Spring Creek 5-18-13

[xaza]

My wife's brother has finished his truck to a point of driving it and wanted to get out this weekend. Thanks to Bill for the front drive shaft on the Yota. It was rubbing on upper control arm when flexed in to far. We adjusted bump stops and issue was resolved. My bro blew a u-joint so had to do another trail axle swap, decided was a good time for lunch. My truck ate up the snow today. The small loop we could only make it a hundred yards or so last time was completely melted to the point we had broken through. Up a couple hundred yards farther it turned to an ice sheet and about a hundred or so more yards up the ice sheet there was a crack in it on an off camber edge with no downhill trees. Crack showed ice to be about 2 ft deep. I was the only one to make it up there and felt it was a good place to call it quits, unfortunately I had to back down that 100 yards of ice. We then looped around and came from other side. Loop is runnable, if you want to cross the ledge. Judging by melting since last week should be good in another week.

[Jim]

[xaza]

First obstacle was dry and we were able to go up it this time. The steep hill climb of loose rock that was covered in snow last week was completely melted. Daughter got a brief time behind the wheel today, no spotter. There were several other much bigger rigs at beginning, went up before us and after watching them go up 1st obstacle never saw them again. Assuming they took Spring Creek shelf road we were on last week and had much better success, we didn't even go look this week, sorry.

[Max]

For all the video you like to shoot, you should invest in a high definition phone/camcorder/GoPro!

[xaza]

We have 2 camcorders that are HD. I may be doing things wrong when uploading videos, not all that tech savvy. Might even have the settings on camcorder wrong. I simply point and shoot when I have to run camera, which is very rare, I am normally driving or spotting.

[glacierpaul]

Nice Cliff! The thread should have read..3 bro's and a trail..

[xaza]

lol, yeah I guess it could have

[yamamaharay]

Sweet flex shots

[yamamaharay]

I can't wait til it's all the way open, thats my favorite trail. Well and wheeler lake too lol