2022 Christmas Tree Run

2022 Christmas Tree Run

by | Nov 27, 2022 | Off Road - Snow Adventures

It’s that time of year again, we had our annual Christmas tree run up in Tollgate, OR. Nobody ever gets a tree, but it’s a great excuse to hit some fresh white powder before the trails close Dec. 1st to motorized vehicles, until next April.

We gathered up at a friend of the club’s cabin (Thanks Brandon) and aired down and set out with plans to change our route from past runs.

We started out from the cabin to Skyline road, and followed it up to the warming cabin, taking the scenic route, finding it difficult to plow much past the Snotel (warming cabin), with a couple of break downs along the way.

Our origin plan was to drop into Tiger Valley then down to Walla Walla, but as it took us 4 hours to get that far we called an audible and decided we had better head back out, taking the Jubilee lake road for some different scenary. We all made it out before dark and aired up and parted ways from the intersection of Hwy 11 & Skyline. The weather was perfect the powder was fresh and everybody made it out!

The images below will link to facebook albums, and below that check out a video of our day…

Thanks Brandon!

Thanks Norm!

Video From The Run

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Colorado Part Deux!

Colorado Part Deux!

by | Aug 1, 2022 | Off Road - Dirt/Rock Adventures

Colorado Second Year In A Row!

The crew decided our first camp would be  at Gunnison KOA,  Some of us got the pleasure of wheeling all the trails listed, while Lance & Mandi missed a couple due to a mishap on the way, but they got fixed and joined us for the rest of the trails. We all got to wheel Chinaman’s Gulch, and due to a weather set back, a few of us got to wheel Holy Cross Sunday after the weather had passed, while Mandi, Karen, Rick & Linda needed to head back on Saturday.

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2022 Colorado Trip So Far…

Day 1: Italian Creek/Reno Divide
Day 2: Pearl Pass/Taylor Pass

On tap: Chinaman Gulch & Holy Cross


Day 3: Chinaman Gulch
Wow, what a trial!! Steep ledges, large boulders, tight twisting sections through the trees with lots of rocks and minor obstacles to keep you focused the entire time. We attempted this trail on a wet and rainy day which made the rocks extra slippery but kept the dust down. I would recommend this trail to all experienced drivers with modified rigs. Definitely not for the faint of hart or inexperienced. Not sure how this isn’t a jeep badge of honor trail. We definitely had a blast!

VIDEOS of Chinaman’s Gulch

Day 4: Down Day
Around Buena Vista while the torrential rains past.

Day 5: Holy Cross

This trail had to wait an extra day due to weather, and some of our crew had to head home as we extended an extra day to accomplish it, before running home ourselves (plus any other random pics I could steal from peoples FB). We ended up dubbing this the Oreilly’s Parts Tour, as we had many stops and break downs on our trip. We also had a few videos we’ll try and add later. For now you’ll have to settle for this:

 

Holy Cross Highlights UP Video

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Oregon BDR – Memorial Day Weekend ’22

Oregon BDR – Memorial Day Weekend ’22

by | May 29, 2022 | Off Road - Overlanding

So we decided to tackle the Oregon Back Country Discovery Route (BDR). Knowing the winter had not yet left us, we decided to not start our trip in Walla Walla, but istead middle jump into the trail off I-84 up on Cabbage Pass. It was rainy and drippy, and lower to mid 40s.

We found our way to our exit, and proceeded south on the Oregon BDR. Unfortunately there weren’t a lot of maps available, so we were winging it with Gaia GPS maps we “found” online. This would soon lead us into some tight spots as these maps were not actually made by wheelers, but bikers…

Luckily, using Gaia allowed us to work around some problem areas and helped us find a camping site, little did we know the forecast had changed dramatically (Mandi knew – but nobody listened), and we awoken to snow covered tents and cold kids.

Few of us were prepped for snow running, causing a dispersal near Ukiah, OR with everybody heading home up Hwy 395. Mandi & I wanted more adventure and headed back to a trail we saw coming into Ukiah, that would get us over the mountain on dirt (er, snow), and it turned out to be quite the fun run. Still we made it home by late evening, as everyone else had beaten us by hours…

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Moses Lake Sand Dunes 4-30-22

Moses Lake Sand Dunes 4-30-22

by | May 9, 2022 | Off Road - Sand Adventures

We met up last weekend (April 30th, 2022) at the Mercantile north of Pasco a total of 5 rigs and aimed for Moses Lake Sand Dunes.

Actually, we went straight to Sporties for lunch then with bellies full we drove out to the dunes. The plan was to camp, but unfortunately on in our group cancelled at the last minute and we had 3 of our newest members with me as the lead.

Anyway, we played in the sand, Mandi & I took some in cab video, didn’t get any outside shots. We were back to pavement by late afternoon, and were headed back home.

The funny part was one of our new members got his video out and it reminded me that I have a year of video footage to catch up on. So I’ll tag his video, and share a link to last years trip video I just got edited and post some pics that we got also…

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Eric’s Video

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Stills – Taken by Mandi

Last Year’s Run Video

 

Juniper Dunes 2-6-21

Juniper Dunes 2-6-21

by | Feb 10, 2021 | Off Road - Sand Adventures

We met up over the weekend (2-6-21) at Kahlotus Korners to fuel up with about 6 rigs to head out to Juniper Dunes. My first time over the new road, some of group stayed overnight out in Smith Canyon, so 3 more rigs were found on arrival. After an air down and quick drivers meeting we were off for a day (4 hours) in the sand. The temps were low, it was sunny for the first part of the day, then cloudy later. But the wind was redonkulous!

Anyway, we played in the sand, I took some in cab video, not realizing my mic was off, so you get to follow along with a stock music track to help get you through. Hopefully others will add some pics and vids in comments. We were back to pavement by mid afternoon, as some of us were hoping to get back and catch some KOH updates. Enjoy!

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NIMAC Winter Challenge 18

by | Feb 22, 2018 | Off Road - Snow Adventures

A few weeks back we shared some photos of our adventures in Northern Idaho when we went up to watch the North Idaho Mud And Crawl and Insanity Fab’s Winter Challenge. Now as I may have mentioned I’m not much of a spectator, but after a couple of laps, I was very glad I wasn’t on the course as it was pretty brutal. They say a picture tells a 1000 words, well here’s a few videos that definitely tell a much larger story… Needless to say we had a lot of fun watching these guys thrash their rigs!
iNSANITy faB wINTEr cHALLENGe 2018
Insanity Fab Winter Challenge 2018 CARNAGE
Insanity fab winter challenge 2018