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cross posting for Scuba Steve. it was a blast up there. at one point i was trying to figure out sleeping arrangements in the event that we were not going to make it off the mountain...the snow surprisingly offered pretty good traction, but my winch got used. all snow runs are "recovery runs" too some extent and this one was no different. the highlight for me was hiking a 1/8 mile in the dark, post holing, in the snow storm, trying to find some part of the trail. with that much snow up there the trail looks no different then the open woods.
Originally posted by Scuba
Had a pretty good day up there. Weather was nice when we first got there at about 11AM. We started at Jacoby Canyon (3N61) and then headed down 3N16 to the west entrance of John Bull to run it backwards. Turned out to be the best plan because according to another group we ran into, going up the hill after gatekeeper was near impossible.
Attendees: Me (scuba), Troy (Troyboy162) and Chris (LBchico98).
Was a relatively event free day except for some carnage on my part.
After going up the rock garden thats normally right before (when running east to west) the big open "group shot hill" I hit a rock with my passenger front tire while making tracks up the hill. When the tire hit I busted the CV axle, took a 2x6 ish chunk out of the rim and knocked over the alignment cam locating tabs. The CV R&R took a good 1.5hrs. After that we blazed the trail but it was slow going. I don't think we were off of the trail until 9ish.
A couple pics. I'll post the link to the album after the rest of the pictures upload..
Crappy Alignment:
Limp shaft:
Shaft replacement.
john bull in the snow
Attendees: Me (scuba), Troy (Troyboy162) and Chris (LBchico98).
Was a relatively event free day except for some carnage on my part.
After going up the rock garden thats normally right before (when running east to west) the big open "group shot hill" I hit a rock with my passenger front tire while making tracks up the hill. When the tire hit I busted the CV axle, took a 2x6 ish chunk out of the rim and knocked over the alignment cam locating tabs. The CV R&R took a good 1.5hrs. After that we blazed the trail but it was slow going. I don't think we were off of the trail until 9ish.
A couple pics. I'll post the link to the album after the rest of the pictures upload..
Crappy Alignment:
Limp shaft:
Shaft replacement.
john bull in the snow
Just kiddin! Looks awesome up there. Still one area I have yet to go to. Thanks for sharing
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