Camping with the dogs at Lake Saiko...one of the five lakes around Mt. Fuji. Forgot to take pictures of the lake which is indeed pretty nice.
Where Has Your 80 Taken You?: 80 Series Camping/Overland/Adventure Thread (1 Viewer)
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Hornd
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If you go, let me know, and I can let you know some nice spots to check out! I go about once a year. Love the remoteness.
Moved to Germany about a month ago and shipped my Series 80, named "Marjan".
We've moved to a part of Europe that is a vacation destination for many; for me it's a Series 80 playground, with lots of greenlane and off road opportunities. Our village is in the Jura mountains which are rotten with caves and other eroded rock formations.
My daily commute is like travelling through Middle Earth.
We've moved to a part of Europe that is a vacation destination for many; for me it's a Series 80 playground, with lots of greenlane and off road opportunities. Our village is in the Jura mountains which are rotten with caves and other eroded rock formations.
My daily commute is like travelling through Middle Earth.
Labor Day weekend trip down to the San Rafael Swell ... first chance to really stretch the cruiser. Start at Eva Conover, come up South Coal Wash, down North Coal Wash, take Devil's Racetrack back down to I70, jump over to Swaseys Cabin, then Eagle Canyon back to the start of Eva Conover. Took all day but was amazing:
Eva Conover trail ...
Eva Conover trail ...
South Coal Wash ...
Devil's Racetrack ...
Devil's Racetrack ...
Back to I-70 ...
and through Eagle Canyon to complete the loop ...
and through Eagle Canyon to complete the loop ...
Came home through Joe's Valley, and up and over the Manti-La Sal National Forest ...
Sitting above 10K ft ...
Sitting above 10K ft ...
yes, our east coast beaches are nice and our mountains are nice too... but you guys out west are just blessed to have that kind of playground! Really jealous!
Box Rocket
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The 80 took me some pretty ok places over the weekend.
Been in Colorado running trails for the last few days. First up, a shot from some abandoned mine down some abandoned road we found !
The top of Red Cone pass, just over 12,000 ft up ! The trail leading up has a couple decent obstacles, it helps to have a spotter. The view from the top is windy, but you can see several other passes and it feels like your at the very top of the range.
The descent to the bottom happens pretty rapidly. Your basically running the ridge of the mountain. It will get pretty bumpy even in first gear low range, as you can get up pretty good speed. I found dragging the brakes a little gave a good controlled pace. If I felt wheel slippage I just let up pressure on the pedal until it corrected. This is actually the shallower of the two descents, the picture does it no justice. The steepest is just across that next ridge.
The bottom of red cone !
I also want to give a big thank you to @sleeoffroad for unknowingly making my trip much better. Their skid plate saved me some TC damage, and their high clearance front bumper managed to stay off the rocks in places where my ARB would definitely have dug in. The castor correction brackets kept everything nice and steady blasting down the highway at 75mph !
The descent to the bottom happens pretty rapidly. Your basically running the ridge of the mountain. It will get pretty bumpy even in first gear low range, as you can get up pretty good speed. I found dragging the brakes a little gave a good controlled pace. If I felt wheel slippage I just let up pressure on the pedal until it corrected. This is actually the shallower of the two descents, the picture does it no justice. The steepest is just across that next ridge.
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Just finished a trip from East Tennessee to Colorado to do some mountain biking. Turns out we spent a day exploring Tamichi Pass to Hancock Pass, to St. Elmo to rest the legs and turned out to be a great route. Nothing hard at all but the views and scenery was awesome. Spent the entire trip sleeping in the back of the 80.
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Four Corners area over the weekend to check out a job and goof off a little...
Mormon Pioneer Museum in Bluff. Fascinating history and super nice people. Worth the stop...
Mormon Pioneer Museum in Bluff. Fascinating history and super nice people. Worth the stop...
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Spent a night and morning in the La Sals...
Took a hike...
Took a hike...
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Tukuhnikivats Peak (left). Spanish Valley/Moab (right):
The natives were friendly...
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Finally knocked out the Copper Ridge Loop. Not much wheeling or offroading except for a 5 mile forest service road to the trailhead. Of course the 80 handled that admirably. That being said this is one of the baddest hikes I've ever done. Expansive vistas of rapidly receding glaciers, massive old growth forest, a lookout tower, and several amazing river crossings via a suspension bridge, downed 300 year old trees, and even a cable car.
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More pics. These are ice crystals from the rain the night before. It got down to mid to high 20s before our 4 days of amazing weather. The water off that log was about 8' deep, but crystal clear glacier runoff.
Went exploring out on the Olympic Penninsula. Port Angeles, Lake Crescent and a cool stretch of Puget Sound Beach for me and my dog .
