104°🥵Sonoran Desert UTV/SxS offroad adventure. Box Canyon🏜️Jack Handle🌵Coke Ovens🔥Gila River🏖️Oh my!

The forecast is 104° 🥵 today in our local Sonoran Desert near Florence, AZ. It was 85° when we left the Price Road/East Cottonwood Canyon Road staging area at 9 a.m. We’re driving 4 UTV/SxS to the Coke Ovens through Box Canyon, up & down Jack Handle, Martinez Canyon Road, & various numbered trails. OnX Offroad rates some of the trail. The highest difficulty is shown as 7/10, but many of the trails don’t have ratings. I’m certain we traveled unrated trails that exceeded this rating. There is a section named Stair Step Ledges & lots of rock road roughness throughout the ride. We have Gary in his tipsy 50” Can-Am Trail which is guaranteed to make the adventure more exciting. At one spot Gary radioed he needed to get out to see if he could find a way around the cliff that he almost drove off! 😱 After the Coke Ovens we plan to cross the Gila River for a faster/easier return in the flat lands. They say a safe river crossing here is a flow rate of 350 CFS or less. I wonder how fast the water will be moving when we get there? What could possibly go wrong? I’ll share a little. At 102° someone needed a tow! 🥴 If you are a trail rider this may be the adventure you’ve been looking for! Desert Villain videos are all about sharing as I learn about UTV/SxS off-roading, trail rides, desert climbing, and exploring new places to ride. Whether you’re a novice or seasoned rider, you’ll discover how to improve your skills, learn new driving techniques, see accessory reviews that make every desert ride more enjoyable, & find new trails for your next desert adventure. Like, comment, and share with fellow off-road enthusiasts—let’s help each other explore the best trails in Arizona and beyond – one dusty trail at a time. • Difficulty rating explained: https://www.onxmaps.com/offroad/app/f... • SuperATV Flip Windshield: • https://teammscparts.com/products/sup... • Dual Overhead Fan: • https://teammscparts.com/products/pre... • How does a CVT work: • Short version (6 minutes):    • UTV Clutching 101: Everything You Need to ...   • Long version(21 minutes):    • How does a UTV CVT clutch work?   CVT Over...   • Permits: • Tonto National Forest OVH @ The Rolls, Bulldog Canyon, & more: o https://www.recreation.gov/activitypa... • AZ State Land Department Recreational Permit o https://azland.my.salesforce-sites.co... • Flow rate @ Florence-casa Grande Canal, Near Florence, AZ: • For a safe crossing it should be less than 350CFS. It was ~90CFS when we crossed. • https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring... • Parking: Coordinates:33.08069, -111.31878 Note: Just paste the coordinates above into Google Maps destination & press enter. Super easy! • Expected difficulty rating: 2 -7 out of 10. Most of the trails are not rated! Conditions change without notice. • Total distance: ~35 miles • Planned general trail directions (trail signs are rare): 1. Right on Sw3000/East Price Road/East Cottonwood Canyon Road out of the staging area (33.08069, -111.31878). 2. Right on Nw2029/East Cottonwood Canyon Road (33.09646, -111.29973). 3. Left on 6133/East Cottonwood Canyon Road (33.09675, -111.23261). 4. Right on 6133/ East Cottonwood Canyon Road/Box Canyon (33.1043, -111.22523). Rated 6/10 5. Right at 3 Points on 6134/Jack Handle/Martinez Canyon Road (33.14967, -111.20134). Rated 7/10 6. Right on Sw3002b/6134 (33.15834, -111.18796). 7. Right on 6135/Se4000 (33.15317, -111.17676) 8. Lunch at the pond with the cows in the shade! (33.14993, -111.17468) 9. Right on Glump27 to Coke Ovens (33.1221, -111.17095) 10. About ½ way to the Coke Ovens, in a right hand turn, you’ll find The Ledge (33.11192, -111.17078). Oh my! 11. Glump27 brings you in right above the Coke Ovens (33.10445, -111.1649). You can drive all the way around them. 12. You leave on Glump27 heading west or to the right as you came in. This is the trail at the base of the Coke Ovens. 13. We crossed the Gila River at 33.09691, -111.18199 with a flow rate of ~90CFS. Fun & super easy! 14. Straight out of the river on Se4207/Gila River Loop/Cochran Road 15. Slightly right across the wash to Glump24 (33.0829, -111.21444) 16. The canal & fence are on the right. Meander around until you get to N Whitlow Ranch Road (33.09679, -111.25184) 17. Eventually you go right across the canal at the Chino Wash Crossing (33.08782, -111.28742), then left on the paved road – East Diversion Dam Road. 18. There are no signs. Look for your parked vehicles. Left on trail to staging area (33.07707, -111.31289). 19. Back to of the staging area (33.08069, -111.31878) on the right #offroad #offroading #utv #OffRoadAdventure #OffRoadVideos #DesertExploration #SegwayVillain #VillainReviews #WhereToRide #TrailRides #ArizonaTrails #BoxCanyon #CokeOvens #GilaRiver #Florence