Broken Arrow Trail — Attraction in Four Corners States

Went yesterday morning (Monday) to do the OHV trail with my off-road vehicle. Trail traffic was relatively light. 4LO not necessary, but it helps if you have it. What matters the most here is approach angle, departure angle, skidplates, articulation, and overall ground clearance. I had Chicken Point all to myself for 15+ minutes. The way in was pretty easy - only a few small obstacles that were easy to navigate. The return route is where you enter the rock climbing area with fun obstacles. I was in my 4"-5" lifted and rear locked Subaru on 235/75/15 Toyo AT3's. 27°-28° approach/departure angle. Still smashed the engine skidplate a few times on the way back, once made a Pink Jeep group laugh when I got stuck and then cheer when I self-recovered within a minute using a set of Maxtrax to bridge for approach angle. Had no issues keeping up with the pink Jeeps otherwise. They were entertained for a bit watching me crawl/slide down the staircase (which feels crazy steep in real life - the pics do no justice). Do not recommend any AWD vehicles attempt this trail without serious lifted ground clearance, lockers/LSDs, and quality skidplates. Road sign skidplates will do absolutely nothing for you here and your trip is going to be very expensive if you try. It's narrow enough, and busy enough, that if you have a problem with an obstacle, you'll be inconveniencing a LOT of people. Should be a walk in the park for most short wheelbase 4WD vehicles WITH SKIDPLATES, stock, or mildly modified solid axle vehicles with...

This is a review of the hiking trail. Be aware that there is a parallel route for off road vehicles and they intersect in a couple of places but don't actually cross. If you are hiking, you should not encounter any motor driven vehicles. You may see mountain bikes so keep your ears and eyes open. The route is simple to follow, in areas where there may not be tracks, there are wire cairns filled with rocks that show the route and at junctions of trails there are well placed signs. In an area of beautiful scenery, this trail will exceed all of your expectations. Broken Arrow can be a bit of a scramble at times, but the entire route, out and back is 3 miles. The far end is spectacular. I used an app called alltrails that a hiker suggested and the navigation was simple and easy to figure how much of the hike was left at any point in the route. I took the Broken Arrow to the end, and on the return route took "High on the Hog" and then "Twin Peaks" as a variation. High on the Hog was rated double black diamond, but was not that difficult, there were a couple places that were less than easy and I did slide down a tilted flat rock face on my bottom once. Absolutely worth doing. On a thursday mid November, I saw perhaps 15 other people...

Broken Arrow is a legendary Sedona hiking, biking and Jeep trail made famous by the 1950 movie by the same name starring James Stewart. Along the path are various points of interest including a sinkhole where bats are observed emerging to feast at dusk, a massive outcrop of round, easily traversed red rock (an old ‘proving ground’ of sorts now restricted to non-motorized traffic,) as well as a small, still actively used 4X4 proving ground with such challenges as the devil’s staircase (a difficult to ascend, steep, stair-stepped portion of road) for you to put your off-road vehicle to the ultimate test. All this leads to a grand vista with epic views of the magical Sedona landscape.

Personal recommendation: take a late afternoon trip in your own 4 wheel drive vehicle (fear not, most stock 4X4s are quite capable of taking this trail so long as you’re careful, take your time on the hairy parts and remain confident) to the vista at the end of the trail and enjoy a glorious...