Calgary Jeep Association
Off Highway Staging Area => Open Trail Rides => Topic started by: Da_chopper on July 11, 2005, 06:59:35 PM
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Anyone interested in a light run after the show and shine. And possibly Sunday as well (provided the Jeep's still running)?
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I finally might be able to make it out this weekend :lol: :lol: :lol:
Sunday pref. Mclean creek pref.
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Is Mclean Ck drier that Waiparous? Why the preference?
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Hey da chopper
I am going to guess that CJ-7 prefers Mclean as it closer to the city, and the roads are paved all the way till you get to the parking lot. It is more realistic to go to maclean if you just want to do a shorter day.
Less time on the highway means less gas and more time on the trails.
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no local boys want to show us around,
We should have 4 or more jeeps coming down.
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what are the conditions like out there ,,,,just finished a lot of mud related repairs ,,would like to get out again ,,but not if its mud hell
to guote Gis "mud is the devil" :lol: :lol:
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for Saturday we are still in Limbo, now leaning towards Mclean Creek.
We will be meeting up at the Show and Shine around 12 or 1 hopefully and then going from there.
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Shawn, a buddy Joey(GIS) is willing to join us and show us around mclean creek, so i think we should go there besides it's closer to calgary...
let the others know i'll be at the S&S around noon and hope to meet up with all of you and then head out to mclean if everyone is ok with that!!
sound good?
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Either place is good for me, since we'd probably have to come back to town for gas anyways. We could try to do 1 day at each place maybe, get a feel for both.
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lol ok then........................................so what is going on????? If you guys read my post in tech Talk>stalling I'll go anywhere
I'm up for anything if I can get this problem resolved
Please go look and help!!
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Anoyne recommend any trails? I went out last week and tried to run a trail that a stocker could do in 1 hr (before the floods)...I spent 3 hrs winching before I turned around.
Any good ideas for places I can take some out of towners?
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Hey Joey, how about Fisher West, good hard packed access and then rocky climb over the crest, descend to Silvester which is also a good road and continue onto Quirk Ridge Trail. You could return the same way or try Fish Creek West, Elbow Trail was blocked last time I was out there (V-days). Hell, I might even join you dudes, yeah I hate deep mud as well :twisted: .
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i havent been out since before the floods so i cant help
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Tom, would be cool to have another "semi-veteran" out there :) I hate being the guy responsible for leading the crew down a trail, where we run out of gas, food and water...Atleast this way, we can share the liability :lol:
Its friggin weird out there...Rutted sections have been filled with silt and flattened...Flat section someone how a river running thru them and now have Jeep sized rutts that seem to have appeared out of no-where...
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Any idea what time you guys will be at Mclean? I'll be camped down there and may be lookin to go for a ride.
Craig
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We will meet up at the S&S around noon. Some of the Jeeps coming down want to register. So we could Calgary anytime between 12:30 and 2pm.
Does you cell phone work out there? Pm me or Joey your number and we can call you when we are heading out.
How does cb 14 work for everyone?
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anyone happen to have an open seat?
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anyone happen to have an open seat?
I think that just may be possible, one of the guys coming down has a broken hand and no WB. I will pm and see what he thinks. maybe pm your digits.
Can you get to the S&S?
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ya im pretty sure i will be at the S&S :)
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Doug, Im thinking someone will have room for ya...bring your rubber boots to the S&S and tell your mom you will be home late...Just incase :)
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ya im just gonna tell her im goin wheelin after the show n shine what about u joey ive wanted to go wheelin in the big blue beast fer like a year
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we will mostly likely have room,
see you tommorow.
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sweet :)
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Bring your boots Dougler, we'll get ya out there...I think most of the guys are camping but Im coming back into town.
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aight will do
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I'll be at the smittys at 8:00am with some full sizes! Anyone welcome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The Edmonton group camped out at Waiparous gravel pit on Sat. night. They will be ready to go ( and some from Cowtown meeting them I think ) at 09:00 am Sunday ( at the gravel pit ). Show them around Waiparous.
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wow, we had a great trip
Thanks to Tom and Joey for bring us to the top of the world ;). That rock climb was awsome!
We ended up camping by the river, but we at the gravel pits from 9-10:30 playing around. Didn't meet up with anyone though. A couple of the rubi's learnt how to fly - one 2 wheels and the other actually landed on the gas tank skid first :shock: .
Waiparous was way more muddy, but for most part not too bad if you have a winch, we had to turn around a couple of times due to washouts.
2 jeeps blew clutch fans and keep over heating and another snapped the front DS. I was lucky and got out without any know breakage. Here are some pics (http://www.math.ualberta.ca/~sdesaulniers/07-16-2005/)
Hmmm, maybe Joey is right
Mud is Evil ....
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We ended up camping by the river, but we at the gravel pits from 9-10:30 playing around. Didn't meet up with anyone though.
I'm glad you guys had fun!!! :D :D :D
Me, Joel, Denise and Matt were looking for you guys on Sunday. We went to the gravel pit and also near the river (at the so called "CJA camp site"). We were there between 9:30 and 10:00 AM. I wish we would have found you guys because we had an excellent day ( with minimal mud!!!). We went to the Hunter Valley area after we waited for a while at the Gravel pit. Let us know next time you guys come down... we'll do TOUR #2. :D
It was nice to meet you all.
Cheers,
Dom
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Hmmm, maybe Joey is right
Mud is Evil ....
Hahah! That may just have to become my motto..."Its a Jeep thing, Mud is evil".
Glad you guys had fun at McLean! Going back now to look at the pics, gotta see a shot of Norm doing the massive nose dive into that hole :)
Also, thanks "Asia" (Tom) for coming out with us, made for a great afternoon!
Joey
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hmmm, we were at the very back playing in sand and trying to get some cell phone coverage. It's weird out there, move a couple of inches and you loose reception. Too bad we miss each other.
I am not sure where we were, it took us all day to get to mud bogs, then we just left down that main road. We had to turn around a couple of time due to wash outs.