Trail Hero 2023

[mrk5]

Any other CK5ers headed to Trail Hero this year?

 

[Chickntrk]

I must not be, I don’t know what it is

 

[mrk5]

I must not be, I don’t know what it is

It's an event in southwestern Utah in the Sand Hollow State Park area near Hurricane, UT. https://www.thetrailhero.com

 

[Chickntrk]

That sounds like a good time, I’m on the wrong side of the country

 

[mrk5]

All but 6 months of my 6 years in the Navy was on the east coast. There were things I liked about it, but I'm not sure I could live east of the Mississippi again.

 

[doubletrouble]

Have fun guys! Bummed I couldn’t go with.

 

[mrk5]

It was a blast. Sand Mountain is like a four wheeler's dream! The trails are no joke. We only did 6 and 7 rated trails and they were more challenging than I expected. What would be a 6 or 7 at Sand Mountain was more like a 8 or 9 in Moab. Plus you can basically go anywhere you want so you can often make the trails harder or sometimes easier. They just don't want you to run over the vegetation.

Something I figured out after being there, Sand Hollow is the state park with the big reservoir. Sand Mountain is across the highway where all the dunes and trails are. There is a tunnel under the road near where the Trail Hero vendor area and concert venue was set up.

Some pictures.



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[mrk5]

We ended up renting a side by side (story behind that here https://ck5.com/forums/threads/89-r3500-crew-cab-2wd-to-4wd-conversion-beyond.303347/post-4326812). This is a good example of us figuring out how to rock crawl a side by side. Spoiler, they don't "crawl".

Learning:
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Figured it out:
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[CK5]

Digging that bed Scott!