Trail Info - Cactus Ridge & Die Trying (Montrose) hard core

[old_man]

Cactus Ridge

Die Trying

For the hard core crowd, here are a couple of trails that might be of interest. Hopefully someone can research and post more info on these.

They are just outside Montrose and are considered pretty tough.

http://www.4x4now.com/trcomm.htm

http://www.rockcrawler.com/trailreports/cactusridge2000/index.asp

 

[jeepfreak1020]

Few pics of the CO4x4 group running die trying

On day 2, we headed for Montrose, where we ran Die Trying and the first part of Calamity.

A nice new sign at the entrance to Die Trying:

Bob got to drive Pat's rig today:

Bill gets flexy:

Harold lifting a tire:

Stephan couldn't wait to get the XJ on Die Trying:

Close-up of Pat's hood & grill:

Cody was having tranny problems (no first gear) so elected to turn around and head back down. Getting him turned around was no picnic.

It's not easy to squeeze through this spot, especially in a JK. Bob goes big to minimize body damage. It looked even better in person

Straight up on the exit:

Harold says it's "Showtime"

Gives 'er a little throttle:

With some time left in the day, we headed over to Calamity. Zane begins the first loop:

 

[jeepfreak1020]

Making it look easy:

Stephan carries a tire:

This rock has claimed many windshield frames, XJ B-pillars, rear corners, etc. Bill ended up realligning and got through unscathed.

 

[DutchVDub]

Sweet pics, it looks fun.