus will get you to 95% of the trailheads easy.
Posted: Nov 03 2006 5:59 pm
by te_wa
any rental will get you to 110% of trails.

Re: Any car OK for Sedona?
Posted: Nov 03 2006 7:25 pm
by Al_HikesAZ
sueoz wrote:Hi - planning to day hike while in Sedona. We have a Ford Taurus type car reserved for now. For most day hikes do we need something with more clearance or all wheel/4WD?
Thanks, sue
What hikes are you looking at?
Back in September, Secret Canyon and Bear Sign required high clearance across the creek. Don't know if they have graded the creek. If they have, these should be ok in a Taurus.
Otherwise I think every trail was reachable in a Taurus. I agree 110% with mikeinFHAZ

Posted: Nov 04 2006 5:10 am
by azbackpackr
No, no, no, you absolutely MUST drive a Hummer, and ONLY a Hummer, while you're in Sedona!
Make sure all your hiking gear is brand new and from Abercrombie and Fitch, also. Otherwise they might think you're a homeless person and arrest you for vagrancy.
:mrgreen:
Posted: Nov 04 2006 9:34 am
by 0hurricanes
A cadillac escalade will work as well!! Or just steal a pink, red or whatever other color they have jeep and you will fit right in!
Jeff
Posted: Nov 04 2006 6:29 pm
by azbackpackr
And whatever you do, don't leave home without a copy of your Sedona Vortex Map! Here, I'll be a pal and provide it for you!
http://www.lovesedona.com/01.htm
Posted: Nov 04 2006 7:19 pm
by PaleoRob
Wow, I had no idea that junipers become twisted because of The Vortex! The whole Paria Plateau must be one giant one then with all them twisty trees.
Posted: Nov 05 2006 12:27 pm
by mttgilbert
In fact, there must be a vortex located at the site of almost every single juniper tree in the world...
...hippies...
Posted: Nov 06 2006 4:49 am
by azbackpackr
I think sueoz has quit listening. I was going to say, when going to Sedona, one must be sure to get one's crystals tuned.
still listening!
Posted: Nov 06 2006 10:00 am
by sueoz
i'm still here! Just being entertained. If I tell my husband we're hiking to find vortex's - he'll run the other way. We think a good hike anywhere and especially in Sedona is spiritual enough all on it's own!
Glad to hear the regular car is ok. The AWD and 4WD cars were going a couple hundred more for the week.
Thanks! sue
Re: Any car OK for Sedona?
Posted: Apr 22 2008 2:17 pm
by Tom Tucker
Just don't plan on parking near any trail head or you will be ticketed. If I were you I would find somewhere, anywhere other than Sedona to go. Try Moab, the Hollywood Nazi's havent taken it over yet.
Re: Any car OK for Sedona?
Posted: Apr 22 2008 2:18 pm
by joebartels
What are they going to do if you don't pay it, send out the forest police?
I think sue has been there, back and had children since that post.
Re: Any car OK for Sedona?
Posted: Apr 22 2008 2:40 pm
by te_wa
so what does a person who is a Resident Sedonian do for a red rock pass? if you live there do you still have to buy them?
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Posted: Apr 22 2008 2:47 pm
by Jeffshadows
te-wa wrote:any rental will get you to 110% of trails.

"Nothing goes faster than a rental"

Re: Any car OK for Sedona?
Posted: Apr 23 2008 6:41 am
by PaleoRob
Tom Tucker wrote:Try Moab, the Hollywood Nazi's havent taken it over yet.
They weren't regulating parking, but I think some of the other stuff there is just as bad...