Ellis Jeep Trail - June 28 or 29th - Page 4

**Athena** · 03-31-2008, 09:07 AM

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TonysBlueFJ previously said:

Tony wants to go up, but doesn't want to camp. He used to hunt up there with his dad as a kid. So it looks like yes on the run and no to the camping.

should we try to find accomodations?

fjcruzer123 · 03-31-2008, 10:16 AM

Could do, and stagecoachco lives outside of Steamboat.

The jeep trail ends at the campsite(s), so there would have to be a group of that would want to go back down the trail at the end of the day. When I did this run last year, my wife and I had to leave and got an escort back out to the non-sticky part of the trail, but it required 2 other rigs to escort us and took them about 1.5 hours to escort us, then get back to camp. IMO, I'd be happy to escort folks out since I would get to run the sticky part of the trail 3x!

Might also depend on how long it takes to get up the trail...

TonysBlueFJ · 03-31-2008, 11:27 AM

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athenaceleste previously said:

should we try to find accomodations?

Good idea. I am doing a search right now. Quite a few are already Sold Out.

I don't want to put a damper on things, but in Steamboat that weekend there are 3 major events going on:

Steamboat Springs Colorado calendar of events

Check it out on the June calendar.

MountainMan · 03-31-2008, 01:06 PM

while we are all the way up there we might hit
TrailDamage.com - Hahns Peak
as well, no?

5280FJ · 03-31-2008, 10:24 PM

Hahns, Hahns, Hahns, Hahns!!!!!!

RockyMtnHigh · 03-31-2008, 10:30 PM

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5280FJ previously said:

Hahns, Hahns, Hahns, Hahns!!!!!!

Glad to see you're still up and around!

I am thinking we can run Hahns on day two.

stagecoachco · 04-01-2008, 07:01 PM

Ok, I finally checked my PM's. I figure I will just post here rather than PM ya Rocky Mtn.

As Eric said their is good camping near the end of the trail. Where we camped last year was far enough from Hog Park that we had the place to ourselves. If folks want to go back to Steamboat after dinner, you actually don't have to go back on the trail. You can just go the normal route back to Steamboat on gravel roads (I don't remember the numbers, but it is in the Wells Book).

As far as the date goes, it SHOULD be snow free by then. There is a chance that it might still be impassable though. Keep in mind that last year we didn't get all that much snow up here (by Steamboat Stds). This year we are setting a record for snow fall. The North Routt area tends to get even more snow than the ski area due to the local topography. I dirt biked in this area a few years ago right about that time (Late June, and we had to ride over (through) the snow in a few on the north facing parts of the trail. I can go up there as the time gets nearer and give a report of trail conditions.

Hopefully my truck will be put back together by then and I can join up for the fun. I will even bring my full size Bar-B-Que like last year!!

BTW here is another video from last years trip:

YouTube - COTTORA Steamboat Weekend

MountainMan · 04-02-2008, 09:52 AM

it looks like some of those rigs were stock-ish w/o MT tires, true?

not the way i am going to run it, but just asking

fjcruzer123 · 04-02-2008, 02:10 PM

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MountainMan previously said:

it looks like some of those rigs were stock-ish w/o MT tires, true?

not the way i am going to run it, but just asking

Yup, stock with OEM tires on a couple of rigs, and with the exception of the pit, most were independently ambulatory.

stagecoachco · 04-02-2008, 05:25 PM

The mud tires didn't help here did they Eric?