Eagles Nest illegal bypass
- Thread starter toys4rocks
- Start date
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
I know. It's practically invisible now though.Shawn said:Here is one for ya.... Kurt, got a pic of Brittany's Box....?
Anyone know where that one is on the trail
- Location
- Sandy, Ut
Shawn said:Here is one for ya.... Kurt, got a pic of Brittany's Box....?
Anyone know where that one is on the trail
I might... I have some video of the first few runs we did, as well as a handful of still shots. The one I posted is the only one I could find tonight, I have been moving & organizing a bunch of stuff and stumbled across that one just a week ago... got me reminiscing needless to say.
I don't think bypasses are appropriate for this trail, as for their need in many other trails, its an open debate. Many trails HAVE to have a bypass as per the county, State, Forest Service, BLM, etc. This is not the case with Constrictor, and frankly the bypasses that were created were very destructive IMHO. No one really has the "official" say on what goes on these trails... but an ethical wheeler should know ALOT better than some of the actions I have witnessed (or the damage I have witnessed) on the trail (Con in particular).
I hiked it a couple weeks ago (I was out with a freind in my Taco). All I can say is "raped". Did I know it would happen? Yes... did I think it would happen to the extent it did? No...
Constrictor is a very popular trail, between it & RS I would be willing to be it get traffic nearly every weekend and many weekdays. Some of the most disconcerting stuff I saw between the two trails (RS included) looked as if it took place from the ATV guys. Kindve hard to police them too... RS & Con were ATV (CON mostly a single track) trails prior to us falling in love. I know RS has grown harder than the past from an ATV perspective...
- Location
- Sandy, Ut
More old school photos...
toys4rocks
I didn't mean to do that!
- Location
- Lehi
So five pages??? Are we ready to get together and discuss this? Like I said before, my place is open for some BBQ and BSing!
waynehartwig
www.jeeperman.com
- Location
- Mead, WA
Maybe, but I didn't take any bypasses, use any tow strap, winch or stack a rock to make it through. Well, you know I used one at the waterfall, but that's it. I think I even pulled people up the waterfall. If you ask me, completely different. I can see getting flamed if I had to stack rocks all over the place, or had to winch off of trees or even go off trail, but I did not. Even at the very start of the trail, I did not use the bypass.James K said:
scoutabout
None
Just to be clear, I'm not in favor of illegal bypasses. I'm definitely not in favor of cutting bypasses like an idiot. I'm saying that if the bypass is there then it's there, and we're going to have to expend a great deal of energy to remove it. Is it always worth it, or should we use that energy to keep illegal bypasses from being cut on other trails?
As brought up in other posts, how would a newbie know where the bypasses are? Once it's been there for several years (or a few days of good use as I've witnessed in some cases), it looks like part of the trail. Only an experienced wheeler familiar with the trail will know. Look at Jeff Steven's post about putting winch points in at Pritchett.
As brought up in other posts, how would a newbie know where the bypasses are? Once it's been there for several years (or a few days of good use as I've witnessed in some cases), it looks like part of the trail. Only an experienced wheeler familiar with the trail will know. Look at Jeff Steven's post about putting winch points in at Pritchett.
James K
NO, I'm always like this
- Location
- Taylorsville, Ut
well, captain clueless. The point is it wasn't necessary for you to go on a trail with a broke vehicle. As I recall you had a hell of a time on the waterfall because of the broken axle. You put the rest of the group at your mercy, because if it had got worse we would have had to get you out. I also believe we had to wait for you at the top because it was taken you longer then it should have, why..........oh yeah, BECAUSE OF THE BROKEN AXLE. The biggest problem with you is you need to know when to say when. You say its ok to take a strap or use the winch yet you take a broken vehicle on a high rated trail.waynehartwig said:
James K
NO, I'm always like this
- Location
- Taylorsville, Ut
which is sad cuz that WAS a cool obsticle.Hickey said:
James K
NO, I'm always like this
- Location
- Taylorsville, Ut
I only show it as being 2 pages so far.toys4rocks said:
James K
NO, I'm always like this
- Location
- Taylorsville, Ut
waynehartwig said:
there are no bypasses on constrictor.
waynehartwig
www.jeeperman.com
- Location
- Mead, WA
Either way, I did not take any. I drove down the crack at the gate, I drove radiator rapids as it was intended, winched up eagles nest like everybody else does, etc. The rest I don't think you COULD make a bypass, as it is too narrow.James K said:
waynehartwig
www.jeeperman.com
- Location
- Mead, WA
True...I completely agree with this statement and see your point.James K said: