Has a date been set yet? we need to start there. Cant accommodate everyone.
Has a date been set yet? we need to start there. Cant accommodate everyone.
Lets plan on April 9th.
I'm leaning towards China Wall for the place again. It was stocker friendly. Everyone made it up the hill and there was plenty of room for us all. Equal distance from most locations. Lots of camping space.... All the reasons it was so successful last year.
ANd if it is later in the spring than there will be less snow. But i should have snow chains to assist the barge up the hill.
sounds good to me, I'll be camoing the night of the 8th and 9th then. I assume we will be in the same spot as last year since it is a great gathering spot.
Dang. You picked the one weekend that there is a strong chance I won't be able to make it. Too early to call, but if I have a motorcycle by then, I will be in Illinois for a memorial gathering.
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Chris in Florida
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we are up for CW !! but i agree w/ everyone else What else is north,south,east,west ????? BUT we are a 4x4 club we are supposed to go anywhere! Help eachother out!
Plus i can't see paying a private playground when their is tooooo many other areas to go and explore/camp/etc !!!!!!!!!!!
I agree with southpaw. I know there are many more trails that can accomidate a group our size. However I have not been on the trails. I can say I would like ot find more trails and do a run just to see whats out there. I am not sure how well the buffalo will do in the major stuff without a lift on it but I do have the gearing. 3 speed wiht a granny low is real nice. I am concerned wiht the wheel base. I am up for CW for sure.
So, I'm hearing lots of people saying that a place other than China Wall would be acceptable but no one is giving suggestions. The reality is that there are lots of trails in CO but not many that are open in early april, stocker friendly, can accommodate lots of folks and is somewhat equal distance from the folks int he north and the south. These are the characteristics that are necessary for the run and China Wall meets them.
Are there others that meet them?
only thing i can think of is metberry, but I would rather do CW.
Metberry was our location last year until it became apparent that the snow conditions made it impractical.
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Chris in Florida
it is kind of weird that Metberry was worse than CW. metberry is lower in elevation lol. We can always have tester runs close to the date and check out which we want to do
Slaughter house or twin cone
any date is good
Yankee Hill is another one I could think of, as is Bunce/Ironclads. Both have big wide open areas for gathering, some decent trails that any build level can do, and within a reasonable distance for everyone. Honestly, don't have a major preference between either of these and China Wall but they are both options that would work. I'm sure there are others too (Penrose or Chinamans?....oh wait).
So, as far as the anniversary run goes, we'll be having it near the anniversary date. That's sort of the point. I know many of you were there last year and it was GREAT!
However, if someone wants to plan another event in the summer, I have no problem with it. In fact, for the summer, I'd like to have a couple (if not more) multi-day camping events. But those need to be planned as well.
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