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This may not be as good on things like slickrock in Moab or other smooth surfaces like that where putting down a lot of rubber to increase your traction and increase your friction is better grip.
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Adam Roy, Outside, 9 Nov. 2025
Named for the pale slickrock that dominates much of the road’s terrain, the driving is a mix of sandy washes, rough rocky stretches and the aforementioned slickrock, which will occasionally take you to the edge of canyons.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 7 Mar. 2025
The final descent hugged a handlebar-scraping wall and plummeted down two slickrock slabs as steep as playground slides.
—Peter Rubin, Longreads, 10 Nov. 2022
Showers and thunderstorms are expected, and excessive runoff may result in debris flows on burn scars and flooding in slot canyons, normally dry washes, slickrock areas and other low-lying, flood-prone locations.
—Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Aug. 2022
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Adam Roy, Outside, 9 Nov. 2025
Named for the pale slickrock that dominates much of the road’s terrain, the driving is a mix of sandy washes, rough rocky stretches and the aforementioned slickrock, which will occasionally take you to the edge of canyons.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 7 Mar. 2025
The final descent hugged a handlebar-scraping wall and plummeted down two slickrock slabs as steep as playground slides.
—Peter Rubin, Longreads, 10 Nov. 2022
Showers and thunderstorms are expected, and excessive runoff may result in debris flows on burn scars and flooding in slot canyons, normally dry washes, slickrock areas and other low-lying, flood-prone locations.
—Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Aug. 2022
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“Slickrock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slickrock. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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