Heading Back into Hell (Hole) - Nov 7th & 8th

Nice pics, looks like you guys had a good time. That pic of it snowing is making me excited about a snow run this year.

 

We left out a couple pans of water and they froze about 1/2" thick overnight.

 

Dang.. bummer

A few pictures, didn't really take many.








Floating tire lol

 

I wish we got more pictures of us coming up all those stairs. That was the most intense part imo. Unfortunately I was too busy handling my hangover instead of taking pictures lol. Bouncing up that whole mountain side was not what the Dr ordered that morning

 

I'll be ready for the next one. Just ordered Brute Force hc rear with swing out!! Couldn't stand having to sit on the sidelines...

 

poor lake looks like a river.Thanks for the pictures.

 

Sorry for taking so long to get pictures up, but here is most of what I got. I have a couple videos coming as well. It was a fun trip, definitely pushed everyone to the limits and would be worth another trip next season. For now, lets reminisce:


I remember the entrance being pretty unimpressive, but its even worse now that the area burned down.



Luckily the trail was protected and turns green fairly quickly into the run




After about 2 miles of driving off camber on the side of a cliff, we finally reached the first obstacle: the infamous tree we've all been worried about. Honestly, its only the start to a ridiculous boulder field, and probably the easiest spot. The picture below is right after the tree:




No turning back now - into the garden:




The name of the game for Carson was trying to save his fenders lol:


Oops, too close




Three wheeling



How about that long travel/spring under flex though??


Don't worry Steve, I got a video instead of pictures for you



After the rock garden there are only a couple minor spots until the long decent down the stairs to the lake. It looks like Steve is coming downhill, but this was actually coming up a muddy section, this spot made us all slip a bit:


Saving Carson's fenders again:


Really thought this was a booby trap. The way it was set up was very odd


After winding through the forest you finally pop out at the top of the mountain with a great view of Hell Hole "Creek"


Really dried up, amazing how low it is



Going down the stairs weren't too bad, coming up? Different story entirely. I'm really disappointed I didn't get more pictures of this section because it was one of the toughest parts of the trail, especially coming up.



There was a series of 2 or 3 ledges down this climb that made things interesting. But after a few hours we finally made it to the "lake" :



Try and spot Steve:



Unfortunately I wasn't able to get a lot of shots on the way out. The only section I got was the boulder field and those are all videos. I'll work on getting those up asap. Thanks for the great trip everyone!

 

Excellent pictures and narration, thanks Brent!

 

Looked like a fun trip

 

Awesome job Brent photos came out great. I was hoping you got the three wheel action shot. It was fun.

 

Nice photos, really tells how difficult the trail is. Did you use your cell-phone camera, or a non-phone digital camera .

 

On the way down brent had a nice camera. On the way out it was dead the rest of us had cell phone shots.

 

thanks for the pics all. as you see, I only end up taking very few; not much of a photo-historian.

 

damn, we need to change that sign to the Toyota trail...lol

That rock garden looks nasty

 

WOW! It's sad to see upper HellHole that dry it was completely full when we ran it so full we couldn't even camp at water level.

 

At least people know that when they pop a squat that whoever's drinking the water from these reservoirs is drinking eau de tacomaworld.

 

That and the two best shits I left. Nothing like shitting with an awesome view.

 

Lol

 

Well, not to and bring back this dead thread but I finally got around to the video. At first I was just going to throw them up here raw, but then I decided to at least put them together. Then I wanted to take out some parts, then I wanted to.... Anyways.

Couple disclaimers:
1) First video ever put together so be gentle
2) The video quality is shit. I thought I had more film than I did, I missed most of the trail And the video I do have was mostly shot on a cell phone and it shakes like I have cerebral palsy. Seriously tho it gets pretty rough in a couple spots so I apologize in advance.
3) The 2nd half gets better. Notice how calmly we roll in and then smash the skinny pedal on the way out lol.

Check it out, let me know what you think:

 

Awesome I have been waiting to see this. You did great.
Moose is a mad man in this. He charges it.