EVENT: 2017 EASTER JEEP SAFARI

Jeep rolls out its new crop of one-off creations at the 2017 Easter Jeep Safari.

THERE’S no question the Easter Jeep Safari has become one of the world’s largest gatherings of seven-slot grille aficionados. It is a who’s who for the offroad world and should be on the bucket list of anyone that dreams of Southern Utah’s ochre sandstone and traversing the region’s slick-rock trails. It began more than five decades ago as a small trail ride for the Red Rock 4-Wheelers, but today more than 20,000 people flood into the quiet town of Moab during the Easter week to meet new friends, rub elbows with manufacturers, have a coldie at the Moab Brewery, and show off their rigs. Not to be left out of the action, the Jeep boys from Toledo, Ohio, where all Jeep Wranglers are born, spend the winter months creating what has become known as the Jeep Concepts. While the term ‘concept’ might indicate a prototype for a future production model (there have been many we would buy in a heartbeat), the reality is that they are one-off play toys for the twisted engineering minds back in Detroit. Just the same, we love them and were on-hand to give each a good romp through the back country. Enter the 2017 seven-slot grille obsession.