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    Default Pickle Gulch / Yankee Hill Sat June 19



    Meet 9:30 AM
    at Pickle Gulch Trail Head
    https://www.google.com/maps/place/39...Hawk,+CO+80422

    We are planning to run Yankee via Miners Gulch.
    The main portion of Miners Gulch is about 1/4 mile of rocky steppy stream bed.

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    Default Re: Pickle Gulch / Yankee Hill Sat June 19



    I would appreciate your thoughts on Miners Gulch.
         
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    Default Re: Pickle Gulch / Yankee Hill Sat June 19



    I haven't run it, but as long as there's no substantial risk of body damage / hard top damage, I'm likely to be all in.

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    Default Re: Pickle Gulch / Yankee Hill Sat June 19



    "The driver of the Subaru was racing his car on Forest Service Roads outside of Blackhawk/Alice. He turned down a steep section of road and the trail became much more difficult. The first picture in the video shows what he went down. A few hundred feet up the trail he had hit a rock with his oil pan and punctured it. He then went around a rocky section via bypass and nose dived into a rock (visible in the fourth picture, middle left). At that point he abandoned his vehicle. Over the next 2-3 weeks his stereo and racing seats were stolen.
    Members of Colorado4x4.org and CTP (Colorado Trail Patrol) caught wind of this idiots actions and captured evidence of his actions, reported it to the local ranger district & sheriff, and recovered the vehicle.
    It was recovered downward instead of upward because the exit (going down) was only 1-2 miles long, as opposed to the ~12 miles on the drive in.
    The spilled oil was cleaned up, trash/car debris removed, and the illegal bypasses blocked off."


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    Default Re: Pickle Gulch / Yankee Hill Sat June 19



    The group is getting pretty big. Might consider splitting into two groups if the trail has much traffic?

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    Default Re: Pickle Gulch / Yankee Hill Sat June 19



    open_circuit previously posted:
    "The group is getting pretty big. Might consider splitting into two groups if the trail has much traffic?"

    Thinking the same. We’ll discuss at the trailhead. If there’s a group that doesn’t want to do Miners that may be a good separator for two groups. I can go either way.
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    Default Re: Pickle Gulch / Yankee Hill Sat June 19



    I will bring a couple extra frs radios in case anyone wants/needs to borrow one.
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