Day 3:

Day 3 started easy but got harder towards the second half of the day. Most of the obstacles were down hill which made traction easy, but also made for the possibility of damage more likely. Tight S turns down ledges were the order of the day. I wish I had more photos of these spots, but we were just concentrating on getting through.

















Once we got to this scenic viewpoint which is over 10,000 feet some clouds rolled in and eventually we got about a half hour of hail/rain right when we were negotiating a downhill boulder field towards the end of the trail. This was where I did the majority of my damage on the trail.





The last campsite near the North trail head:

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I wish I had more pictures of the hard stuff, but we were just concentrating on getting through. I was glad for every piece of armor I had and that I had re-enfoced my Tcase skid plate. All the skids took a beating.

The photos don't do this trail justice and took a lot of effort and concentration to get through. We were too exhausted each day to fish, after setting up camp and eating dinner it was sleep time.

The last campsite was about 1/4 mile from the trail head and we left early Sunday morning at the Pavement we aired up and I found one of my Upper A-arm bolts was loose so I tightened that up and we were off. I got seperated from John after he stopped due to his rear locker not disengaging. Hopefully he'll chime in with some more pics.