Eagle Rock and Saran Wrap June 4th 2011
So Loren (hotchef1818) and I decided to do something a bit dried and less snow filled. We wanted to do something with a bit of challenge and Eagle Rock seemed to fit the bill rather nicely. It would have been nice to have a few more people, but we had plenty of fun.
This was the first real outting that Loren had after his rig spent a bunch of time off its feet swapping axles, brakes, suspension and some other stuff. A "find out what the issues are" trip. Luckily the issues we found were pretty minimal.
I didn't get many pictures since I was doing double duty spotting and picture taking, but got a decent amount of video of Loren. He had his GoPro running, so I'm sure he has plenty of me too.
Eagle Rock is pretty much dry (except for the VERY large puddle at the turnoff a good 2-3 feet deep). Dusty was the name of the game today. I had only done it with a bunch of snow and ice, so it was fun doing it with rocks and dust. The first 1/4 of the trail is a decent challenge, with lots of chunky hills, flexy bits, and a lot of places to hang up the undercarriage. We managed to get through it fine with no damage beyond a slightly tweaked handle on Loren's powertank (dang....where did that tree come from?). Once you get about 1/4 to 1/3 of the way up the trail it flattens out quite a bit and gets easier. Still a really neat area though, but it goes by quickly. There was a fun steep bit at the end that gets you back down to the main road.
Saran Wrap starts at the same place where Eagle Rock does, and not having had enough, we decided to go run it too. For some reason I thought it was an easier trail then Eagle Rock, but it turned out to be pleasantly challenging. Lots of very flexy parts, off camber bits, tight spots and a bunch of general rock crawling. The end bit has a fun section that you can go "the high road or the low road" both of which were fun, but the low road was IMHO the most challenging and fun section of the day. We tried both the high and low bit, which was fun too. We were having too much fun to get much in the way of pictures and video, but I did get a bit at the top of the "low road" section.
I'm still working on getting the video edited and uploaded, but here are some pictures...
Not much, but its enough to placate the picture whores.
Video will be up soonish.
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