White Pocket lady stuck in sand with 4x4 - And Coyote Buttes South

https://www.thewave.info/WhitePocketCode/Map.html   https://thewave.info/ has a ton of info about mult areas. 

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1ekv6sTH3Pkcn7_d5sAvIBmHCJvk&ll=36.95683796233982%2C-111.84235868664236&z=13

This link has ALL THE INFOS for Coyote Buttes South (easier but still nightly try for it permit), which shows a map, and the map also shows the non-permit-needed White Pocket. They say, if no 4x4, can do Coyote Buttes South and just walk extra 2.5 mi in sand. Hmmm, seems too much walking. 

https://nomadsinnature.com/blog/skip-the-wave-hike-south-coyote-buttes

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WHITEPOCKET: Yeah, just stop here at the scary sand sign, and walk the 0.25 miles, no biggie???

Actualy, check these other videos and comments. Sounds like it can get hairy well before the last warning section:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNMyYjrVO0M 

There is a specific route to White Pocket that is suggested - and it's not the sandy road leading from Paw Hole. Not sure if you made there considering your inquiry was 8 months ago.  Nevertheless, check out thewave.info for loads of information on the Coyote Butte/Vermillion Wilderness Area.

Appreciate the feedback. Ended up in a 4x4 Tahoe and made it no problem. However, I was glad I had a compressor, shovel, fix a flat and 2x8 sand ladders because it got very soft in some spots. Thanks!

Also, the off roading team had a "Stock Subaru Forester with 8.7 inch ground clearance (NOTE a Ford Explorer might only have 7.6 to 8.x ground clearance), and made it through the normal dirt road with sands, washboard, and deep rocky bumps with no problem. It DID have a problem getting back up the last 0.25 mi super sand area tho. And they admit that there was a rainstorm recently which made the sand EASIER, believe it or not. TIME 3:17 for that Subaru clearance vs. rock-bumps just fine part. 

GROUND CLEARANCE PER VEHICLE:

SMALL SUVs: Nissan Rogue 2021 has 8.2 inches of clearance... [vs.] ... compact SUVs of 2021. Its closest competitors are cars like the Honda CR-V (8.2 inches), the AWD version of the Hyundai Tucson (8.3 inches), the Toyota RAV4 (8.4 inches), and a little ahead of those the Subaru Forester and Outback (8.7 inches).

 On the lower end of small SUVs are crossover vehicles like the Kia Sportage (6.4 inches), the FWD version of the Hyundai Tucson (6.4 inches), the Mazda CX-5 (7.5 inches), the Chevy Equinox (7.6 inches), and the Ford Escape (7.8 inches).

Then there are the more off-road oriented small SUVs like the Jeep Wrangler (10.8 inches), the Ford Bronco (8.4 to 11.6 inches), and Bronco Sport (8.8 inches).

•  RAV4 (2024) = 8.4 inches 
• Mazda CX-5 (2021) = (7.5 inches) 
• Ford Ecosport (2024) = 7.8inch, (2018 -2020) = 7 in to 7.8 in (fancier version has higher)
•  Hyundai Kona = 6.3 in to 6.7 in
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MEDIUM SUVS: 

• Nissan Pathfinder (2022) = 7.1 in
• Equinox (2020-2022) = 7.9 in for AWD models, 8.0 in for Premiere AWD (7.6 in for non-AWD)
• Sante Fe = 6.9 inch

BIG SUVS:

• Chevy Suburban (2024) = 8 in - 10 in (I see AIRride, u can change it). 
• Ford Explorer MAX (2025) = 7.6 in. to (8.2 in. for Platinum)

---STUCK ppl below. STILL TEMPTING! Read somewhere afterwards that you just need to walk the last 0.25 mile when you see deep sand, and you'll be OK. ... ... I dunno, some of the vids looked pretty dang intense. ---

 See yt Hun.tress.308 video, Hiking white pocket [got stuck in sand and had to be rescued!]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC70embxMiU

***so the trick is, the very last quarter mile rd is the deep sand.  Just walk that part then u r at whote pocket, Arizona.  

Looks like a red ford truck… at time 13:52 it shows 4x4 on the side.  She earliermentioned trying 4 hi and 4 low, but still stuck. Smaller truck and not knobby tires. 

Rescue came and reduced air in tires. Rescuer was a std jeep w big tires.  

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See yt other vid by the off-roading team Jondz Adventuring “passport to: white pocket, az - sand trap!” Very interesting.  Cvt bad for subaru, but other subaru dis ok.  Jeeps and hi clearance did fine.  Gotta speed and momentum thru a lot. Around 15:30 minute mark. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek1Jc1mAg2g