lived in Steamboat Springs for a while.
It's only 4-5 hours from Moab. If they can do a rally, I am sure Utah can swing one.
Drawing cars for a club event shouldn't be *too* difficult. Colorado has a pretty active group as well, in addition to Arizona, California, etc.
THE RALLY THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IS IN THE SLC AREA AND WOULD ADD ANOTHER 4-5 HOURS ON TOP OF THAT..9 HOURS TO DENVER, 9 HOURS TO LA, 12 HOURS TO AZ. 14 HOURS TO WA.
I don't have a good feel for the environmental activist climate there. Most of the people I know that live there are pragmatic and recognize that the Jeeps feed and clothe them. I can think of one particularly vocal hippy chick who was convinced the earth would be consumed by fire at the 9/11 attacks, but that could have been a bad shroom or something.
THE BIGGEST PROBLEM FOR THE MOAB AREA ASIDE FROM THE TREE HUGGERS WOULD BE THAT ALL OF THE LAND THAT IS NOT NAT. PARK PROTECTED IS BLM. THE BLM IN UTAH HAS HAD A ROUGH PAST WITH OFFROADERS AND IS NOT VERY SUSEPTIVE TO LOOKING AT THE POSS. OF A RALLY. ON THE OTHER HAND THE FOREST SERVICE HERE IN NORTHERN UTAH HAS SHOWN SOME INTEREST IN THE IDEA. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE CONSIDERED DOING THE RALLY UP NORTH.
I'm most familar with Moab / Canyonlands, so my bias is obviously down in that area. Maybe some stages in the LaSals.
This isn't something I can move on in the near term, but it's definitely worth kicking around.
ALL OF US WOULD BE MORE THA HAPPY TO HELP YOU OUT ON THIS ENDEVOR.