The Most Beautiful Rally in America

BY DAVID WILES

Touted as "the most beautiful rally in America," the Sand Hollow State Park SXS Adventure Rally is all of that. Sean Reddish knows how to create and perpetuate a fantastic gathering of fanatical off road enthusiasts. The event took place last November 11-13 for the eighth year in a row in Sand Hollow State Park, which is located in St. George, Utah and Zion National Park.

The setting is fabulous, the best SXS riding I have ever experienced except for maybe the Rocky Mountain 400.

Trained guides assist the groups, which take off each of he three days and tackle the terrain in different degrees of adventure. If you want rocks, OMG!! Rock crawler heaven! If you want vistas, you can see mountains and valleys of Utah in all of their red rock and sad glory. There is even a lake wish fishing and, of course, Sean feeds you a satisfying breakfast each morning. Add to that, Sean has the factories come each year.

Because of covid, it has fluctuated from year to year, but last year, Can Am, Yamaha and Kawasaki each provided about 20 new models for participants to thrash around on a guided ride. In years past Polaris and Honda also provided their newest SXS models to anyone who signed up. After riding all of the different factory machines, your perception of who makes the best SXS for you may change!