Triple Trail Trek 2008

hey. is it too late to come today?

i sure hope larry took his jeep. 😂

i guess i missed you guys. maybe next time. 😳

We had a GREAT time. I'm loading some pics, they'll hopefully be online soon.



We had:

Keane

Larry

Cole

George

Gene (George's son)



Friday we ran Deer Valley

Saturday we ran Slick Rock and Corral Hollow

A true triple trail trek! Thanks to everybody that went. Great time. I'll get pics and a write up together this evening.

so, what was Slick Rock like?

"JohnDF" wrote: so, what was Slick Rock like?

I thought it was a lot of fun. It seemed pretty short, but there were a few good obstacles. Lots of good camping down by the creek on both ends of the trail. I'd run it backwards (uphill) next time for a bit more of a challenge. It was harder than Deer Valley. It was probably somewhere between Deer Valley and the Rubicon difficulty wise.



Here's Larry on the toughest obstacle going the direction we did.

Attached files

Nice...looks like fun.

Did you tell Larry that we miss him around here?

"Bender" wrote: I'd run it backwards (uphill) next time for a bit more of a challenge.

run it both ways. it's a short trail.

Here's my write up. Fred, can you add it to the writeup page? Can you believe it's the first one of 2008?



The 2008 Triple Trail Trek started with a few of the regulars skipping the run and a change of plans. Instead of the normal Long Canyon, Strawberry, Deer Valley trip the group decided to go for Deer Valley, Slick Rock, and Corral Hollow (at the last minute).



This year featured George and Gene in the Tan Tornado (TJ), Larry and Cole in the Maroon Marauder (CJ7), and Keane in the White Wheeler (4Runner). The group met at Safeway on Friday morning and headed for Deer Valley. We hit the trail around noon and everyone commented that it was much harder than we remember.



















Things were reasonably uneventful until Gene spotted a bear cub in the woods. Larry tried to hunt it with a camera but we all came up empty. We moved on quickly to avoid finding the mom. Nobody had any real trouble, but George’s front fender lost a battle and picked up a little dent.







We got off the trail after a couple of hours and decided to find a camp site near Lake Alpine. The campground was packed, but Larry grabbed the last site. It was cozy, but we all fit.







Keane proceeded to take care of some routine maintenance by fixing an antenna that came loose and zip tieing his grill so it would stop rattling.







Following a loud night in the campground and some serious snoring 😳 we headed out.



The next morning the group excited headed to Slick Rock. None of us had run it and we were all looking forward to it. The scenery was incredible and there were enough challenging obstacles to keep everyone entertained.







After going for a while, we took a quick break to disconnect Larry’s sway bar and fix a leaky ARB. According to Larry, it made all the difference in the world. I’m not sure he’ll every put it back on.







I don’t have any idea what any of the spots are called, but here are a few good pictures of the trail.











Coolest sign ever.







When we got to the end of the trail, we all wanted to run it backward (uphill) since it looked much more challenging, but the lure of another new trail proved to be irresistible so we headed to Corral Hollow.



Corral Hollow is about 13 miles of some of the most dusty trail I have ever driven. It is essentially a dirt road with great scenery, a couple of hill climbs, and one heck of a lot of dust. Really, it was dusty.







We headed back to camp for a dinner of steaks and burgers, played some Frisbee golf and relaxed until we realized that we had everything for burgers except for the beef. Fortunately, we weren’t far from a restaurant and were able to grab something to eat. The waitress didn’t have time for a group of dusty four wheelers and nobody there smiled, but dinner was decent.



This was a great run and I’m already looking forward to next year. I’d skip Corral Hollow (because it was dusty) and run Slick Rock backwards. It had a great mix of obstacles, scenery, and not dust!

Somebody has some explaining to do!!!! 😳 😂

Great write up Keane. Made me want to go. Maybe if Rob doesn't get his rig fixed in time, I'll take our Canadian visitor on that run instead of Fordyce. I don't want to run Fordyce by myself 😈

"JohnDF" wrote: Great write up Keane. Made me want to go. Maybe if Rob doesn't get his rig fixed in time, I'll take our Canadian visitor on that run instead of Fordyce. I don't want to run Fordyce by myself 😈

It's a great area over there, but man is it a long way. I bought so much gas last week that my bank called me about "suspicious" charges on my debit card. 🙁

"Bender" wrote:
I bought so much gas last week that my bank called me about "suspicious" charges on my debit card. 🙁

thats funny!

"Bender" wrote: Somebody has some explaining to do!!!! 😳 😂

😳 i had a clever comment about this one but decided it was too much. 😳 😳

"lowrider" wrote: [quote="Bender"]Somebody has some explaining to do!!!! 😳 😂

😳 i had a clever comment about this one but decided it was too much. 😳 😳

Did Keane forget his manthong? 😳

Is it just me or are some of the pics not working? Sounds like it was a fun trip though. I want to run slickrock trail sometime.

"Norcal crawler" wrote: Is it just me or are some of the pics not working? Sounds like it was a fun trip though. I want to run slickrock trail sometime.

They worked the first time I read the thread, but not now ???

"Dan-H" wrote: [quote="Norcal crawler"]Is it just me or are some of the pics not working? Sounds like it was a fun trip though. I want to run slickrock trail sometime.

They worked the first time I read the thread, but not now ???

Me too! They're all stored on the club site. Weird.

"Bender" wrote: [quote="Dan-H"][quote="Norcal crawler"]Is it just me or are some of the pics not working? Sounds like it was a fun trip though. I want to run slickrock trail sometime.

They worked the first time I read the thread, but not now ???

Me too! They're all stored on the club site. Weird.

Got it...looks like the location of some of the pictures got changed. Should be ok in my posts now.

"Bender" wrote: [quote="Bender"][quote="Dan-H"][quote="Norcal crawler"]Is it just me or are some of the pics not working? Sounds like it was a fun trip though. I want to run slickrock trail sometime.

They worked the first time I read the thread, but not now ???

Me too! They're all stored on the club site. Weird.

Got it...looks like the location of some of the pictures got changed. Should be ok in my posts now.

Yeah, it looks like George changed the link name in his photo album. I've corrected the links in your write-up post. There's one that still not working linking to your photo album. The the thumbnail view shows up but the picture isn't working. Maybe you could upload that picture again.

"FAM" wrote: There's one that still not working linking to your photo album. The the thumbnail view shows up but the picture isn't working. Maybe you could upload that picture again.

Which one? Everything looks right to me.

The pictures look good...if you like little red "X"s 😂

"FAM" wrote: pictures got changed. Should be ok in my posts now.

Yeah, it looks like George changed the link name in his photo album. I've corrected the links in your write-up post. There's one that still not working linking to your photo album. The the thumbnail view shows up but the picture isn't working. Maybe you could upload that picture again.

Oops, sorry, I deleted some of the boring pics and combined my two albums into one.



Sorry, I didn't notice some of the pics used in the write up were from the second album.

See, it's George's fault, you have nothing to worry about. Shame on you George 😉