the water crossing at the end of summer is about a foot an a half. in in melting snow and otehr un off for spring and we could be talking about 2-2.5 feet of standing water. ITs a failry short trail but it is fun running through water that long and then doing some rocks. AS for a spare alt. I dont think you will need one. I did it in 2wd and had no problems. and the water only came up to about half way to 3/4 up my tires.

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