sixstringsteve
Well-Known Member
- Location
- UT
It's usually Frieed rescuing me. I need to get that winch and front locker wired now.
Trip Report: January Swell Trip
- Thread starter sixstringsteve
- Start date
jentzschman
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Sandy, Utah
Oh, it looks like you were pulling him back so he could get a running start...
sixstringsteve
Well-Known Member
- Location
- UT
I did pull him out this time. If I had been leading I'm sure I would have gotten stuck too. That snow was at least 2' deep. I think I might have a little more ground clearance though, so who knows what would have happened. I almost didn't make it up the hill after it though. It was a fun time for sure.
- Location
- Draper, UT
The snow had not been very deep prior to this spot and I was going slow and playing around busting the drifts. The Problem with drifts is you can't see the ground falling away beneath them. This one can be chalked up entirely to operator error. A little more speed and a little to the left and I would not have had a problem.
- Location
- Draper, UT
Link to the Google Earth kmz file is Swell_1_12_13.kmz
Last edited:
- Location
- Grand Junction, CO
Great stuff guys, looks like a fun trip! I love the Swell in the Winter, it's so quiet and hardly traveled. We've been out there after a big snow storm, lots of wind and a very deep freeze... amazing. The drifts build up pretty deep!
I may have to borrow that GPS route for part of a dual sport ride once the snow melts off.
I may have to borrow that GPS route for part of a dual sport ride once the snow melts off.
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
I can't wait for the day I can get out there in my Jeep. Ain't no way I'm camping in those temps though. I'll grab a motel room in Salina or Green River instead.
kd7kmp
Registered User
- Location
- Springville, UT
The young nerd may be right. There is a basaltic dike (vertically intruded) swarm down in that area which is Early Tertiary in age (~60 million years old). The posted picture, if truly igneous rock, is a sill (horizontally intruded) which likely is related to the dikes as the two are typically found together to some degree. However, without knowing the coordinates or approximate location it's difficult to say with a great deal of certainty.
I've spent quite a bit of time down in that area below Geyser Peak doing some work on the massive landslide on the west side of Catherdral Valley below Geyser Peak.
Kevin
P.S. For the real nerdy people here most of the dikes and sills in that area are typically comprised of diabase and/or syenite.
I've spent quite a bit of time down in that area below Geyser Peak doing some work on the massive landslide on the west side of Catherdral Valley below Geyser Peak.
Kevin
P.S. For the real nerdy people here most of the dikes and sills in that area are typically comprised of diabase and/or syenite.
I miss having classes with you. Those were the good old days.
We should put together a nerds only trip to the swell. If you don't have a metal clipboard and a hand lens don't bother coming ;-)
kd7kmp
Registered User
- Location
- Springville, UT
Totally. Now that I'm working at BYU part time I have a lot of flexibility in my schedule...and the clipboard and hand lens are not optional. It's sad, but I don't know a lot of details about that area. It would be fun to research a field trip and make it an overnigter. We could put a peep on the rear bumper and sacrifice it at the end of the trip.
Kevin
kd7kmp
Registered User
- Location
- Springville, UT
sixstringsteve
Well-Known Member
- Location
- UT
I'm in for nerdfest.
- Location
- Draper, UT
I'm there