Peak Putters Darland Mt. Run

Ceg

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On April 14th, 2007 Colemancooler and I went and met up with the Peak Putters Club at the Ahtanum Sno-park. I drove the RV up and Colemancooler drove up his Toyoda. We pulled some time around 11 PM. We BSed with Roman to around 1 AM.

Saturday morning we headed up the Mid Fork road with the Peak Putters. They had a permit to go up to Darland Mountain. The snow started getting deep right above Tree Phones. Colemancooler found he needed to let more air out of his tires.
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On up the road we found Roman stuck. The snow was washed away under where he was driving.
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Old Green was about to pull Roman's rig when he started having problem keeping his rig running. Old Green's battery was getting low so Commando14 came around to jump him if needed.
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Old Green got his rig running and pulled Roman out.
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We could hear Roman yelling at Old Green to stop as he slid down to the road.

We got up to Clover Flats and Old Green's rig was having problems. You can see the top of post of the Clover Flats sign. The snow was deep.
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Old Green got his rig running again and we headed on up to the top of Darland Mountain.
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Up on top of Darland the snow was real deep.
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Old Green showing us how to stick it good.
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Moving back down the Mid Fork.
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A little off camber.
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We stopped for lunch and then played some on the way back down the mountain. It was cool looking when Danny dropped into a hole and disappeared in front of us.
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Screaming Toylet giving us a show.
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Commando14 hiding in a tree.
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Colemancooler showing us his wheel BBs.
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Colemancooler showing us how to seat a tire on the trail.
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Colemancooler being winched onto the trail.
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Danny getting winched up the hill.
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Colemancooler being pull back on the trail again.
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Back at camp we had some killer tacos around a nice warm camp fire. Colemancooler had to leave that night.

Sunday my son was going to come up and escort our old RV home because we still have a few bugs to work out. He had to work so he sent Roll Over to follow me home. Lucky Roll Over had some tools because we had some fan belt problems on the way out.

I wish I could have stayed for Sunday's run but I told the wife I would come home for some family time. Next year I hope to take my rig and stay the whole weekend.

This was a great run. Thank you Peak Putters for letting me tag along.
 
Sweet run dude. When do you think all that snow is gonna be gone up there?
In 2004 the snow was prety much gone by the 4th of July. 2005 all the snow was gone sometime late June. Last year there was still some snow patchs in the second week of July. So I would say close to 4th of July or so.
 
BTW as of right now you have to get a permit from the DNR to run the Mid Fork Ahtanum Road and the North Fork Ahtanum Road. A two weeks notice is required to apply for a permit. Contact Vanessa Seldal at the Regional DNR office. [email protected] 509-925-8510
 
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