Vermejo's Offroad Log

[Vermejo]

Saturday the LC4WD Club met to pre-run trails that will be part of our annual Chile Challenge event. Departing as two groups; hard and extreme- I found myself with 3 Rubicons when the dust cleared. All “jeep grunting” aside, I’ve known most of these guys for years and enjoy the company. The Dona Ana Mountains are our sick little version of Moab. Many of the slopes are solid rock but feature a dusting of shale to the likings of crusher-fine. The climbs and descents place drivers in precarious off-camber situations that would allow a roll to continue for a quarter mile in many areas. Not so difficult are the obstacles than the loose traction and consequences for error.

[Vermejo]

Broad Canyon : http://newmexicobackroads.blogspot.c...ad-canyon.html

Dona Ana Mountains : http://newmexicobackroads.blogspot.c...mountains.html

Upper Broad Canyon : http://newmexicobackroads.blogspot.c...run-upper.html

Good times had by all

[Vermejo]

Trails
Hell’s Revenge
Golden Spike
Behind the Rocks
Poison Spider Mesa

Many more photos at http://newmexicobackroads.blogspot.com/

[troyboy162]

damn! great pictures! i like the arch one and the one where your going up the steep rock crease waving your front passenger paw

[ttora4runner]

Good to see that 4runner is still in action. That orange buggy that is near vetical is sick.

[4runfun]

finally some new pics, everytime i think about chopping my ifs i see your truck and think maybe i should wait.

[Vermejo]

This past weekend I traveled into the Gila with Jones, my GSD. Over the past few months, using 50 year old FS Maps and Google Earth, I patched a long route from Mogollion to Reserve. The route covered over 200 miles of OPEN roads that traversed everything from fern carpeted forest to high desert plains. I’m always amazed at what I still have to discover here.

The Gila provides thousands of miles of road by way of rugged and remote terrain. As help or assistance is rare in these parts, it’s advised to go well prepared. I drove over 200 miles without seeing anything but wildlife.

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