Trip up to Pinal Peak

Took a pleasant trip up to Pinal Peak this morning.
I've never done this before and was amazed at how quickly the scenery turns from desert to tall trees and forest.
Just for fun we tried our best to climb this off trail section and sadly the highest I could get was about 10 feet farther than you see here.

Once in the trees you see a few cabins.

Arrival to the summit:






Well....
Then it was about time to head back down but the only way I could get out of the radio tower area was to back down to the main trail.
I was unable to see the large rock in the middle of the trail so it ended up landing right square in the middle of my rear differential. This caused me to become stuck with the diff sitting on a rock and the right rear tire spinning in the breeze.
Haha!

So I tried a few ways to get "un-stuck"
First I thought if I lifted the truck with my mega strength while my friend gunned it this would get us free...not a chance.
Then I attempted to fill the area under the suspended tire with football sized rocks...again..fail.
Then finally I decided to get out the trusty ol' toyota jack and lift the diff off the rock then build my make shift road.

This of corse worked right away and we were on our way back down the mountain.
I highly recommend the drive to any interested from top to bottom it was about 2 hours of fun.

 

Looks like some fun! Thanks for sharing with pictures.