Crown King in shitty weather
03-10-2010 | 10:43 AM
#11
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Sounds like you need to get some more Jeepin buddies if you're going it alone that much.
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03-10-2010 | 10:54 AM
#12
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Agreed... everyone has gone it alone at one time or another, including myself. If you do go it alone, you need to pick your trails. CK in that kind of weather is just plain nuts going by yourself, your favorite fishing hole or not.
Sounds like you need to get some more Jeepin buddies if you're going it alone that much.
Sounds like you need to get some more Jeepin buddies if you're going it alone that much.
03-10-2010 | 02:25 PM
#14
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Agreed... everyone has gone it alone at one time or another, including myself. If you do go it alone, you need to pick your trails. CK in that kind of weather is just plain nuts going by yourself, your favorite fishing hole or not.
Sounds like you need to get some more Jeepin buddies if you're going it alone that much.
Sounds like you need to get some more Jeepin buddies if you're going it alone that much.
Yea I sure do...let me know when you're going out there Mesa
It's really green and nice down on the Gila near the Coke Ovens this time of year.
03-10-2010 | 04:05 PM
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The group I run with is having it's 3 day spring event next weekend, Mar 19~21. There are a few people coming from Tucson. Most people are camping at Usery Park, which is home base for the event and where we'll have dinner etc. The main trail for Saturday is the Box Canyon/Coke Ovens trail. So far we have 22 Jeeps/39 people attending.
Cost is $15.00 a night to camp and $12.00 for a catered BBQ beef dinner Saturday night. If interested, let me know and I'll send you a link to the event.
03-10-2010 | 09:22 PM
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Even greenier than usual with all the rain we've had.
The group I run with is having it's 3 day spring event next weekend, Mar 19~21. There are a few people coming from Tucson. Most people are camping at Usery Park, which is home base for the event and where we'll have dinner etc. The main trail for Saturday is the Box Canyon/Coke Ovens trail. So far we have 22 Jeeps/39 people attending.
Cost is $15.00 a night to camp and $12.00 for a catered BBQ beef dinner Saturday night. If interested, let me know and I'll send you a link to the event.
The group I run with is having it's 3 day spring event next weekend, Mar 19~21. There are a few people coming from Tucson. Most people are camping at Usery Park, which is home base for the event and where we'll have dinner etc. The main trail for Saturday is the Box Canyon/Coke Ovens trail. So far we have 22 Jeeps/39 people attending.
Cost is $15.00 a night to camp and $12.00 for a catered BBQ beef dinner Saturday night. If interested, let me know and I'll send you a link to the event.
I'll have to check out the pics of Crown King AJ. Last time I was there was back in September.
03-10-2010 | 09:42 PM
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^^^^^ Yeah it's gonna be a traffic jam alright. Of the 22, maybe 16~17 are doing the Box Canyon/Coke Ovens run. The others are doing a modified Ajax trail. We're going to have to break the Ovens run into two groups and stagger the start times. A long day for sure!!
03-11-2010 | 10:36 AM
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Wow! I'm sure it will be loads of fun! I love the Box Canyon/Coke Ovens trail. There's so much there I'd like to explore.
03-12-2010 | 10:31 AM
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so i decided to run crown king in az yesterday. it was a blast. i was the only vehical, but two friends came with me. It start all the way down in the dessert of pheonix, and ends in the snowed out town of crown king!! 
there was terrible weather, startted off in pouring rain, then sleet, then a blizzered, when we got closer to town it died of and let goof of in the snow a bit. but the wet conditions made everything real slippery!
sorry bout some of the pics, my friend thought it would be cool to angle the camera on some.
oh and the last pic is my broken sway bar links
. oh well.
water fall in the back
we had to cross water a couple times and the river was moving
and heres the damage
wanted to get more pics but my buddys didnt want to get out and get wet lol.
there was terrible weather, startted off in pouring rain, then sleet, then a blizzered, when we got closer to town it died of and let goof of in the snow a bit. but the wet conditions made everything real slippery!
sorry bout some of the pics, my friend thought it would be cool to angle the camera on some.
oh and the last pic is my broken sway bar links
. oh well.water fall in the back
we had to cross water a couple times and the river was moving
and heres the damage
wanted to get more pics but my buddys didnt want to get out and get wet lol.
what kind of rear bumper is that
03-12-2010 | 01:14 PM
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I love this trail, I did it last time just after some really heavy rain, no snow though. A lot washed out sections and had to stack rocks in several places just to get through. Looks like you had fun, next time I'm sure you will not forget to disconnect