Even though I've ridden this area for years now, I was amazed at some of the new trails I discovered as far back as Mercur Canyon Road, Manning Canyon Road and other locations.
I stumbled on one trail that was clearly above my pay grade. After following this trail for about 30 minutes, it started going down hill at a rapid descent. I figure it was about a 4000 foot elevation drop. The boulders and obstacles mid-trail were getting very large. At about the mid point, I decided it was just too risky to continue down and got my machine to a point where I could winch up to a tree. To my dismay, the winch cable got wrapped around my front/left tire. Fortunately, I never ride without an extra 50' of nylon wrapped winch cable strapped to the rear of the ATV. After a grueling 20 minutes, I finally got turned around and made my way back up.
This trail is located at : N 40 17.106 W 112 12.178 . I highly recommend that if you take this trail, do not proceed further west unless you are a VERY EXPERIENCED RIDER. I placed a lost whip flag on the trail to mark the spot where I turned around and where it becomes far more treacherous.
A few photos:
The above three photos indicate placement of a new cache.
The above three photos indicate yet another new cache placement.
Yet another cache hide
One more cache hide.
I had a great time out there placing caches on rarely used trails. While out there, I also replaced the container at "Stick it where the Sun Doesn't Shine".
While placing a cache, the alarm started blaring out at the Deseret Chemical Depot (the US's stockpile of Chemical/biological/nuclear weapons). I was able to test the VideoCam function of my new camera.
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