Me & my local club were there THAT DAY...saw your FJ at the gate as we went in...
Barret Lakes Run August 25-27 2006
the trail is a pretty dense 3.4 (..or so) miles each way (trail dead ends and you return on same trail) with some gnarly rock gardens and off-camber climbs/turns...good armor is required..every vehicle in our group 'kissed' rocks in one place or more, and saw plenty of other vehicle carnage/repair in progress.....awesome trail, great lake, nice hike up to the plane wreck site...definitely not a beginner trail, on par (IMHO) with Rubicon in terms of skill level required..although much shorter....good for modification test runs. Another 'dubious' nicety is that it's only open a very short season..late August (when the rangers deem the trail dry enough) and closes some time late Sept..Oct..? keeps the trail from getting too much abuse... it's a dusty one, though! I liked the comments from various trail books: Faster to walk...IT IS!
Cool Video! Thanks for the reminder!
-Mark
P.S. If you checked my link, and read the photo/carnage descriptions....my 'unknown' drive-train noise manifested itself as a broken right rear axle shaft...finally gave way on the Rubicon
Tough Trail!
