UTAH (and Surrounding Areas) BS Thread

i hope the trail is not too difficult. in AF canyon I'm only running 2.5 inch lift....and don't have a lot of extra money if i brake something

 

Forest lake is no issue at all. Upper mineral basin has a rock that definitely requires sliders but other than that it is fairly tame

 

We could just run forest lake if your worried about rocks, but I'm also down for af open all of June

 

As long as I have a date, I can get it off. Sundays usually work best for me as well.

 

Oh and Forest lake will be just fine for you with 2.5 inch lift. I did it full stock. Easy peesy

 

its such a scenic trail to if your used to wheeling in the desert.

 

If anyone in Utah is interested get a hold of me, PM/text/call:

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=218&ad=29851414&cat=209

Thanks!

 

Isnt AF mostly fire roads anyways?

 

fire roads to the trails, but you can hit mary ellen gulch or whatever its called, mineral is pretty tough with a stock truck, forest lake. theres some good crawling up there. also a few pretty cool river crossings.

this is a horrible video that kind of shows the rock garden in the beginning, there is a bypass but its kind of sketchy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTJhSCyRUH4

mineral basin is alittle more extreme,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4IjbA_3vxU

 

The dirt road to get to any of the trails, yes. The actual trails have some rock gardens and a few technical areas.

 

Oh okay sounds good. I havent been to a meet in over 3-4 years so I'd like to try and make it to one. I dont like sketchy rides though cause last thing I want is damage haha.

 

I did Mary Ellen last summer in a stock 07 and survived:
http://www.firsttracksonline.com/boards/viewtopic.php?p=69617#p69617

 

there are bypasses to 99% of the obstacles, you'll be 100% fine if your sketched well spot you i've ran the trail tons of times with no damage.. just a broken rear axle.. but that was my fault.

 

The only real obstacle that doesn't have a bypass is up mineral basin. But other than that you can make every trail without damage in a stock to mostly stock rig.

So what days would everyone be down for:

June 15th or June 22nd?

 

i dont think id want to go on fathers day, unless id take the old man with me.. which would be cool. id be down for either

 

Oh okay sounds good. I just hate to baby my truck but I've put way to much money into her to just go off-roading and damage her. People used to give me hell about it but my money my truck and I like to take care of my stuff.

 

ya i got ya man, this is a pretty good wright up on the trail aswell http://www.rme4x4.com/showthread.php?69704-American-Fork-Canyon-UT-Forest-Lake

as always though id recommend at least sliders on any trail to prevent damage. but thats just me and i've taken my truck to moab without sliders and was just fine its all about the line you take.

 

I think I've been up to Forest Lake before on a TW meet about 4-5 years ago and I did just fine without any damage. Dont remember what trail we took but it wasnt terrible.

 

i really want to camp at the top i don't know if anyone would be down for an over nighter.

 

I probably wouldnt be able to camp but I'm sure there would be some folks that would be down too.