Noobfest was once again a huge success.
We started Saturday with I believe 11 XJ, 1 Toyota Pickup, and an ATV.
Gameplan was to start off with a few sections of Powerline. Streetpirate modified the Pirate Ship for trail duty.
Tail end of the group.
Aaron coming up an optional climb.
Jeremy (98cherokee35s) and his wife tagged along all day on their quad after catastrophic trailer failure.
We ran Powerline, all the way to Lyda Camp. A few adjustments were made on a few of the rigs, and we continued on to Hoodraiser. Hoodraiser is a pretty basic trail that is great for getting a feel for your rig. We ran it pretty quickly, and continued up to Hogsback.
Hogsback is just something everyone has to do. It looks
far more intimidating than it is. Streetpirate got some great pictures of the runs up it in his first post. After the first hill climb, we continued on through the second section.
Gatekeeper.
Jeremy was pretty worried he wouldn't fit.
The back side of Hogsback went smoothly. It's main challenge is just tight turns through the trees. That then lead Rod and I to see who could do the trail with the least amount of reverses. I don't want to hurt feelings so I won't say who won...
We took a quick lunch after Hogsback, and continued on down the Rocky Uphill bypass. This "road" is shaping into a nice trail. Here's Matt (BannieXJ) dropping off the off camber corner.
This could have been a good picture, sorry Dave2.
I've never seen someone plow dirt with their bumper, but then again Streetpirate is one of the few stockers I've seen run it.
Dave (GlueNTape) developed a leak on his power steering hose, and after a trail fix was put into place we continued on to Archer Firebreak. Archers had a few good hill climbs that a few had to work at and provided a good challenge.