MOAB EXPLORER EXTRAVAGANZA 2001

[HIX]

The first trail that they finish is the Alpine Loop. It goes from Silverton to Lake City to Ouray. They then hit the secondary trails that branch off from that. As far as the famous Black Bear Pass that goes from just above silverton to Telluride that one is anyones guess. I hve driven that in early may one year and not been able to drive it in early june the next.

Teri is right about the trail being cut int the snow drifts. I have a pic somewhere of my old Nissan driving between two 25 foot high walls of snow!

[Edited by HIX on 11-16-2000 at 04:16 PM]

 

[Perry]

WHICH TRAIL???

I have heard that the trails are owned or maintained by different people or groups, so they try and out beat each other on who is the earliest to get open, Black Bear or the loop.

 

[HIX]

I don't know which will open first usually it is the Alpine loop. And of coures it will depend on the aount of snowfall. Here is the info for the Silverton chamber of Commerce

Silverton Area Chamber of Commerce
414 Greene Street / P.O. Box 565
Silverton, Colorado 81433
(800) 752-4494 / Fax - (970) 387-0282
e-mail chamber@frontier.net

And here is a link about the various trails

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Someone fix that link for me...ok?

Thanks Ray

[Edited by HIX on 11-16-2000 at 07:09 PM]

 

[riffman]

...uh...silverton....thats in colorado, right? i was meaning about the different trails around Moab....but hey....i like colorado too!!! maybe i'll just take a little more time off work and beat my truck around the west!!!

and uh...i just saw this from one of the jeep safari's....who is it? i don't really recognize the setup....

[Edited by riffman on 11-16-2000 at 04:51 PM]

 

[HIX]

I hate 4-Runners

 

[mattadams]

hey thats double whammy! I did that in my Explorer! I was the first to do it too! woohoo!

 

[Ray Lobato]

Riff,
If you go to the home page and click on the Explorer bookstore, then click on books and type Moab in the search by keywork. This will take you to Amazon.com and selection number 14 is the book you want to buy. This will tell you all about the trails in Moab. It has very good discriptions of each trail, how to get to them and how long it will take to do the trail. Don't leave home without one. If you go to Amazon.com this way, you will be helping Rick and this site out, so please go there through this site.
There is a really great writeup that has pictures of Moab and the trails we did Moab2000. This should give you a idea of what you will see when you get there.

Here's a picture of Rob "GOFAST" Robertson doing double whammi, which is the same place that the 4Runner is at.

 

[riffman]

yeah...i recognized double whammy....but i thought that was an explorer.....PLEASE SCOLD ME!! thats horrible of me!! somebody smack me upside the head....

thanx for the info..im gonna get that book...

so does that mean that we haven't for sure decided on what trails we are going to do yet? or does it depend on how many truck we have. (ie, splitting up the heavily modified and not so modified for different levels?)

 

[2001ExpSport]

Looks tough...

 

[RFR2212]

Scolding

Leave that to me....I'll take care of Riff....Bad Riff, what were you thinking?!?!?!? Boys, I'll knock him inline this weekend while wheelin!
Pete

 

[2001ExpSport]

Yeah, me too

 

[RFR2212]

We got a tag team deal then Matt?
Pete

 

[2001ExpSport]

Right on, I'll be THE ROCK and you can be Goldberg.

 

[RFR2212]

Why be Goldberg when I could be the rattlesnake, Stone Cold Steve Austin....I mean, he'll whoop the rock anyways...and can take down a beer pretty well....
Pete

Riff--Better watch out.....We're commin.

 

[2001ExpSport]

Ya, I meant Stone Cold

 

[riffman]

ok....should i really be scared? i mean....getting threatened buy one guy who is a 90 lb weakling...and another guy who is whining about a 1300 miles...hehehehe

you'll know to stop your shanagans when i wheel circles around you this weekend in attca!!!

 

[Ray Lobato]

Originally posted by riffman
yeah...i recognized double whammy....but i thought that was an explorer.....PLEASE SCOLD ME!! thats horrible of me!! somebody smack me upside the head....

thanx for the info..im gonna get that book...

so does that mean that we haven't for sure decided on what trails we are going to do yet? or does it depend on how many truck we have. (ie, splitting up the heavily modified and not so modified for different levels?)

Riff, Dead Link Removed
I can let the others beat you or we can take your little Explorers under your name away. Which do you prefer? Dead Link Removed


As far as trails for next year, I vote for Metal Masher, Steel Bender(in the reverse direction), Elephant Hill, and Top of the World(taking the left hand fork first)

 

[2001ExpSport]

Hahahaha....good one Ray


Oh and Riff, you'll be doing circles because something on your truck broke again.


+<As far as trails for next year, I vote for Metal Masher, Steel Bender(in the reverse direction), Elephant Hill, and Top of the World(taking the left hand fork first)>+

Ray-Any trails by chance by the names of "Daisy Wheeler" or "Sunday Drive"? Just checking.


mkay, by.....

[Edited by 2001ExpSport on 11-16-2000 at 07:49 PM]

 

[riffman]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! NOT MY EXPLORERS!!!!!!! i worked so hard for those!!

matt...i got broken stuff all the time, cause i wheel HAAAAARD....hehehe....

trails, now that i've looked at em...these are the ones i vote for.....

3-D
Behind the Rocks
Behind the Rocks, Tip-Toe
Chicken Corners
Cliff Hanger
Copper Ridge
Crystal Geyser
Dome Plateau
Elephant Hill
Fins & Things
Flat Iron Mesa
Golden Spike
Gold Bar Rim
Hell's Revenge
Hellroaring Rim
Hey Joe Canyon
Hole in the Rock
Kane Creek Canyon
Lockhart Basin
Metal Masher
Moab Rim
Poison Spider Mesa
Porcupine Rim
Pritchett Canyon
Rose Garden Hill
Secret Spire
Seven Mile Rim
Steel Bender
Strike Ravine
Top of the World
Wipe-Out Hill



YEAH!!! Whos in for 3 straight weeks of wheelin!!! YEAH!!

but seriously...what about Hell's revenge? that looks KILLER!!

 

[mattadams]

Hell's revenge is a cool trail, lots of mind tricks and its super easy to get lost. We did it in our pre-run with a guide, I don't recall if they did it during the real run, I had to leave early due to a fauly explorer. The trail itself isn't TERRIBLY difficult but theres a lot of spots where you feel tippier then you actually are and other cool illusions .