Smiley Rock this weekend: 4/14

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I am going to run the Smiley Rock trail with the Expeditions West Tacoma and the 05 ARB Tacoma this weekend for an article in Off-Road.

Come along!

This is a 2.5 Rated Trail with sliders recommended, but not required.

There will be two meeting locations:

7:45 am- Cuppers Coffee Shop on Cortez in Downtown Prescott
9:00 am- 89a and the Potato Patch Campground Parking Lot (the one on the East side of the Road)
2:00 pm- Off the trail and eating cow in Jerome!

This is a short, fun trail in the forest with some good boulder sections, cambered climbs, etc. We will end the day with insane burgers at the Haunted Hamburger in Jerome!

More details on Expedition Portal
 
DAMN IT!!!! I still don't have a power steering pump or I'd go along. Don (DRdoor) has been talking about this trail for awhile now and I'd love to tag along.

Thanks for the invite though. :)

Sean
 
Ooh, a local one. I should be able to make this one.
 
I just had a massive change of plans that freed up my saturday.
If you would welcome a blue FJ cruiser with tires/lift/winch&bumper I would really like to tag along.
Thanks for the offer and the detailed plan.
enjoy
1leglance
 
1leglance said:
I just had a massive change of plans that freed up my saturday.
If you would welcome a blue FJ cruiser with tires/lift/winch&bumper I would really like to tag along.
Thanks for the offer and the detailed plan.
enjoy
1leglance
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I was planning on hitting this one again. I would like to join as well. Lance call me and we can make the mini caravan thing again.
Don
 
We're running it on the 21st as a meet for the Northern Arizona crew. All are welcome though.
 
Are you running it down to Jerome or up to Potato patch? I pre ran it down and back last weekend and encountered alot of opposing traffic on the "towards Jerome" direction and none on the return to PP.
 
I was thinking about bringing my new to me Troopie to the coffee shop Sat. morning. I'm not ready to make a run with the beast yet, only had it a week tomorrow and haven't had time to go over it completely yet. I have to get it to steer a bit better than it does and make sure all the four wheeling gizmos do there thing. If I do make it nobody make fun of the rust when I am done with this thing it won't have any. :-)

Plus I haven't sprung this on the wife yet. She is pretty awesome about stuff so I hope to see you all there. Has anyone saw any other Troopies in the Tri-city area?
 
goodtimes said:
I take it that means you don't want to run Upper Ajax on Saturday?
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There's a big group from AZVJC going (14 vehicles currently) that's going to be running LWP, UWP, and then UA Saturday. I'd LOVE to go, but I'm screwed....the spare pump I bought (at $400:o ) is the wrong bolt pattern and I just sent my leaking one back and haven't received the exchange for the one with the wrong bolt pattern yet......and I'm guessing I won't get it in time for next weekend b/c companies just aren't honest with the customer anymore. :mad: Sorry, rant off. :)

The AZVJC group may split off into built rigs for the run due to the increased difficulty on UA.

I ran it back in January....the only part I saw as worse than the last time I ran it was this:

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There is/was a bypass over the mountian to the passenger side in this pic....but it also bypasses the first waterfall. The run has 33's and 1 locker recommended, but I'm thinking an open diffed vehicle (even on one axle) is going to have a hard time getting a tire over that boulder on the passenger side. If you don't get there first, you may be in a LONG line.

HTH (and have a blast.....btw, I'm extremely jealous of all you fawkers with working 4x4s. :lol: )

Take care,
Sean
 
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That's where Ratchet bent his drag link last Saturday. The hole is filled in quite a bit right there but it changes weekly.
 
I should be able to find the coffee spot tomorrow morning and meet the group there.
 
Nicole and I had to leave a little early since we have prior dinner plans and didn't except the run to take as long as it did - so we left the group at The Asylum.

We definately had a ton of fun, and thanks to the excellent spotting on hairy obstacles, I couldn't find a scratch (besides AZ pin striping) on the LX.

Thanks guys!
 
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