ttora4runner
01-03-2009, 06:34 PM
After a number of vehicle issues (still have a gas issue to fix) over the past few months, I was finally able to get out and pre-run a trail for a camping trip that I've been trying plan. Just NW of Yuma, Arizona is road named "Red Clound Mine Road" named after the old mine that is located in that area. The road traveses though the Imperial National Wildlife Refuge, Yuma Military Proving Ground, state land (I think) and finally ending in the Cibola National Wildlide Refuge in California.
The trail mainly follow a number of washes, the main one being Clip Wash. The trail can mostly be run in 2wd, until the end where 4wd is required in a spot or two. More so after a rain. The dirt/gravel road portion of the trail is roughly 43 miles, with another 46 miles of paved road back to the interstate (not including milage to get there). Left my apartment about 7:45am and returned home around 2pm.
It was a nice, cool day to out and do some exploring. No one else was on the trail.
These are some of the photos:
Panoramic Photo's first (I still learning to stitch the photo's together better)
- Palo Verde Point
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/Pan-1.jpg
On the way to Red Cloud Mine
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/Pan-2.jpg
Red Cloud Mine Area
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/Pan-3.jpg
Trigo Mountain Area
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/Pan-4.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1715.jpg
- Painted Desert Trail - The actual trail itself is roughly 1.3 miles and takes about an hour to complete. I'll be hiking this trail fully on another day.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1717.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1721.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1722.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1725.jpg
- Green Patch
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1728.jpg
- YPG sign, either you cross get off the main road on either side your in trouble. This area ends aways from the mine.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1734.jpg
- I always wondered what happened to my car.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1738.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1739.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1742.jpg
Right before the Red Cloud Mine are another area of mines, which I don't know the names to. The area kind of reminds me of the "Hills Have Eye's" movies. Thankfully, that wasn't the case.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1751.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1756.jpghttp://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1755.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1757.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1758.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1759.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1760.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1763.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1765.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1770.jpg
- A long way down
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1769.jpg
- Red Cloud Mine Area
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1778.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1780.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1781.jpg
- Random rock wall along the way
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1785.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1789.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1793.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1796.jpg
- The portion of the trail near the end is the hardest part of the whole trail. Last year on the Yuma4x4 run out there. We ran into a group of older people whole decided to turn around at this point. At the last little waterfall area the BLM had stacked rocks to allow them to get their trucks though. **Warning** shameless plugs of my vehicle included.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1800.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1802.jpg
A little play area
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1804.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1806.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1811.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1812.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1813.jpg
- The ending of the trail begins
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1815.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1816.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1822.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1825.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1826.jpg
- Trigo Mountain Wildness Area (not sure of the rules of Wilderness Areas). There is possible primavtive camping before the the wilderness area.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1835.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1832.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1836.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1837.jpg
- Cibola Lake and Colorado River
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1841.jpg
Anyone for a ride, to bad once you go out you have to come back the same way
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1844.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1846.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1848.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1849.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1851.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1857.jpg
Hoped you all enjoyed the photos (I'm kind of picture crazy). The rest of the photo's can be found here: http://s162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/
The trail mainly follow a number of washes, the main one being Clip Wash. The trail can mostly be run in 2wd, until the end where 4wd is required in a spot or two. More so after a rain. The dirt/gravel road portion of the trail is roughly 43 miles, with another 46 miles of paved road back to the interstate (not including milage to get there). Left my apartment about 7:45am and returned home around 2pm.
It was a nice, cool day to out and do some exploring. No one else was on the trail.
These are some of the photos:
Panoramic Photo's first (I still learning to stitch the photo's together better)
- Palo Verde Point
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/Pan-1.jpg
On the way to Red Cloud Mine
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/Pan-2.jpg
Red Cloud Mine Area
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/Pan-3.jpg
Trigo Mountain Area
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/Pan-4.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1715.jpg
- Painted Desert Trail - The actual trail itself is roughly 1.3 miles and takes about an hour to complete. I'll be hiking this trail fully on another day.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1717.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1721.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1722.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1725.jpg
- Green Patch
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1728.jpg
- YPG sign, either you cross get off the main road on either side your in trouble. This area ends aways from the mine.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1734.jpg
- I always wondered what happened to my car.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1738.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1739.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1742.jpg
Right before the Red Cloud Mine are another area of mines, which I don't know the names to. The area kind of reminds me of the "Hills Have Eye's" movies. Thankfully, that wasn't the case.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1751.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1756.jpghttp://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1755.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1757.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1758.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1759.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1760.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1763.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1765.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1770.jpg
- A long way down
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1769.jpg
- Red Cloud Mine Area
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1778.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1780.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1781.jpg
- Random rock wall along the way
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1785.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1789.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1793.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1796.jpg
- The portion of the trail near the end is the hardest part of the whole trail. Last year on the Yuma4x4 run out there. We ran into a group of older people whole decided to turn around at this point. At the last little waterfall area the BLM had stacked rocks to allow them to get their trucks though. **Warning** shameless plugs of my vehicle included.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1800.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1802.jpg
A little play area
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1804.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1806.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1811.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1812.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1813.jpg
- The ending of the trail begins
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1815.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1816.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1822.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1825.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1826.jpg
- Trigo Mountain Wildness Area (not sure of the rules of Wilderness Areas). There is possible primavtive camping before the the wilderness area.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1835.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1832.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1836.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1837.jpg
- Cibola Lake and Colorado River
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1841.jpg
Anyone for a ride, to bad once you go out you have to come back the same way
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1844.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1846.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1848.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1849.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1851.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/100_1857.jpg
Hoped you all enjoyed the photos (I'm kind of picture crazy). The rest of the photo's can be found here: http://s162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/wormholegamma/Clip%20Wash%20Recon%201-3-09/