Re: Windrock
we wheeled for several hours the first day and only got to see some really easy trails (dirt roads basically), then we found a decent trail after gettin up to the windmills and having lunch in the parking lot. drove around on what used to be considered a difficult trail, not so much now since they had did some trail maintenance, finally found a cool spot that took us pretty much straight up the mountain. The area was know as Atomic Ridge, well from that name we should have known what this trail was going to be like by the name of the area we were in. We started around 2:00pm and prolly finished the half mile trail around 8:30pm, as a huge storm was rolling in, we pretty much had to winch the entire second half to get to the top, it was nasty. On the way down the back side of the mountain we encountered some nasty vertical drop offs that were covered in slimy mud, well thats when it started to get interesting......my truck ran out of gas since the pick up is in the back of the fuel cell and we were pointed down hill, then my brakes decided to give me issues, I guess since the rotors were wet and possibly hot from trying to stop a dead truck, ended up using a tree to stop from rolling down the side of the mountain. I was blocking the trail, so the other jeep that was with us couldnt get by. so we had to walk out, it was a couple of miles in the dark with nothing more than a half dead miniture mag light and cell phones as lights. we found our way back to the trail that took us up to that hellish trail we just went up, back tracked back to the gravel road and ended up having to be picked up by the local mountain rescue team....LOL
The rescue guys brought us a 5 gallon can of gas, so we could get one of the jeeps out that was at the bottom of the trail. We still had to go back to that trail to get the 2 rigs that we left on the mountain. we decided to leave them for the night and recover them in the morning, no one was going to mess with them where they were at.......got back to the hotel and showered, in bed bt 4AM....... all in all it was still a blast.
we were beat, basically we were running on a few hours of sleep that day as well, so that didnt help much.
Day 2 brought us back to the unnamed trail to do some recovery and try to get some brakes back on my rig. we got the rigs off the mountain and was back at the parking area at lunch time. had to do some work on mine, tried to get the power steering to stop leaking with some JB weld....well that didnt last, so I my pump was dripping a little less once we got to rattle rock. that trail is FAWKING badass. made it about halfway up the first part of the huge rock garden and busted the front driveshaft at the tcase, so I had to finished that part of the trail on the end of the winch and in 2WD.....thats when the ram started coming loose from the mounts on the axle. I got to the top of trail and out of the woods. once back at the trail head, noticed that my ram was leaking from the fitting, then noticed the clamp had come completely off the ram......at that point we decided to get the truck and trailer to get my rig off the road. the other 2 jeeps finished the rest of rattle rock without any issues.
all in all it was an awesome trip and cant wait to go back.
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I will get the pics up when they are uploaded.
Brian
