We then ran his winch line through a snatch block and to the back of Rich’s Jeep, then simply lowered it off the ledge the same way we did everyone else. For the last Jeep- Rich and Corkey’s, we had Jerome in his Jeep facing uphill. That Jeep was connected to the winch line from the vehicle behind it and so on. The Jeep going over the drop off was winched down by the Jeep behind. After formulating a plan, we set up a winching daisy chain. Nobody wanted to attempt to drive it unassisted. We then found our way to White Knuckle Hill WKH has a drop off of approximately 6 feet almost straight down. After passing Lone Rock with Balcony and Picture Frame Arches we headed for obstacles with names like High Dive and Upchuck. Since this was still early in the week we all chose to winch it. Within a few hundred yards from the trailhead we hit our first major obstacle, a stair stepped steep 40’ climb. I had not been on this trail for at least 15 years and forgot most of it or it has changed that much. All made it through the entire trail with no problems encountered.īehind The Rocks Trail. We took a look at The Escalator but decided not to try that one. We stopped for lunch at an overlook with a great view of the Colorado River below. Hell’s Revenge is a good place to get ready for the week ahead. It almost seems like you could crawl vertically…almost. “Slick Rock” is a misnomer as it is sandstone with (I am told) the traction of 150 grit sandpaper. We then headed out for the first run of the week: Hell’s Revenge. On Monday morning, we met for a drivers’ meeting at 9:00 to go over the basics for the week, communication, safety, etc.
With the exception of a bit of rain and snow on Sunday, the weather was perfect all week with lows in the 40-50 range and days in the high 60s to low 70s. This made a nice place to get together in the evenings. Spanish Trails had a nice covered pavilion with picnic tables. Joe was just down the road at KOA and Bob and David Marshall stayed at a motel in town. Most of us stayed at Spanish Trails RV Park.
With exception of a few folks who went out on Sunday to poke around in the rocks and sand, most of the group arrived on Sunday, March 31 to begin trail runs on Monday morning.
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