2nd Annual AZBDR

Nice to meet you too!!! Did you take a picture of the Boulder???

 

Seeing as I almost hit a cow for a second year in row... what do you guys think would be better as an anti- cow bumper?

 

It wasn't to bad, some rocky areas, mostly packed dirt and some mud. It took us 2 hours and 15 minutes to get to the 260.

 

It's a HARD trail!

 

Great pics!

 

I really like that first one on the black truck.

 

I found this in one of the comments on that page: "To the ruins and back to the trailhead, is close to 5 miles."

 

I’m personally not a fan of headlight hoops but hitting a cow could seriously damage an unprotected front end so my vote is for the black truck hybrid bumper too

 

I did not unfortunately, though hindsight dictates that I definitely should have surveyed the scene with a video for future travelers. Gah.

 

Posting this from my conversation with @Sapnjack about continuing along the Cherry Creek Road.

Video in response: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wndEG7ioS8U

"No, it is much, much worse than that now. The hillside on the left has slid down to within just a foot or so of the boulder. It would be hard to even walk a bicycle through the gap if you tried to keep it next to you.

The whole road looked ravaged compared to the video those bikers made. As if a serious, or even two or three serious, floods had pulled a lot of the hillside down onto the path.

I crossed the river (with the two splits in it) that they crossed at the 6:09 mark on their video. The Ellison Ranch is located right there.

I also saw the Tonto National Forest sign at the 6:38 mark.

But before that was a sign stating "Flood Damage Ahead". This should have been my clue to turn around. This portion of the road has foot sized boulders for several hundred feet that really rocked the truck.

The smaller water crossing at 6:52 is ravaged now. Much more rutted and damaged now. Slow to crawl through, with a bumping of my underside.

And finally, at 6:59, the hillside is decimated as I described above.

Didn't make it past the boulder obviously.

From the video I can tell that they followed the 'Cherry Creek Road' like I attempted to do on the morning of March 1st, 2020. However, it is completed destroyed relative to their rather tame video. Huge trees had been washed over the road, with someone cutting them back just enough to squeeze a Tacoma through, although I did get a very, very healthy pinstripe down my entire passenger side, which will take a complete cut and polish to remove."

 

Days 1 and 2 (from my perspective) have been posted!

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/2nd-annual-aztw-azbdr.655377/

 

My daughter and I had a great time on this trip.
Thank you all for making this a memorable weekend.
All packed up and ready to go.

First stop on the Cascabel/Redington road to air down.

Dusty trails

Stopping on the side of the road near Mammoth for a short break and photo op.

Trail to Mammoth

Group pose

Driving to our camp spot, nice stream flowing down the canyon.

First nights camp spot.

Back on the road, back side of the Pinal's.

Short halt on the back side of the Pinal's

Back on the trail winding up the mountain.

Crossing the bridge near Roosevelt lake.

First real water crossing.

Another night under the stars.

Beautiful desert sunset.


Stopped on the trail to check out the Sierra Ancha Cliff Dwellings.

Beautiful canyon hike, but we never made it to the ruins.





Squeeze through the hole.

Water falls.




Clear pool reflections.

And somewhere up there is a destination for another day...

 

I like the second one.

 

I agree with Phessor and would definitely pick the second one as well.

 

I like the first one and would suggest Mobtown Offroad's Hybrid bumper be entered for consideration.


I'm partial to it mostly because it cuts high enough to remove the indents for the fog light trim that so many bumpers retain for some reason and triggers my OCD. Doesn't loop over the headlights, though. Then again if you want the best bumper for surviving animals, ARB is the choice. Just not the one to pick for looks.

 

I voted for the second one with hoops for the lights.
Oh and sorry I didn't get a better video for you. @Sapnjack

 

very cool!!!

 

Day 3 is live!

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/2nd-annual-aztw-azbdr.655377/#post-22847513

 

My set of photos, thanks for the awesome time everyone!

 

I will be taking time off next year from work for sure so i can make the whole run ill be more prepared!