Pinyon Mountain BOH trail run 1/20

[Camaroboi13]

I have a steel bumper in the garage waiting on powder coat. I’m ok with a scratch on my stocker lol

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[Camaroboi13]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/oy871EyBEgzUbMAe7?g_st=ic

meet up spot is at 10am. PM me if you’d like to go or post up here and I will let the bed-less jeep guys know ??

 

[mx5red]

I just saw this yesterday.
I’m interested in Pinyon Mountain but not sure I’m ready for that one yet.
The Mojave can handle it but the driver is the weak spot. ?

That’s the thing about going in a group, we can revel in your failure.

just kidding, I’m sure you’ll do fine. The more the merrier

 

[KevinM60]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/oy871EyBEgzUbMAe7?g_st=ic

meet up spot is at 10am. PM me if you’d like to go or post up here and I will let the bed-less jeep guys know ??

A good spotter and other drivers makes a big difference.
I mostly go out alone so I have to be more careful of what I get myself into.
Going with a group sounds really good.
I'm an hour and a half away so it's very doable by that time. I don't get home from work until 10pm so let me see if I can swing getting the things I need together to make it tomorrow. I'll know for sure later today.

 

[Camaroboi13]

I don't get home from work until 10pm so let me see if I can swing getting the things I need together to make it tomorrow. I'll know for sure later today.

I’m in the same boat, working till 10 tonight but it’s all good.

 

[KevinM60]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/oy871EyBEgzUbMAe7?g_st=ic

meet up spot is at 10am. PM me if you’d like to go or post up here and I will let the bed-less jeep guys know ??

We are in. We will meet at the trailhead. Pretty sure I would regret passing up this opportunity.

 

[Camaroboi13]

We are in. We will meet at the trailhead. Pretty sure I would regret passing up this opportunity.

Awesome, we’ll see you out there ??

 

[KevinM60]

Awesome, we’ll see you out there ??

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[mx5red]

A good spotter and other drivers makes a big difference.
I mostly go out alone so I have to be more careful of what I get myself into.
Going with a group sounds really good.
I'm an hour and a half away so it's very doable by that time. I don't get home from work until 10pm so let me see if I can swing getting the things I need together to make it tomorrow. I'll know for sure later today.

We’ll have plenty of recovery gear and tools in case.?

 

[Camaroboi13]

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We missed you out there Kevin. That was a heck of a trail. Aside from some scrapes here and there we had a blast. Mx5red had almost no damage at all after the squeeze, they really found a good line in the end. I probably wouldn’t do that trail again, but it was definitely worth the hundred dollar fender.

 

[KevinM60]

We missed you out there Kevin. That was a heck of a trail. Aside from some scrapes here and there we had a blast. Mx5red had almost no damage at all after the squeeze, they really found a good line in the end. I probably wouldn’t do that trail again, but it was definitely worth the hundred dollar fender.

Your fender scrape wasn’t real bad. You could almost repaint the white and smooth the black and make it hard to notice. Those plastic fenders flex pretty good against the rocks. Call em battle scars. ?
I will hit that trail in the future, I just didn’t feel ready yesterday. Going out and observing it first hand was still a good learning experience. I’ll do some study online and go back again.
I’ve been watching some Big Bear videos too. Let me know if you guys go up there.

 

[Camaroboi13]

Your fender scrape wasn’t real bad. You could almost repaint the white and smooth the black and make it hard to notice. Those plastic fenders flex pretty good against the rocks. Call em battle scars. ?
I will hit that trail in the future, I just didn’t feel ready yesterday. Going out and observing it first hand was still a good learning experience. I’ll do some study online and go back again.
I’ve been watching some Big Bear videos too. Let me know if you guys go up there.

Watching the videos and hearing the fender smack that wall, I was incredibly surprised it didn’t exit the vehicle altogether! The Wrangler guys are looking at doing Big Bear in February, although I think we might have some late snow coming our way so we’ll see.

I’ll never forget this sound ?

 

[KevinM60]

Watching the videos and hearing the fender smack that wall, I was incredibly surprised it didn’t exit the vehicle altogether! The Wrangler guys are looking at doing Big Bear in February, although I think we might have some late snow coming our way so we’ll see.

I’ll never forget this sound ?

It did sound worse than it was. The fender flexed pretty good. I went down and checked it out and thought it wasn’t as bad as I expected.
The guys with dented doors from broken mirrors worried me a lot more.
It looked like the proper entry alignment was critical to getting through without any damage.
How did you all like Heart Attack hill?

 

[Camaroboi13]

Heart attack hill was very interesting, as it started to rain and traction was going away rather quickly. I was the last to go and it had me feeling worse than I did on the squeeze.

 

[KevinM60]

Heart attack hill was very interesting, as it started to rain and traction was going away rather quickly. I was the last to go and it had me feeling worse than I did on the squeeze.

Yeah that first drop is the scariest part cuz it's sooo steep and you can't see where you're going. The spotter's guidance is everything right there.
As long as you stay straight and go slow it works. I was watching a rollover video and the driver steered right on that bank part way down and rolled most of the way down.
I want to get up near Big Bear for snow play but I don't expect to go on any BOH until spring after the ground settles.

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