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Peck n The Cove – Sat afternoon Easy Group Trip Report
Bryan Folts – 99 XJ & 3 passengers
Rich Martinez – CJ-5 & 1 passenger
Charles Gaplin – D90 & 3 passengers
Chip Woods – 04 TJ
After lunch we headed out of Camp 2 about 1:40. We headed out Cove Road, past the Snow Tubing area and turned left towards KGB trails. After climbing the rocky trail for a short time we turned left to the first hill climb. It was a mix of large and small rocks, and had plenty of loose rocks and dirt to loose traction on. I was able to make the climb with a few stops to back up a foot or two to get some momentum to pass the tougher spots. Rich ended up pulling a winch line to get past one of the larger rocks that grabbed his CJ. Charles needed some rock stacking but also made it to the top of the climb. Chip decided to skip this spot after seeing the trouble 3 fully locked rigs had and his TJ is open front and rear. The other three of us took the loop to the side to go back down and met up with Chip where we started. There were several other trails leading off near the top, and I believe one of them is a bail out for the bottom of Insanity. Back at the bottom we turned left and headed back up the trail. There were more intersections, and we traveled the uphill and more difficult way at each intersection. We ended up on Pinnacle Ridge trail between Insanity and Bunny Hole. We traveled up to Bunny to run the easier downhill side. I believe this section is used for the Comp Course sometimes. I tried a hard line and had to reroute my XJ to get through. Charles got hung up on a large rock and slipped to the side and was boxed in by a several foot drop and a large tree. He pulled a winch line and was able to get out of the predicament. We all gathered back on Pinnacle Trail heading back down. Chip noticed a trail that was recently cut by the West Virginia Crawlers, so we took that trail. WV Crawlers trail is a twisty trail through the woods with some wet spots and some rocky areas. It dropped us on Middle Road near V Trail. We headed down Middle Road to get back to Camp 2. On the way back we passed the Big rigs heading out for some fun. It was good to see Dan Peck again, as well as all the other OCC members there. It was raining off and on all day, so we got wet.
Happy Motoring,
Bryan Folts
OCC Member at Large
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- Written by Scott LeLacheur
The 101 group included:
Chip Woods and Scott LeLacheur - '04 TJ
Gabby and Suzzy Lewis - '93 YJ
Benjamin DeVore - '13 JKU
Brian Connelly - '13 JK
Dan Noll - '05 LJ
Kevin McHale - '99 XJ
Kevin and Jason Vail - '06 TJ
Mohammad Siddiqui and Chris Tikoyan - '13 JKU
Pete McCaughey - YJ
Stephen Gibbs - '03 TJ
Travis Davidson - CJ7
Virgil and Bradley Moore - '98 XJ
Vitaly Bekkerman - '01 TJ
Sunday is Sunday, so while taking it easy, we also bumped it up a notch from Saturday. We all left camp, headed around the property, and past the rifle range to Middle Road. We took that all the way to the end to the beginning of Trickle. Between this year and last year, the troublesome tree at the entrance is now missing. That made the day so much easier. Everyone made it through with a little bit of spotting. I could already see progress with the drivers that were new on Saturday. They do grow up fast. We had no troubles, and made it to the bottom of K2 where we stopped for lunch. After lunch, we finished Trickle, drove the length of Middle Road, and headed back to camp for the dreaded task of packing up.
Thanks again to everyone that made this another successful event.
Scott LeLacheur
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- Written by Rich Martinez
Our plan for the day was to finish the White Rim Trail and take the Shafer Switchbacks ending this part of our trip at Park HQ. Our group still consisted of
Jonathan Kalmes (member), yellow '06 LJ Rubi on 35's
Rob Kizer and Paul ?? (non-member), LJ Rubi on 35's
Doug and Robin Masnick (member), 93 Forerunner 32's?
Scott and Renee Corliss (member), red 2000 XJ on 35's?
Rich Martinez (member), 2011 JKUR on 35's
We started the day packing up camp and comparing notes on our gas situation. Doug had some rook rack problems since day 1 and was reorganizing his load. In doing so he already emptied his gerry can of gas into his tank so he was in good shape. The rest of us estimated that we "might" make it to Moab on fumes but it would be very close. However, I was carrying 20gal in gerry cans for the group so we were not concerned about someone not making it.
We headed up the White Rim Trail towards the intersection with the Shafer Switchbacks and Potash Rd. The Potash road was closed at this intersection due to road maintenance. So we had to travel up the Shafer Switchbacks. If you have seen pictures of Canyonlands NP, you most likely have seen pictures of these narrow switchbacks on the side of a cliff. The road itself is smooth dirt but the 1000foot drop gets your attention, especially when there are dump trucks coming at you downhill.
We all made it to the top and met at Park HQ where we took a short break and assessed our gas situation again. We all needed to air-up and add a couple of gallons to be sure we could make it to town. Our plan was to get to town, re-stock on supplies as needed and have a driver's meeting 3 hours later. We needed to get to Elephant Hill, a 90 mile (?) drive from Moab to begin our next trail and make it to our assigned camp.
Rich Martinez
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- Written by Scott LeLacheur
Our group included:
Chip Woods and Scott LeLacheur - '04 TJ
Gabby and Suzzy Lewis - '93 YJ
Bryan Folts and Michael Ball - '87 YJ
Benjamin DeVore - '13 JKU
Brian Connelly - '13 JK
David Roden - '12 JK
Glover Castro - '12 JKU
Melissa Burn - '00 VX
Michael Schreiber - '11 JKU
Mike and Melanie Powell with baby girl - '97 TJ
Rich Roudybush - '05 Excursion
Rich Verjinski - '07 JK
Stephen Gibbs - '03 TJ
Terry and Sally Dunlap - '10 JK
Travis Davidson - CJ7
Vitaly Bekkerman - '01 TJ
William Becones - '07 JKU
Since most of our group were new to wheeling, I took everyone over to the 101 area to let them all play around a little bit. While there, I also had to rewire the electric fan in the YJ that Gabby was driving. Once everyone got their feet wet, so to speak, we took the access roads back around the property and hit Middle Road. We took that almost all the way to the end, and did the bowl of Funnel. Everyone did fine and some of the newbies were surprised to find out how their transmission would keep the rig slow and steady though the bowl. After that we went up Moose. Once again, it was mostly uneventful, with a couple of spots, it was golden. Until the last climb to Upper Road, there we needed to pull straps for two rigs and we all got to see an Isuzu Vehicross go airborne. From there, we took Upper Road back to the unnamed trail back to the clearing of Middle Road. Then we took Middle Road to the ATV area and back past Camp 3, around
the bath house to our camp.
I would like to give thanks to all of our experienced spotters, and also to all of the new offroad drivers that listened and learned. I hope to see all of you on the trails again and again.
Scott LeLacheur
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Moab 2013 – White Rim Trail Day 3 Trip Report
19 June 2013
Our plan for the day was to take Lathrop Canyon Trail which ends at the Colorado River. Spend the afternoon at the river and head back to camp for dinner. The trail was a little more challenging than WRT but still a high GREEN maybe a low BLUE in some places. Our group consisting of
Jonathan Kalmes (member), yellow '06 LJ Rubi on 35's
Rob Kizer and Paul ?? (non-members), LJ Rubi on 35's
Doug and Robin Masnick (member), 93 Forerunner 32's?
Scott and Renee Corliss (member), red 2000 XJ on 35's?
Rich Martinez (member), 2011 JKUR on 35's (no trailer on this part as it was set up at camp)
didn't have any problems making down to the river and back. We enjoyed ourselves lounging around and swimming in the cool Colorado River. While we were there we saw a river otter swim past. That was such a cool site to see. Also a river touring boat with about 8 passengers stopped by for a quick break.
Rich Martinez
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