Eagle Rock
 

well this may have been my last wheeling trip for the season, time to learn to snowboard :shocked: but here are a few pics,

This "looked" almost straight up, but it was a piece of cake
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a47...5/PB270001.jpg

slider check ?
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a47...5/PB270010.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a47...5/PB270004.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a47...5/PB270028.jpg

it was cold but alot of fun, hopfuly the others will post up more pics soon.

OK im definately moving to CO.

You wheel so much its awesome! Great pics.

everytime i see trail reports from CO i think the same thing. :banger:

Sorry we missed it. Would have been better than doing nothing in Steamboat... hopefully that wasn't the last run. But if so look forward to wheeling with you guys next year... Happy Holidays

How hard was that trail? I still want to do it, but not in the snow. I can't imagine how cold it was up there, since it was like 35 degrees in the city.

i dont know Kyle, being open diffs. but then again the guy with the 85 was open and he made it, but then again, he didnt care about trail carnage. i did use the winch on myself, i got a little to close to a tree, then Eric made it it look soooo easy.

Mark,
:laugh: :chairfall that was great.. but yea, i do my best to get out as much as possible. i dont want to hear about your 62 we froze today, notice as it gets colder, there are less pics, lol

which line did you guys take. ric, coming down that hill makes you go 'weeee' lol

sorry i missed out on it, if you ever want to hit it up again, it's 10min from my home turf lol

i think you want to get a lift before that run, i could be wrong. im hoping Eric will post up his pics.

no, with a couple of helpers and some helper rocks i'm fine lol.
a tree got some green paint on her last time, not to mention alot of my underbody.

but, ya, lift > more body damage.

you wuss. ;) Didn't you say chics dig body damage? haha

I don't have the photos yet bothe of the guys that I brought had a ton of photos but won't be able to get them to me for a while.... great F@*&# trail man it was one of the best i have gotten on and I look forward to doing it again (and Mt. Baldy)

I PM'd you ric with my email so I can post the video

i always say this to myself too... this friend of a friend decided she wanted to live in CO, so she just up and moved there. i admire her courage and am jealous of her ability to do so!

i have heard she has since gotten a place by a mountain, bought a cherokee ( :pat: ) and camps, hikes and skis all the time.

jerks!

crappled,
i dont know, that would "very impressive" if anyone could make it all way in a stocker.

rocket,
lol, yea "chicks" dig body damage, I dont, lol

Mayhem,
i agree, it was soooo much fun, it more than made up for the cold.

lee,
tell your friend to look us up.

ok, then maybe we did take a diff line lol
all i know is i made it up with helpers... i didn't have to do any of the bs i did yesterday... like black eyes and such =)

Both Ric and I did the same thing. I have only been here for about 9 months and never looked back. I know Ric feels the same...

i made the entire trail except for one 20 foot long section in my second gen. :)

here's my pics. Sorry it took so long to get them up here. I had issues with where I was going to post them. http://community.webshots.com/album/513756973wLchDY

If anyone wants me to email the videos I have of that steep hill near the beginning, let me know. I have Ric making the whole thing and Chris W struggling at the bottom.

hey email them to me and i'll rehost or edit them for ya...
jay@crappled.com =)

I have made it the whole way stock, it is very possible you have to pick your lines very well

wish i could have made it. looks like a greattime and some cool rigs!

Very nice pics Ric, love your rig! That's what's so cool about CO, you really can't get hung up on just one outdoor activity out there with the terrrain and weather.

Those are some good sized rocks you guys are playin' on!

Very nice pics. Hoping to make it out a lot more next year.

Sure you didn't use the bypasses?

I have a hard time believing that...actually I don't

its true. i saws it with my own 2 eyes!

I don't know when the last time you were on the trail but a stock truck can't make it without some body damage. Regardless of the line you pic. It's gotten a lot worse in some places yet some places that were a challenge earlier are now a cakewalk. It's like it's become a whole new trail over the past couple months.

next time you guys head up there let me know. that area is literally in my backyard. actually its out the front and across town from me. let me know. I could use some people to wheel with.

Eagle Rock Conditions in 2006
 

With so little snow this year in the Pikes Peak region, I wonder if anyone has run Eagle Rock this winter? If so, how difficult would you rate the condition of the trail? Could stock with rear lockers do it? Would chains help or hurt?

The last time that I was out there, after the first snow, it as icy and looked kinda hazardous. I haven't even driven it dry. But, I'll bet that you don't want to go alone, in case you get stuck. This is why I haven't gone back since around October. I drove Trail 381 up there and tore up a U-joint. That trail was rated an 8 and made me a little nervous in my stock 94 with 31's. I'm weary of getting back on those mountain roads without some mods and a buddy with a winch or at least a tow strap. But, the snow has to be slick, and only in the bad spots, too. Now I have chains and a few mods on the way in the mail. Maybe I'll try it soon. My snowboard trip is Sunday, so this weekend's out, Sunday I'm at Monarch. Wish me luck, hitch a lift if you wanna!

Old Post
 

BigWavePaul, thanks for your interest. My post (RockyMtRunner) about "so little snow" was actually one year ago, Jan of 2006. Last winter, I wheeled the lower part of #381 and all of #379 all winter long because there was so little deep snow, just ice. Eagle Rock looked doable last winter, and in fact some wheelers were successful. But what a difference a year makes. No water rationing this summer! I tried #379 after that first storm in Dec, 2006, and only got a little way above the junction with Forrester's Trail, before the deep drifts had stopped everything except one set of ATV tracks. I tried #379 again last Friday, Jan 19, 2007. I put chains on all four wheels and had no trouble following some previous tracks up to the creek crossing, but I turned around there after I got out for an up-close look at the thick ice shelves on each bank and decided a solo wheeler ought not try it at 4:00 PM, chains or no chains. If it had been 10:00 AM, I might have stuck my toes in the water and backed out to test traction on the near shelf before deciding whether to go for it all or not. When I passed #381, the snow looked deep and there were no new tracks since the last storm. Sorry about your U joint.

i have been up this trail many of times in the two years i have owned my truck both dry, and raining hard as hell, even with a nice couple iches of snow this year.
My yota it is all stock except a winch and front and rear bumpers and 31" muds. no lockers no lift, i have never been strapped, or had to use my winch. it is in my back yard pratically 15 min away and no exactly what lines to chose. Like byron4 said he saw it with his own two eyes, and so did sonofmayhem. I have also done ocg here in colorado with out straps winch ect. all except wahle rock. I am not trying to sound conceded or anything, but i know my trucks limitations, and have taken it there with out body damage. And i don't wheel the ÅÅÅÅ out of my truck in the process.:soap:

see told ya so

ill raise that i too have seen it. clay is good with his truck:hillbill: i think he only bypassed the waterfall. but ÅÅÅÅ i had trouble with that in my locked 80

talk about raising the dead, lol, that was a fun trail, gonna have to hit that again..

i wanna try next sunday my truck should be ready, and i may be locked geared and armored:D