Im interested in attending the Chile Challenge. With the new location change Im not finding a lot of info on trails. ratings, and schedules. I found 24th Annual Chile Challenge web site is there other links Im missing?
24th Annual Chile Challenge - Question
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Works for me. Right under the image of the yellow jeep is the tab for the trail description/rating.
jstncse
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Trail requirements are found under trail information and the schedule is determined when registering. You can look at schedules before committing.
I am going to try to run 6-8 rated trails if I get around to registering before they are all filled up. From personal experience in the area 8 and up are probably buggy trails.Green Canyon is the trail that I am most interested in, it had already filled up on everyday but Wednesday as of last week. Green Canyon is still available for Friday also
I am going to try to run 6-8 rated trails if I get around to registering before they are all filled up. From personal experience in the area 8 and up are probably buggy trails.
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Great helpWorks for me. Right under the image of the yellow jeep is the tab for the trail description/rating.
dont know how I missed it 
Do wildcat runs of the full trails happen?
Popular dont want to miss 80 friendly trails?
Just registered. Being new at this sport, I picked some easier stuff: Wed - Ready,Set,Jeep 1; Thur - Northwest Loop 2; Fri - Outer Loop 3 and Sat - San Diego Peak rated at 4. Probably wont see any of you guys on this stuff but perhaps we can tip one back afterwards. Let me know if anybody ends up attending.
Any experience with the camping situation during this event? The Rally and Caballo State Park campground both appears to be FCFS.
Any experience with the camping situation during this event? The Rally and Caballo State Park campground both appears to be FCFS.
jstncse
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There is primitive camping available at Caballo Lake. Looks like 100+ electric sites will be available along with primitive beach camping so it should cover most of the crowd. There are also a few RV parks in the immediate area.
There are also several options in TorC for motels
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jstncse
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OK, I'm committed. Started out easy and worked my way up.
Wednesday Trail: Rattler 5
Thursday Trail: Breath Taker 7
Friday Trail: Green Canyon 8
Saturday Trail: The Narrows 8
Wednesday Trail: Rattler 5
Thursday Trail: Breath Taker 7
Friday Trail: Green Canyon 8
Saturday Trail: The Narrows 8
jstncse
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You should be good on all the trails up to 8's although you may start to see body damage above 7's. We as a group have run the Apache Canyon trail (6) and Caballo Rim via Palomas Gap (3). Apache Canyon is very doable in an armored 80 on 33"
Kool. I am going to head to Caballo based on the 100+ electric sites stat and being Tuesday night there will be few "weekend" campers. Gettin my Hundy this week from Slee's. Can't remember being so pump about a vehicle.
jstncse
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Can't wait to see pictures of it.
jstncse
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Plenty of trails for 33" tires and down, and plenty more for 35" tires and down. Which is where I will be playing. October is a great time of the year in southern NM so come on out and play.
Registration ends October 7th.
For trails rated 1-3: This is a great place to start out and meet new people
• stock 4WD vehicles
• tow hooks required
For Trails Rated 4-6: Virtually everybody on this forum, and I mean everybody, qualifies here
• at least 33” tires recommended
• front and rear tow hooks required
• recommended - lockers or limited slip diffs
• working winch recommended - required for Level 6
For Trails Rated 7-8 and this aint no step for a stepper
• at least 33” tires required
• 35” tires recommended
• required - front and rear tow hooks
• one solid locker required
• recommended - front and rear lockers
• working winch required
• excellent driving skills required
For Trails Rated 9-10 If your rig still has a body I would recommend staying out of this class
• at least 35” tires required / 37" tires recommended
• front and rear solid lockers required
• front and rear tow hooks required
• working winch required
• excellent driving skills required
• spare parts and tools recommended
Registration ends October 7th.
For trails rated 1-3: This is a great place to start out and meet new people
• stock 4WD vehicles
• tow hooks required
For Trails Rated 4-6: Virtually everybody on this forum, and I mean everybody, qualifies here
• at least 33” tires recommended
• front and rear tow hooks required
• recommended - lockers or limited slip diffs
• working winch recommended - required for Level 6
For Trails Rated 7-8 and this aint no step for a stepper
• at least 33” tires required
• 35” tires recommended
• required - front and rear tow hooks
• one solid locker required
• recommended - front and rear lockers
• working winch required
• excellent driving skills required
For Trails Rated 9-10 If your rig still has a body I would recommend staying out of this class
• at least 35” tires required / 37" tires recommended
• front and rear solid lockers required
• front and rear tow hooks required
• working winch required
• excellent driving skills required
• spare parts and tools recommended
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Now I know what they mean by sliders!
Not too many yota out here - feel like a minority but liken it. Some of these jeep guys were impressed that my luxury hundy could do some of this stuff. Not sure if this link will work. Check it.
https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=YSLhS49fE5I
I'll post some pix soon!
Not too many yota out here - feel like a minority but liken it. Some of these jeep guys were impressed that my luxury hundy could do some of this stuff. Not sure if this link will work. Check it.
https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=YSLhS49fE5I
I'll post some pix soon!
alia176
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At lest your wife won't kick my ass for hurting your Hundy....this is all on you pal!!! Glad to see that you're having a blast.
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that looks great! good job diving in and going for it!
Last day I did a #4 rated trail - San Diego Pass. The leader said that it should be rated a 6 or 7. Apparently there has been some major rain down here and things got a bit more washed out.
I am getting a nice patina on the paint and got my first war wound on the back driver door panel - oh well - get out the touch up!
Here are some pix of the Chile Challenge - hope this link works
https://plus.google.com/photos/1164...ms/6070769063370096689?authkey=COa5keaj8-T1Lw
I am getting a nice patina on the paint and got my first war wound on the back driver door panel - oh well - get out the touch up!
Here are some pix of the Chile Challenge - hope this link works
https://plus.google.com/photos/1164...ms/6070769063370096689?authkey=COa5keaj8-T1Lw
Dumpolina
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great pics, Larry, thanks for sharing
jstncse
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It was good to see you out there Larry, sorry we didn't get a chance to drink a beer. Everyday but Saturday was a very late day.
Here we go:
Rattler... Day 1, stage 3, CB channel 27, departure time of 8:30
just cruising along
some bigboy rigs
The start of the trail/actually the end of the trail cause we ran it backwards
My FJ40 brethren... Stepmur, from the Copper State Cruisers
my junk
helping a FJ Cruiser on 285's get through the rattler. We drug him through a class 7 trail also on the first day
Green Canyon from the top of Breathtaker
Here we go:
Rattler... Day 1, stage 3, CB channel 27, departure time of 8:30
just cruising along
some bigboy rigs
The start of the trail/actually the end of the trail cause we ran it backwards
My FJ40 brethren... Stepmur, from the Copper State Cruisers
my junk
helping a FJ Cruiser on 285's get through the rattler. We drug him through a class 7 trail also on the first day
Green Canyon from the top of Breathtaker
jstncse
Crawling over something
Green Canyon/Cabin... day 2, staging area 7, trail rating 8, CB channel 40
First boulder field
one bad ass Toy on 40" stickie treps
another Toy
6.4L JK, I counted at least 7 of these $70,000+ JKU's on 40's with "hemi's"
our tailgunner, Tim
The Cabin trail
I don't have any pics of the carnage from the Cabin run but the count as I remember it just from Thursday was, 1 broken Dana 60 spindle, 1 broken TJ draglink, 1 broken JK rear track bar, 1 broken xj rear axle shaft and 2 flops on the 7'+ waterfall exiting the trail. This was just a rated 8 trail? They did manage to get everybody off the trail by dark or a little after.
First boulder field
one bad ass Toy on 40" stickie treps
another Toy
6.4L JK, I counted at least 7 of these $70,000+ JKU's on 40's with "hemi's"
our tailgunner, Tim
The Cabin trail
I don't have any pics of the carnage from the Cabin run but the count as I remember it just from Thursday was, 1 broken Dana 60 spindle, 1 broken TJ draglink, 1 broken JK rear track bar, 1 broken xj rear axle shaft and 2 flops on the 7'+ waterfall exiting the trail. This was just a rated 8 trail? They did manage to get everybody off the trail by dark or a little after.
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jstncse
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Green Canyon/Unnamed access road... day 3, staging area 7, trail rating 8, CB channel 10
day 3 had us back in green canyon as our primary run. We had a group of Jeeps out of Phoenix and another group out of El Paso. All of them well built and ready to crawl
No pictures of the unnamed access road, I was to busy negotiating all the waterfalls and 4' boulders to take pictures. Turns out that it is the road to Bone, Frame Twister and the Minefield with a shortcut to the top of Cabin that the buggies use to keep from having to go out the long way, its a 9.
day 3 had us back in green canyon as our primary run. We had a group of Jeeps out of Phoenix and another group out of El Paso. All of them well built and ready to crawl
No pictures of the unnamed access road, I was to busy negotiating all the waterfalls and 4' boulders to take pictures. Turns out that it is the road to Bone, Frame Twister and the Minefield with a shortcut to the top of Cabin that the buggies use to keep from having to go out the long way, its a 9.
