NW WA Meet / BS Thread

All is well! We are all ok just had a long night playing tug o' war in the snow!

Thanks for everyone's concern

 

Very long night.... Was fun right until Eric drove over a bank for the 3rd time, 200 yards from the end of the trail!!!


Moe, I really hope Eric buys u a new winch cable, since it was new this morning!



And someone has my front bumper shackles

 

Can't wait to see pictures from this trip.

 

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glad y'all had fun and made it out ok
Moe, the bumper looks awesome with the white.

 

PICTURES PLEASE!

 

The daylight brings more dents!

 

Awwww sleep....

I didn't get any real good pics, I know Ben did tho...
Staging

The fun starts right away, here's dj

Moe, showin us how its done

Ben, leadin the pack

Will, right after a flat

Did u say NO or GO? here's me


And then there's Eric


Had a blast, till Eric got stuck for the umpteenth time, he did good till the snow got deep, everyone was awesome!!! Evans creek made her mark, I may go back??? My home built sliders were worth their weight in gold yesterday... Can't wait to see better pics or plan another trip, maybe somewhere lower in elevation this time!

 

This is where we spent the night digging Eric out... Got this right before he slid all the the way down.
Will post more later

 

I love an adventure, and it looks like you guys had one hell of one! The only reason I didn't go is because this is what I thought Evans had in store. Sad I missed it!

Why did Eric have so much trouble in the snow, compared to everyone else?

 

Wow, sounds like a crazy adventure you guys had! Great pictures so far, tuned in for more pictures and stories/trip report.

 

Besides him rolling (too much left) he probably had the easiest time out of us all until we hit snow. He's locked in the rear, 40% tread and don't weigh nothin so I pulled him around a lot....

 

How ya feeling today Matt? Lol

 

Glad everyone's alright. Wasn't sure if I was going to be driving to Evans at 0130...

 

Thats so bad ass. Im too big of a pussy to put my truck through this. I've heard several evans creek horror stories. Place is serious.

 

Boy - whadda trip. Started off at the staging area as snow started falling. After the first few turns (all of which needed a spotter) I was thinking, "All right! We got ourselves a winner of a wheeling trip."

We finally got off the mountain at about 4AM. About 2 minutes after you guys left and I was finishing airing up my last tire, a police vehicle drives by and stops when he sees me. He says, "Are you the Toyota stuck on the mountain?" I explained to him that we were with a group of Toyota people who were stuck on the mountain but that we all got out safely a few moments ago and everybody is heading home, no reception so couldn't call, etc." He was pretty cool - said he was heading up to verify the story before sending help. He mentioned that Alex's GF had called "repeatedly" and had a list of everybody that went on the trip. Anyways, after a couple minutes he took off.

Thanks everybody for the text messages and offers of assistance - we have a great group of people on TW and it was appreciated!

I'm sure most people were busy going to work and catching up on sleep yesterday but here are a couple observations:

• Mike is a fantastic spotter.
• Letting the car idle for 7 hours only burns up a quarter tank of gas.
• Kudos to myself for bringing an impact driver. I KNEW that sucker would come in handy someday.
• A lunchbox locker didn't work as well in the snow.
• I think every piece of recovery gear in my bag got used multiple times.
• Thanks for organizing Ben!

I got a new TPMS on my busted tire yesterday and pressure washed the dirt. Now to admire the truck's new dents today

 

Hey Tallon, I found one of your bumper shackles. Only one of them though - not sure where the other one is.

 

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I didn't roll into my driveway until 7:00am. I hope Moe and Will had good day at work (you crazy bastards)

I had a great trip, even with all the new damage. We can all say we conquered Evans in some pretty rough conditions.

It was awesome to see our local TW group pull together to help each-other out some pretty hairy situations. Every piece of my recovery gear got used to the fullest extent, and I think everyone walked away with some good knowledge and experience under their belt.

I am really happy we were all able to safely drive home. And thanks to Josh, Troy, and Jake for your concern and willingness to step-up to help us out.

Pics and more to come soon, I still have to clean my truck and assess the damage after work today.

 

Holy $hit... sounds like you guys had a bit of a rough time! What trails did you guys do???

 

We did 311 and 520. The snow made it pretty interesting.

I'd like to go back next season when it's more dry and do the other half (519 & 198)

 

Wow, did you guys do 311A or take the hard section too? 520 is an interesting trail... I thought I recognized the spot where eric flopped. Was that just after the first hard-right cut back? Where the logs also still across the trail near the same spot that would normally go to the 197/198 trails?