The Lion's Back is a sandstone ridge in Moab, Utah

Moab, Utah

Moab is a city in Grand County, in eastern Utah, in the western United States. The population was 4,779 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat and largest city in Grand County. Moab hosts a large number of tourists every year, mostly visitors to the nearby Arches and Canyonlands National Parks...

 that is very popular among 4x4'ers. The attraction and campground is now private property and no longer accessible by 4x4'ers.

The Climb

The climb involves several hundred feet on a steep slope with grades approaching 60%, and then a 5 to 9-point turn-around at the top of the rock before slowly descending the same way up.

The Crash

The hill is known for the crash in which a Chevy K-5 Blazer

Chevrolet Blazer

Chevrolet Blazer can refer to one of several SUV models from General Motors:* The full-size Chevrolet K5 Blazer, based on the C/K pickup chassis and built from 1969 to 1994....

 4X4 lost its brakes and rolled down the hill, plunging 30 feet to the ground. Nobody died in the crash. The accident was caught on home video

Home video

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 and has been featured on TV shows including Real TV

Real TV

Real TV is a reality television program that ran in syndication from September 9, 1996 to September 7, 2001. It aired footage of extraordinary events that were not usually covered in mainstream news. It was often played on Spike TV and the Fox Reality Channel.-The Idea:Real TV usually showed home...

, and Maximum Exposure

Maximum Exposure

Maximum Exposure is a reality TV show which featured video clips on a variety of subjects. As its various slogans attest, the show was targeted at teens and young adults...

. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpbkTncjEOs