On Friday I caught a ride with Doug and Peggy Bogart in their Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon model, duly tricked out by Doug. The road was rated a 3 and the only obstacle making it a 3 was about 100 yards of climbing over rough terrain .Doug thought that I could take the hill in our Grand Cherokee. I had not been on this road before.
There were 13 vehicles on this run, all Jeep Wranglers
It is a good idea to arrive at the gathering place at least 15 minutes before scheduled departure time for socializing (above) and the drivers meeting (below). Our trail leader is at the far left and did a great job. All of the Jeeps had CB radios for communication on the trail.
Ritual “airing down” takes place as some wide spot on the trail before the 4 wd needs to be engaged.
The first stop was at Tusher Tunnel, a natural opening through the rock wall so one can see the valley on the other side.
On the trail to Tusher Tunnel.
Our road was the access to some named trails rated 4 and higher. One was Pickle, only a half mile long which takes an hour! Above is the last of several obstacles on Pickle, a near vertical climb.
This is just the approach to the climb in the foregoing picture.
For drivers who want to go around obstacles, sometimes there are easier routes or bypasses, as here.
Jeepers sometimes go out of their way to find obstacles. Here the crack above can be straddled to make crossing it exciting
This lunch spot overlooks Hidden Canyon. We watched other groups of vehicles passing on the roads below.
An unobstructed view of Hidden Canyon.
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