My wife and I spent labor day weekend at 10,000 feet elevation in the Beartooth Mountains north of Yellowstone. Lots of Grizzlies in that area, so no tents allowed in any forest service campground, so we camped in the forest...I guess Grizzlies don't roam the forest, just the campgrounds. This was our first trip in our new Smittybilt Scout trailer so just headed into the forest away from everyone.
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With our setup, we can drag the trailer through more difficult terrain, and the articulating hitch means the trailer tracks with the jeep through everything.
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We kept going until we hit the wilderness boundary, then looked for a place to drop the trailer and make camp.
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We buried the trailer next to one of the many lakes in the area. As you can see, it's pretty green, and to our surprise, the forest service office in the area said no fire restrictions. At 10,000 feet, we didn't have any smoke from the many first burning in the area, either.
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We just chilled for a couple of days, but wanted to hit two of the rock crawling trails in the area without the trailer. Trails were pretty easy since my rig is setup for Moab and Rubicon, but the scenery was amazing.
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It was nice to get away, but on the way back to Washington, the highway had a 3-4 hour delay because of accident in a construction zone. Fortunately, I know my way through the mountains of northern Idaho well, and the trailer can handle rough roads at higher speeds with the independent suspension, so we headed into the forest south of the freeway, and arrived home only 2 hours late. Don't much care to sit in traffic and would much prefer driving and extra 100 miles on forest roads, but my wife was lost the entire time.
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With our setup, we can drag the trailer through more difficult terrain, and the articulating hitch means the trailer tracks with the jeep through everything.
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We kept going until we hit the wilderness boundary, then looked for a place to drop the trailer and make camp.
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We buried the trailer next to one of the many lakes in the area. As you can see, it's pretty green, and to our surprise, the forest service office in the area said no fire restrictions. At 10,000 feet, we didn't have any smoke from the many first burning in the area, either.
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We just chilled for a couple of days, but wanted to hit two of the rock crawling trails in the area without the trailer. Trails were pretty easy since my rig is setup for Moab and Rubicon, but the scenery was amazing.
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It was nice to get away, but on the way back to Washington, the highway had a 3-4 hour delay because of accident in a construction zone. Fortunately, I know my way through the mountains of northern Idaho well, and the trailer can handle rough roads at higher speeds with the independent suspension, so we headed into the forest south of the freeway, and arrived home only 2 hours late. Don't much care to sit in traffic and would much prefer driving and extra 100 miles on forest roads, but my wife was lost the entire time.
