Thank you to everyone for the warm welcome and great company this weekend. I enjoyed grabbing tacos with Dave and Nathan, and I appreciate everyone's generosity to help the new guy get squared away with some extra food (thanks Vic!) and air...
We have rescued several other people at the same spot over the years. Several years ago during the Christmas tree cutting support, a guys trailer pivoted over the edge while still attached to the truck. We rigged up a snatch block arrangement and...
Six rigs on this trip;
2x FJ60
1x FZJ80
2x UZJ100
1x GX470
We met at the Alta, then drove US 24 to CO 67 north to the Manitou Exp Forest Station at the bottom of FR 346/Hotel Gulch. We stopped briefly at the station to read the historical...
Some new business we discussed:
We are building an email distribution list/member directory, to include members' mud handles and vehicles.
Idea: host winching/recovery classes this summer.
Make a thread to collect useful offroad-themed videos...
Dave and Steve drove north on Highway 11 to catch Highway 24, then back to Colorado Springs. David, Pam, and I drove south on Highway 11 to Highway 9 and then to Royal Gorge. We used my annual pass for free admissions into the park. Here’s a...
A couple of downed trees had to be cut out and removed from the trail. Mud man was instrumental in cutting them with his battery powered chainsaw and winching them out-of-the-way. in the first pic, note Steve with his hands in his pockets...
We decided to forgo Penrose Commons and head straight for seep springs. West of Canyon city, we turned north on County Road 69. There was a ton of snow and muddy tracks. We came upon the white van who had set off the road and punched out the...
To answer the fuel questions. Just South of the Coyote Cafe on 115 is a gas station (about a mile). If you need gas, fill up before you meet at the Cafe. We will go to Penrose common first. Then we will head West through Canon City (6 gas...
I saw a video on Youtube that gave me a chance to rethink how we do some of our recoveries.
Bottom line: the guy in this video got stuck in a snow drift on the side of the track. He had a Jeep stop by and offer to help. They hooked kinetic strap...