Advocate III
Meet up and go find some trails and pick up any trash. RAIN OR SHINE!!!
US Rocky Mountain SE307 winter meet up/trail ride
- Thread starter 307dulaney
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Meet up and go find some trails and pick up any trash. RAIN OR SHINE!!!
Advocate I
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- Randy
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- Miller
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29772
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- USMC
Advocate III
Still some time before we go but wanted to get the ball rolling here.
First of all, Merry Christmas!
Now then, the topic of safety was brought up so let’s use this trip as an opportunity to practice great preparedness. We have 8 rigs if I counted right. This will likely be a cruise in the hills but drifts are, at this point, almost guaranteed. This means everyone should have a full winter extraction kit, either for self recovery, or helping others.
We should have cell coverage for most of this trip, although spotty when we get back in a ways. For inter group communication, let’s use GMRS. We will decide on a channel morning of.
Please start chiming in on what YOU want to get out of this, and things everybody ought to be aware of, as well as tips and general discussion here!!! Can’t wait, gonna be fun
First of all, Merry Christmas!
Now then, the topic of safety was brought up so let’s use this trip as an opportunity to practice great preparedness. We have 8 rigs if I counted right. This will likely be a cruise in the hills but drifts are, at this point, almost guaranteed. This means everyone should have a full winter extraction kit, either for self recovery, or helping others.
We should have cell coverage for most of this trip, although spotty when we get back in a ways. For inter group communication, let’s use GMRS. We will decide on a channel morning of.
Please start chiming in on what YOU want to get out of this, and things everybody ought to be aware of, as well as tips and general discussion here!!! Can’t wait, gonna be fun
Advocate I
- 1,864
- First Name
- Randy
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- Miller
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29772
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- KF7QFH
- Service Branch
- USMC
I just want the added experience. Don't want to intentionally get stuck, but it will be nice to be surrounded with more experienced Overlanders.
Influencer III
I'm game for whatever, I am mostly interested in meeting up and hanging out with more of the community :) seeing what kinda trouble we get ourselves into and enjoy the day out :)
Thank you for putting this together!
Dr_rer_nat_Dan
Rank I
Enthusiast I
Echoing Aleem, I am looking forward to meeting others to expand the group of possible overlanding partners.
Also doing some trail cleanup is a good thing.
Also doing some trail cleanup is a good thing.
Pathfinder III
Advocate III
If passable, we will go to the Pole Mountain area. Hard to call out any specific trail just based on more-than-likely conditions.
If that doesn’t work out, Crystal Lake Rd. which isn’t a trail but is a scenic dirt road.
If that doesn’t work out, Crystal Lake Rd. which isn’t a trail but is a scenic dirt road.
RangerChris
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Enthusiast I
Enthusiast III
10 of 10 RSVP'd, can I just go to the meet point and follow the line of rigs around all day and say I'm not in the group? Switched an on-call week so I'm now free this weekend.
Pathfinder III
I’m sure it won’t be an issue but I will let @307dulaney chime on this!
Advocate III
Absolutely that shouldn’t be a problem. There may be a cancellation but even if there isn’t there’s room for one more!
Advocate III
Fresh snow today. Warm on Friday and Saturday. We may be in for some interesting conditions. Anybody have last minute questions, comments or concerns?
Enthusiast III
Dr_rer_nat_Dan
Rank I
Enthusiast I
You have my vote for getting stuck first. Recovery practice at least once per year is something I try to do.
Enthusiast III
RangerChris
Rank IV
Enthusiast I
What trail are we doing? And what’s the rating? Don’t have skids, sliders or a winch on the new rig yet
Enthusiast III
Pole Mountain area and Crystal Lake road were talked about. Pole Mountain area has all green trails per trailsoffroad.com and Crystal Lake Road is just a dirt road. I think we'll all be pretty good. With green, the only thing you'll be rubbing on is the top of snow. As long as you stay in the middle so you can be recovered if sliding off the trail, you're good to go.
West of Laramie there are some additional green trails and one orange trail that look open, if folks want to explore there too. Lots of options for a great day out! I'm sure the local guys already have a good idea.
Advocate I
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- Randy
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- Miller
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- USMC
Plenty of us have recovery gear, which I don’t believe we will need. If we do it will be minor.
Advocate III
Hopefully this isn’t too late…
So I realized the RP says “no comms”. We will have GMRS and settle on a channel upon meeting. If you have HAMM by all means use it but primary communication will be via GMRS. See you all tomorrow!
So I realized the RP says “no comms”. We will have GMRS and settle on a channel upon meeting. If you have HAMM by all means use it but primary communication will be via GMRS. See you all tomorrow!
