All Wheelers Off Road Club - Ahtanum Snow Run

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All Wheelers Off Road Club - Ahtanum Snow Run
April 21st, 2007


On friday April 20th, 2007 BSLM and I went up to the Ahtanum Sno-park with our families and set up camp. We were running a little late and Toyman2 show up not to long after we got there. Tiny and Roll-Over camp up for awhile. They went and got some fire wood before they left.

Saturday most of the other wheelers showed up around 10 am. We headed up A2400, A2420 and then ran the Sedge Ridge Crest Trail west.

Monster Mazda cut a tree out of the trail.
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We went on past Red Saddle to the Rocky Climb. This was fun getting up with the open dif rig I was driving. Vetch was having some trouble getting up were I had climbed. I guess he forgot to air down.
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ToyRollin37s followed Tyrunner around the other way though the deeper snow.
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Fatboy going for it.
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Regrouping
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The next hill climb I couldn't follow the Peak Putters tracks up. Scuba going for it as I followed Tyrunner around.
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Tyrunner dug some big holes we fell into and I ended up having to winch to the top because I couldn't get started again. I made it so slick Vetch had to winch up the top part.
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Regrouping.
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Wow there is a downed tree under that snow. A little pull back from Scuba.
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Scuba going for it.
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After that last little climb and the tires digging in, I powered up out of between two trees and slid into one. Commando14 needed a picture of some carnage anyways.
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Test Dummy was calling me on the CB from Red Saddle so I turned around to meet up with him. There wasn't much left to run of the trail anyway with the logging closer. BSLM took over as Trail Boss and two rigs (Fatboy & Scuba) followed me down to Red Saddle. Test Dummy found he had a bad u-joint so we went on down to the Sno-park to swap it out. He came into some problems and couldn't change it so he headed to a friend's in Tampico. Scuba Steve's transfercase was making a lot of noise and was going out. He loaded his XJ on the trailer and headed home.

Fatboy and I didn't want to sit around so we headed on up to meet back up with the group. We met with a few of the guys and said the other were on there way down too. We waited at camp for everyone so we could regroup and run Whites Ridge. It was kind of late when the others got back to camp so we put Whites Ridge off until Sunday. Most of the guys went home so it was just the 3 families camping. It rained but it was fun BSing around the fire with tunes from Toyman2's rig and BSLM Ipod.
 
Sunday April 22nd, 2007 Toyman2 headed home. BSLM and I took our families up the Whites Ridge Crest Trail. Here is the first steep climb. BSLM had to take a few runs at it because of the snow.
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BSLM made a nice road for me to drive up on.

It was my turn to plow the way so I took the lead.
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The trail started going down hill and the snow was a little soft.
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We turned around and went down to Tree Phones camp ground. I drove around the north camp loop and stopped at the middle camp site. BSLM followed and said it was easy.
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We stopped to use the outhouse. You can see the trail fixed window.
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We followed BSLM around the south camp loop. I got to use the new winch to pull BSLM back out of the holes he was stuck in. He powered though the holes and was on his way.
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I pulled up beside BSLM to see if he was ready to go back down. He said he was and to take the lead. His rig was stuck again at Tree Phones.
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BSLM said he wouldn't have been stuck if he was in his XJ. We both plan to go up soon after both our XJs are put back together for another snow run.

This was a very fun weekend snow run / camp out. Thanks to all that came out.
 
Looks like a good time as usual.:awesomework: Looks like the snow is soft and wet.
It was snowing on Saturday and the snow was hard enough to stay on top most of the trail. The snow was a lot softer on Sunday. It was warm out.
 
Whoops on that window.

Looks like a great time. The snow has left us here, were getting ready for that dry dusty summer wheelin. Oh, wait. You guys have that too. :redneck:
 
Won't be makin it this summer, In between rigs and some financial issues are in my way. Will try again in '08. Keep the pics and temptation coming....:D
I understand the financial issues. The damn price of fuel is one of my biggest financial issues so I won't be going to far myself.
 
I understand the financial issues. The damn price of fuel is one of my biggest financial issues so I won't be going to far myself.

X2 on the fuel issues.....cost me $1000 to drag the junk up there and back. plus travel while I'm there. Mostly cos I have no rig at the moment, maybe by mid summer, and I just got a nice letter from some finance peeps about some **** that happened when I was still married......:mad: :mad: :mad:
 
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