onepieceatatime
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Yeah we go the first weekend in October every year. We book our cabins before we leave every year.
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Bear wallow Hatfield and McCoy
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jbain8
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Right on, if you guys wouldn't mind I'd like to tag along.
jbain8
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Well I really appreciate it guys, that's my Birthday weekend so I'm putting it on my calendar.
onepieceatatime
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My birthday is the 3rd and I think there's a couple other close bdays in the group. Birthdays have also caused several people to miss this ride. Last year 2 people backed out because of having kids at the time and this year another buddy is gonna miss it.jbain8 said:
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jbain8
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Re: Re: Bear wallow Hatfield and McCoy
Right on that's the same day as me, October 3rd 1968
onepieceatatime said:
Right on that's the same day as me, October 3rd 1968
my toys
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Welcome to the dark side jbain8 
My bday ride too. Sept. 24th
After dark beware of Nick Lacey and zjman if they happen to be hoarding the mason jars....
I need to get my pile fixed or I am going to miss this whole season :'(
My bday ride too. Sept. 24th
After dark beware of Nick Lacey and zjman if they happen to be hoarding the mason jars....
I need to get my pile fixed or I am going to miss this whole season :'(
Hillbilly Beast
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Looks like BW is gonna be a hell of good place to wheel. I'll try to make it up there probably next year. Need to make some shake down trips close to house this year on my junk so I don't hafta fight the truck the whole time and can just fight the rocks. lol
canepari
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What's the next trails your planing on opening? I know you've been eyeballing a rocky steep climb on our way out.jbain8 said:
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Right now we can not go during tax season.
Other than that what time of year next year would be good for you guys?
Glad to hear that. We had a great time wheeling with you in Tennessee. We would definitely would like that.onepieceatatime said:
Right now we can not go during tax season.
Other than that what time of year next year would be good for you guys?
jbain8
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canepari said:
SCREAMN56 also noticed that steep rocky hill climb and sent me the info on it. What's nice about that section is Trail 93 is right above it so other than brush it can probably be opened since it requires no exit. It kinda reminds you of Crawlfords Cry but steeper. I also want to get Upper "Long Crawl" open which will add and additional mile to the existing 1.5 miles that are already open. If I can't get HMT to pony up a crew for the 24th I'll likely just hit the northern part of the park and do some exploring.
jbain8
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my toys said:Welcome to the dark side jbain8
My bday ride too. Sept. 24th
After dark beware of Nick Lacey and zjman if they happen to be hoarding the mason jars....
I need to get my pile fixed or I am going to miss this whole season :'(
Can't wait Ben!!!!!!!!!!!!
jbain8
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Ok great, I'll get that on the clearing schedule. Thanks for the input guys I really appreciate it.
jbain8
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Was in BW over the weekend with a big group that wanted to run "Long Crawl". However, a couple of us decided to open "Slide" on our way (The first pic is the virgin entrance). Only made it about 100 feet when Allen Youther in his Toyota Truggy got a little zealous with the skinny pedal and stripped a front 60 R&P. By the time we dragged him out in reverse and got him back on the trailer we bailed on what we are now calling "Allens Agony" and headed over to Long Crawl to meet up with the group. So this trail still needs opened.
jbain8
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Had a meeting with Jeff Lusk (Executive Director of HMT) on Friday and he wanted me to know that Hatfield and McCoy is "All In" with support of the Full Size Community. He informed me that the Bearwallow Lease is almost 45 Thousand Acres overall and he would like BW to eventually be 5 full days of riding. So I spent Friday afternoon scouting and was able to add 3 Trails to the short list. Nice thing is all 3 entrances are within a mile of the trailhead.
The Rock: We scouted this trail last fall but it had no exit, Friday I found a nice flat "Haul Road" exit. This is steep littered with big rocks so it will be for extreme rigs only.
Purgatory: This is gonna be a real tough trail that will remind you of the last climb of Shaft but a mile long. The pics below is the last ledge before it levels out, ignore the guy in the pic he's only there for reference of how high the ledge is.
Wishful Thinking: After walking Purgatory to where it exited at 32 and decided I'd scout the next Ravine over on my way back to the Jeep. I'm calling this trail Wishful Thinking because there will likely be very few rigs on the planet that will ever make this climb. The first half mile is really mean, however the last 150 yards is all solid rock slide with a ledge at the top (first pic). It's as Steep as Pony Hill at Harlan (pics don't do the elevation change justice) but much longer, so long in fact I had to take 2 pics to cover the entire distance.
The Rock: We scouted this trail last fall but it had no exit, Friday I found a nice flat "Haul Road" exit. This is steep littered with big rocks so it will be for extreme rigs only.
Purgatory: This is gonna be a real tough trail that will remind you of the last climb of Shaft but a mile long. The pics below is the last ledge before it levels out, ignore the guy in the pic he's only there for reference of how high the ledge is.
Wishful Thinking: After walking Purgatory to where it exited at 32 and decided I'd scout the next Ravine over on my way back to the Jeep. I'm calling this trail Wishful Thinking because there will likely be very few rigs on the planet that will ever make this climb. The first half mile is really mean, however the last 150 yards is all solid rock slide with a ledge at the top (first pic). It's as Steep as Pony Hill at Harlan (pics don't do the elevation change justice) but much longer, so long in fact I had to take 2 pics to cover the entire distance.
SB406
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We came down and ran Bear Wallow last Monday. Had a great time. Did all the named trails but slide. Broke a lockout on Pickle.
The only advice I have is to mark the full size trails a little better at the entrances. We didn't run slide because right at the turn down the creek, there are a couple of "Not a Trail" signs. Later in the day, we noticed them at the entrance of a few other full size trails. Up our way, that means the trail is closed so keep the heck out. Just a suggestion, maybe pull those out or change them to "OHV only" or something. We really enjoyed the trails and will come back.
And those new trails look sick. Definitely huge potential at this park.
The only advice I have is to mark the full size trails a little better at the entrances. We didn't run slide because right at the turn down the creek, there are a couple of "Not a Trail" signs. Later in the day, we noticed them at the entrance of a few other full size trails. Up our way, that means the trail is closed so keep the heck out. Just a suggestion, maybe pull those out or change them to "OHV only" or something. We really enjoyed the trails and will come back.
And those new trails look sick. Definitely huge potential at this park.
SB406
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jbain8
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Very cool, looks like you guys had great weather also.
