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- Sandy, Ut
How did he like them? How did they perform? I'm going to order a set for the Tacoma this week hopefully...
Hole in the Rock Oct 11-15th
- Thread starter Brett
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How did he like them? How did they perform? I'm going to order a set for the Tacoma this week hopefully...
jonlowe
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- Farmington
The sign in the picture is just a sign stating you are in the national park. I beleive the only thing it says is to stay on designated roads. It does not make any mention of travel no being allowed on that road. The sign is in the middle of the fork in the road. This is the first fork you come to on the road on top of grey mesa. The turn off down to the Rincon is the second turn off.
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- Location
- Sandy, Ut
So that is the Rincon turnoff?
How far from there to the end of the trail next to the lake? (est. time and miles please
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Brett
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- Location
- Salt Lake City Utah
Ah, cool....that's what I wanted to know. Next time we do this, we'll head to to the Rincon.
Do you remember where the first sign you see on the trail is as you exit the sandy wash area? Just past the big cliff overhang is that you can camp under?
jonlowe
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- Farmington
The site we camp in is right at the start of the wash leading up to Grey Mesa. You turn off the trail just as you enter the wash. The GPS coordinates are: 37 Deg 17.952N 11 Deg 41.382W. It is a great spot to set up camp.
Brett
Meat-Hippy
- Location
- Salt Lake City Utah
Just was going to say that the road after you pass that cliff is pretty much gone now. It's now at the bottom of the canyon in a big pile of sand. The bypass that was there for us is about the only place you can get up. There was a Ranger on her way out to check out the damage and take pictures to see if they can figure out someway to keep the trail open still. If the area where the bypass falls, there's no way up anymore, since the rest of the wash is just surrounded by a cliff.
jonlowe
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- Farmington
So that is the Rincon turnoff?
How far from there to the end of the trail next to the lake? (est. time and miles please
No, this is no the turn off to the Rincon. Once you are up on the road on Grey Mesa and you have passed the overlook of the San Juan, you will come to two different forks in the road, both forking to the right. The turn off to the Rincon is the second fork you come to while still on Grey Mesa. From the turn off it is 7 miles down to the water. I am not sure the exact mileage from the turn off to the Rincon to the end of the trail. I would estimate it to be somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 miles. To get down to the water it takes about 1.5 hours from the turn off at the most. The first time we drove the trail we went from the start of the trail and went all the way down to the Rincon. This is where we camped the first night. We began driving at around 1:00 pm and arrived at the Rincon at 8:00 pm. It was a long day but not too bad. The next day we drove from the Rincon to the end of the trail and then back to the campsite I just posted the GPS coordinates for. We left the Rincon at 9:00 and arrived at our camp at 3:00 pm or so. The second time we ran the trail we set up camp and the site I posted coordinates for and camped there both nights. This is definitely a trail I would not mind doing again. We should plan a trip sometime!
jonlowe
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- Farmington
It would suck to loose this trail!
I liked the tires. Much quieter than my worn out MTR's and seemed to stick pretty well at about 12 psi. Hard to determine how well they would perform compared to other similar tires since it's been years since I've run something similar. The MTR's were basically bald and the last set of tires I had were Maxxis Creapy Crawlers that I ran at like 5 psi which they didn't hook up as good as....obviously.
I'm happy with them. The price is right and they seemed pretty durable--had some pretty good rubbing in the front and they didn't take too much damage.
Cody
I'm happy with them. The price is right and they seemed pretty durable--had some pretty good rubbing in the front and they didn't take too much damage.
Cody
jonlowe
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- Farmington
Thanks for the reply! How long have you had them? I am just trying to gauge how long they will last.
I've had them about 6 days.
I will have to make the next run for sure.
I did not think that I would have my jeep ready in time, and I was so close, the Monday before you all took off I had the gears done and the lockers swapped f/r.
I have the rear wired up, and I am now looking for a switch to finish wiring up the front.
I did not think that I would have my jeep ready in time, and I was so close, the Monday before you all took off I had the gears done and the lockers swapped f/r.
I have the rear wired up, and I am now looking for a switch to finish wiring up the front.
Brett
Meat-Hippy
- Location
- Salt Lake City Utah
Part 4
Sunday we just headed back out the trail, pretty much making as much time as we could. We got back to the bypass and found that another 20 feet of the cliff had fallen due to the rain the previous day. Lucky us. It was getting pretty close to the area where we would drop down. Oh well. Down we go!
That's pretty much all unless I can get some more pics from others. We just ran back to the airport then down to Halls Crossing and across the ferry. No problems on the way home either!
And just for fun, here are some pics that I shot of the stars Saturday night.
Sunday we just headed back out the trail, pretty much making as much time as we could. We got back to the bypass and found that another 20 feet of the cliff had fallen due to the rain the previous day. Lucky us. It was getting pretty close to the area where we would drop down. Oh well. Down we go!
That's pretty much all unless I can get some more pics from others. We just ran back to the airport then down to Halls Crossing and across the ferry. No problems on the way home either!
And just for fun, here are some pics that I shot of the stars Saturday night.
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jonlowe
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- Farmington
Do you have any pics of the washout where the road used to be?
When we ran the trail in June the washed out section was about 40' from where the sign indicating where the sand damn across Lake Canyon was/used to be. It was crazy to see the amount of sand that had washed down there at that time, I cannot imagine what it would be like now! After seeing this in June I knew it would only be a matter of time until the water took the rest of that section of the trail.
When we ran the trail in June the washed out section was about 40' from where the sign indicating where the sand damn across Lake Canyon was/used to be. It was crazy to see the amount of sand that had washed down there at that time, I cannot imagine what it would be like now! After seeing this in June I knew it would only be a matter of time until the water took the rest of that section of the trail.
Brett
Meat-Hippy
- Location
- Salt Lake City Utah
Cody has some video of it that we watched......hopefully we can convince him to take some stills or post the vid
The sign is still there, but it's about 20 feet from the sand cliff edge now and you can only get to it if you were already up the trail. I drove down to it with Steve and looked at it. Got nervous that the sand would collapse so we took off to the bypass.
I was at Hole in the Rock last weekend also with a fairly large group, that I only knew a few of. A small group of us went down to the Rincon. The trail has deteriorated, but is passible. I'd hate to take anything with a full width axle down it. In one spot you're rubbing a rock on one side and your tire is at the edge on the other.
It was a great trip, too bad about the rain.
It was a great trip, too bad about the rain.
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Brett
Meat-Hippy
- Location
- Salt Lake City Utah
you should really think about keeping it on the trail if we're gonna have trails for our kids to ruin...
-Jason
What?
Brett
Meat-Hippy
- Location
- Salt Lake City Utah
Were you with the group that camped at what they were calling "Marble Camp"? Couple full size trucks?
What?
don't deny it Brett... you know you created that little bypass to the left of the picture... right over the darkened crusty berms... just messin...
i bet it was those Offroad Design guys..
-Jason