AF Canyon(trail warning)

[offroaddave]

Wish there were an easy answer to that, word of mouth for now, but hopefully we can come up with something more efficient... :-\


one word
signage.
and when that dont work, ya pluck em off one by one so the rest of us dont pay for the very few jack asses.

 

[WEELIT]

Amen to that.

 

[fjwear]

but what about the young & dumb & very uninformed?
how does one educate those who just want to play?

I think the answer is to not be dumb and know what your rig's limitations are, before you go on a trail, find out about it. I love going out and play but I don't push my rig becuase I need to drive it back home and I need to get myself home too.

Everyone needs to realize that there are those who are trying to close trails and that that their actions are being watched.

- Rico.

 

[marc olivares]

A friend and I went up AF canyon last monday. We were going to go up Mineral Basin and play around.... When we got to that area here is what we found...
The guy had NO tow points and his buddies Cherokee was a 2x4. Don't ever do this people.... These guys were stuck and with the rig blocking the path, there was no way that other cherokee could have got around to go for help. Luckily they were planning on camping up there, so they had tents and bags and stuff. But....

this guy look familiar?
this was the next day, i passed them on the way out of the canyon...
luckily no one was hurt
that's my white rover pulling him over

 

[Kris K]

That sucks. Is that the ones earlier in the post, that where stuck in the river???

 

[marc olivares]

yep, same kids, but the following day

 

[Kris K]

Nice

 

[Shawn]

Speed or what?

 

[waynehartwig]

 

[waynehartwig]

Where was that at? I don't recognize the area...

 

[offroaddave]

http://www.rockymountainextreme.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=13070&stc=1
american fork canyon 6-26-05 023 (Medium).jpg
can you see the cow moose in this pic on mineral basin trail that same
day?

 

[waynehartwig]

Actually, looking at the pictures again, I don't think that is the same guy. The guy I rescued was in a black or dark blue Cherokee...You're guy looks like it was a brown one.

 

[marc olivares]

Actually, looking at the pictures again, I don't think that is the same guy. The guy I rescued was in a black or dark blue Cherokee...You're guy looks like it was a brown one.

nope, it was the same guys. they were brothers.(check out the matching muscle shirts, lol) you resued big brother, i rescued little.
they told me that some guy helped them the day before.

the rollover was just past the merge off the main road going towards mineral basin. and yeah the wingnut was going waaaaaay to fast.

 

[waynehartwig]

 

[cruiseroutfit]

I spoke with a ranger this morning, he is under the impression that they are not going to do any major trail repairs (meaning blading) the Forest Lake Road, they are most interested in fixing the fences, etc