Recent content by bmurphs

Yep, the Cowboy Miller Road bypass is the plan! Have you been up that road recently, Stepmurr? I assume it is still significantly easier going than Boulder Mt + Carpet Hill...

Awesome, thanks to you both! Much appreciated. Really looking forward to giving this a try. We'll have a satellite communicator with us in case anything goes wrong...

Awesome, thanks for those valuable insights. Looks like an awesome trip! We'll give it a try next month... Just to clarify, is it the climb out of Virgus Canyon from the Table Mt Mine to Parson's Grove that was particularly loose? Did you all need locking axle diffs, or do you think open axle...

Thanks to both of you for the responses. medtro -- Looking forward to the trip report. Have fun out there! Jason -- Good to know you were able to make it in the 4Runner (with the exception of running boards). I'm hoping to use the bypass route to avoid Carpet Hill itself, but we'll see. Indeed...

I'll be heading down to AZ (from CO) in the next couple of months, and I'm interested in checking out the Rug Road area. I was wondering if anyone has been out there recently and could comment on conditions. I'm actually mostly interested in checking out the Table Mountain Mine, so I had been...