Awesome, bro. Glad you made it home. It was great wheeling with you!
I'll try to get some pics posted tonight.
Awesome, bro. Glad you made it home. It was great wheeling with you!
I'll try to get some pics posted tonight.
'06 XK Limited, 5.7 Hemi, QDII, OME struts & HD springs, JBA UCAs, 285/70R17 BFG KM2, 4XGuard Sliders, 4XGuard Diff Guard, Fox 2.0 reservoir shocks, custom bumpers and Warn xi9000
Wish list: SFA, in-dash Windows 8 PC
same here buddy - too bad its only once per year......guess we can change that if we want!
2012 Jeep JKU Rubicon - 4-1/2" AEV lift w 35" Toyo's
03 BMW Z4 2.5i ESS Stage 2 Supercharged, Custom Suspension, Stebro Exhaust, Hamann Side Skirts
85 BMW 535is Lowering springs, bilstein sport shocks, extra attitude
Here are some of my photos. Unfortunately, the ones of the snow crossing on Mosquito Pass didn't come out but I'm sure other folks have lots of good ones. That one deserves a good video anyway!
Here is the group from the easy morning run of Day 1.
Afternoon run of Chinaman Gulch
Swaybar discos didn't help on this one.
More to come...
'06 XK Limited, 5.7 Hemi, QDII, OME struts & HD springs, JBA UCAs, 285/70R17 BFG KM2, 4XGuard Sliders, 4XGuard Diff Guard, Fox 2.0 reservoir shocks, custom bumpers and Warn xi9000
Wish list: SFA, in-dash Windows 8 PC
Love the photos... Keep them coming!
I will post more when I get home. We stopped at the KOA just north of Albuquerque and will head on to Phoenix in the morning.
2006 XK Limited, 5.7L Hemi
Dark Khaki, QDII, Rocky Road 2.25" lift, Steel Armadillo front bumper with Warn PowerPlant winch, Steel Armadillo rear bumper w/ tire carrier, Rock Sliders, Light Bar & Front Fender Tube Fenders, 4xGuard belly skid plate & rear differential guard, BFG M/T A/T 255/75R17s on Rubicon rims, Spidertrax 1.5 inch wheel spacers, Rhino Rack Pioneer Tray with FoxWing Awning, Superchips VIVID Programmer, Air Flow snorkel, Steel Armadillo Secure Console, Cobra CB Radio, Lock Pick Video Programmer, ASFIR Skid Plates.
Knappster's Garage
AKA: the Owner of The Steel Armadillo L.L.C.
Ya keep them coming
Have a safe ride home. Great job organizing, Jon! The family and I had a very memorable and enjoyable time, and this is one newbie that will be back next year!
BTW, I made good use of the air kit that Huey put together after my run of Grizzly Lake on Thursday. It worked great!
And now for more photos.
Day 2: Mountain passes, mines, ghost towns and more gorgeous scenery than a person can stand.
Some happy campers on Hancock Pass
The way back down.
Day 3: Mosquito Pass (and yes, it did have mosquitos!)
Day 4: Grizzley Lake
Ped4599 on the first obstacle.
I didn't get any pictures of the lake but Ped will have some good ones.
'06 XK Limited, 5.7 Hemi, QDII, OME struts & HD springs, JBA UCAs, 285/70R17 BFG KM2, 4XGuard Sliders, 4XGuard Diff Guard, Fox 2.0 reservoir shocks, custom bumpers and Warn xi9000
Wish list: SFA, in-dash Windows 8 PC
Got Home last night (Sat). Was good to see you all again and meet a few more people. We had an awesome time. I was too tired to organize any photos so i just dumped everything i had so far to the following link. THANK YOU to Bills grandson for taking many of the photos on Chinaman. I handed him my camera and and he fired away while we navigated the terrain. We have tons of awesome video too, but it will take while to get it all ready to view.
I have tons of pics of all the members on the trail taxing their XKs!
Here is the link for my photos: WCCC11 https://picasaweb.google.com/ped4599...eat=directlink
My brother and I did a lot of fun stuff this week:
(few teasers)
First time ever rafting. Bill's grand kids went in the same boat with us. it was such a Blast!
We made the Chinaman Gulch Loop!
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2010 Black LIMITED HEMI, Quadra DRIVE II, 2.25 inch RR lift, Off road tires (in garage) MAXXIS 265/70-17 on RUBI rims, 1.5 inch Spydertrax spacers, 4xguard: EVERYTHING I CAN GET MY HANDS ON! ROLA roof rack, RUGGED RIDGE 8500 synthetic winch, and a car seat with a CUTE backseat driver.
Playing in the snow!
Trialbyfire's group and My brother and I, made it all the way to Grizzly Lake. it was a pretty crazy trail. Once we got there, they went back down and we climbed (not hiked) to the peak of the mountain along the lake. We made the climb to the peak up and back in 4 hours and 15 min. It was a butt kicker to say the least, but we made it up and back with no injurys.
Here are a few of the "Jeep portion" of the climb. I am glad Trailbyfire was there to vouch for how steep and rugged this was. The harsh winter seems to have really ripped the trail up.
Last edited by ped4599; 07-31-2011 at 10:27 AM.
2010 Black LIMITED HEMI, Quadra DRIVE II, 2.25 inch RR lift, Off road tires (in garage) MAXXIS 265/70-17 on RUBI rims, 1.5 inch Spydertrax spacers, 4xguard: EVERYTHING I CAN GET MY HANDS ON! ROLA roof rack, RUGGED RIDGE 8500 synthetic winch, and a car seat with a CUTE backseat driver.
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