....Can the swell be ran in the winter/ how is it in the snow? Looks like fun that is something I would like to do.[/QUOTE]
Absolutely, in the Devils Racetrack pic we had just come off of the actual Racetrack, we then went up and over Fix-it-Pass. In fact the majority of my Swell trips have been in the winter. Standard caveats, its very cold, like overnight lows can hover around zero, a little sun can warm up the roads and turn that snow into disgusting mud, making travel and camping a messy experience. Lastly some trails can be downright scary with ice and snow in the wrong situations, the climb out of Eagle Canyon for example is a narrow shelf road.
If time allows its best explored in the warmer months, as the trails are rather tame the majority of the 'experience' is checking out the geology and history, hiking, slot canyons, mines, old cabins, Native American sites. As you can imaging not fun activities when the snow is blowing sideways and its 10 degrees out :D
Some winter Swell trip reports & galleries:
[url]http://www.rockymountainextreme.com/showthread.php?t=70329[/url]
[url]http://www.rockymountainextreme.com/showthread.php?t=63145[/url]
[url]http://www.rockymountainextreme.com/showthread.php?t=58655[/url]
[url]http://www.expeditionutah.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2727[/url]
[url]http://www.cruiseroutfitters.com/PG_San_Moab.html[/url]
[url]http://www.cruiseroutfitters.com/PG_Goblin_Swell.html[/url]
[url]http://www.cruiseroutfitters.com/PG_HITR_Dec07.html[/url]
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