I'll let Noah know of your visit. I assume your user id is your name.
Noah would probably love to abuse my Jeep some more. However, his days off are typically Tuesday/Wednesday. He's now restaurant manager, and the weekends are pretty busy. But, I'll let him get into details of availability.
We ran the loop backwards in early April. Coming up Lippincott is getting more interesting, as the stairsteps seem to be more chewed up than usual. Otherwise, we went up with no issues, though Gomer is fairly well built. the mud is all gone from Hunter mountain. You need to walk a fair ways towards the "nursery" on the Racetrack to see any good tracks, but there are some nice one.
The rental Wrangler should be fine, as long as it's 4x4, and has low range.
David Bricker / SYR