Originally we were gonna do this ride Saturday but the weather and no show's put it off..... Nate and I decided to try it Sunday. Darren came along in his Ranger on 31's and did quite well..... he struggles a few places in the mud but had no problem in the snow.....

I headed up Lake Pleasant parkway to top off the tank and get some breakfast to find this;



At Pinnacle peak and 99th ave...... Was an early start to the white stuff.

I pulled over to catch these shots of the mountians we were heaeded to;



And Darren caught up to me. We then proceeded to Carefree highway and up the west side of the lake;

We met Nate where the pavement ends, aired down and took off, we kept moving pretty good but still managed a few pic's;

We got to the turn off from Castle Hot springs to Crown King in good time...... loked thei hubs and kept on going;

We pretty much kept moving except for the play areas;

Yet another view of the lake;






This optional spot was a snotty mess and we were both denied here;


Next optional spot;


Darren needed a little help getting up the muddy hill;

Did I mention the lake?

We stopped at oro belle for a coupla minutes;



Got back rolllin and we had a good view of the old mine;

Ugh so awesome Sy. Shoulda gone. :(

The Lake is down there somewhere;


We stopped a couple of times heading up this hill looking for wreckage of a friend of Darrens and his brothers who had died rolling his Jeep off the edge up here some years back;

We made it to Crown King in about 4 hours;



We grabbed a snack and headed down the hill through Bumble Bee to I17 and headed home...... The road out was a snotty muddy mess as well but dried as we got back down by the desert...... Was a great day with great friends and great weather.......

I got videos of the optional lines that I still have to upload.

wow crazy to see all that snow there

Man I need a new rig with DOORS. I miss trips like that.

Showboat wrote:Man I need a new rig with DOORS. I miss trips like that.

I once had a buggy until I realized what I was missing...... Now, I'm lovin the multi-use rig and dont miss the buggy trails that much at all. PLUS, even though Cristina wasn't with me on this trip, she usually is (which I like) but would never if I didn't have doors, glass and HEAT..... :D

Great pics Sy, snow was really low elevation. I was up there last Saturday we didn't see any until orabell

Bill88xj wrote:Great pics Sy, snow was really low elevation. I was up there last Saturday we didn't see any until orabell

It all came Saturday night. There wasnt much more at Crown King as there was lower......

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http://youtu.be/rFaeZ2XwBPU

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