I have been wanting to head over to the western slope to play since the last trip I made a few years ago. So I got the little blue shop truck put back together, this time with some new accessories, and invited Alex (redneckms23) to join me. And he invited a father and son he knew through Facebook, that lived over there to show us around. S we drove out late Friday and settled into a hotel for the night. Going over the passes that night, snow was actually starting to stick on the road.
But the weekend weather was supposed to be dry, so we didn't think anything of it.
Saturday we made our way over to 21 Road while it rained on and off. The weather forecast called for the sun to be out by 10am, so even though it was wetter than any of us were expecting, we decided to keep moving as planned.
We parked and unloaded and got to meet everyone. The ground was really soupy even in the parking area.
The four rigs of our group for the day:
We started making our way up the canyon as it continued to rain off and on. We know the dangers water can cause in this area, so we kept an eye on the water flow coming down. There was a steady small stream but nothing major. If anything it just made everything sloppy and a bit more challenging as even the stickies didn't hold every line.