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4/20/19 - Switzerland Trail

hjeepxj

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Denver, CO
Met up with sixditchoffroad, his buddy, a buddy of mine through Team Rubicon, and two dudes from Facebook - one of which brought his GF.

3 XJ's, 1 JK, and 1 Toyota 4runner

AMAZING run - we were doing the regular trail and getting a little itchy to challenge the rigs when we decided to take a (legitimate) spur road that had steep decline initially. This came to another hook up and it had enough snow to make it interesting. Sixditch went first and got a *little* close to the edge, we ended up strapping his left rear with a tow rope to hold him from tipping. He set the bar awfully high.

There were quite a few other groups up there - everyone was chill, and we BS'd with some of the other groups.

I used to wheel a LOT back in college and always ran open open and never had hardly any issues, but I have literally 0 experience in snow (surprisingly) which was an eye opener for me. I'm getting my ARB compressor (to run my f/r ARB's) installed very soon to ensure I'm never in that spot again.

I'll get some pics up ASAP.
 
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Yeah it was a great trip. Everyone was kinda reserved with each other at first, but after that off-camber hill, everyone needed everyone's help so we didn't flop, I thought it brought the group together, it was great. My buddy is editing the 7 hours of go-pro footage and should have it on youtube soon (i hope).
 
Yeah it was a great trip. Everyone was kinda reserved with each other at first, but after that off-camber hill, everyone needed everyone's help so we didn't flop, I thought it brought the group together, it was great. My buddy is editing the 7 hours of go-pro footage and should have it on youtube soon (i hope).

Yeah that's one of my favorite parts about the hobby. Start the day as 7 people who mostly hadn't met and by the end of the day you have new friends..

It was great meeting/wheeling with you!! Looking forward to that gopro footage!
 
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