smfulle
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- Location
- Plain City, UT
My friend from work, Robert, in his Toyota pickup, and I, in my 48 Willys CJ2a, started out from North Fork in Ogden Valley, heading north on the Avon road. This road is a pretty good dirt road that a car could travel on if necessary. This is the route that the RAGNAR, Wasatch Back Relay run takes when coming south from Logan. There are several little scenic side loops that you can take that a little bit more challenging, but mostly this is a scenic tour.
We traveled up the switch backs on the Avon road and got a really great view of Ogden Valley. This picture is from a previous trip up the same road with my mom and dad, because I forgot to take a picture this trip.
When you get to the top there is a rock pile on the left where we crawled around a little then headed down the main road. There is a fence on the left side of the road and not too far down the road there is a break in the fence where a couple of steel posts have been set up to keep wide vehicles out. My CJ2A slipped right through and Robert’s Toyota made it through as well, although he rubbed the sidewall a little on one tire. Once through this fence, we went up the hill and on our way on a really fun, rocky, winding trail that headed west towards the back side of Ben Lomond and Willard Peak.
When we got up in a high meadow, I finally remembered to take some pictures.
These are of the back side of Ben Lomond and Willard Peaks.
This is looking north towards Cache Valley and what I think are the Wellsville Mountains.
Here’s Robert coming down the hill.
Another shot of Robert coming down another hill. We are heading west where we will hook up with the Willard Peak Road.
Here we are looking along the Willard Peak Road. When the snow is off you can pretty much get right up to the peak.
We went as high as we could go until we hit snow that we couldn’t get through. I eventually got through this spot, but only got a few dozen yards more before I didn’t dare go any further.
When I got turned around and was heading back down, I decided to try the low side of the snow bank rather than the high side where I managed to get by going up. BAD IDEA. Got really stuck and Robert had to give me a little pull to get out. No harm done, that’s why you carry a tow strap.
Even thought it was downhill, the snow was soft and heavy, too heavy to power through.
Once out we stopped at a shady spot on the way down and ate our sandwiches.
We then headed on down to the town of Mantua and then onto Highway 89 and back south to Ogden.
Fun day, fun ride. You couldn’t ride this trail on anything wider than a Toyota pickup. If Robert’s tires had been any wider he wouldn’t have made it through the two “gates” where the steel posts were set up to keep out wider vehicles. This would be a really fun ride on an ATV.
We traveled up the switch backs on the Avon road and got a really great view of Ogden Valley. This picture is from a previous trip up the same road with my mom and dad, because I forgot to take a picture this trip.
When you get to the top there is a rock pile on the left where we crawled around a little then headed down the main road. There is a fence on the left side of the road and not too far down the road there is a break in the fence where a couple of steel posts have been set up to keep wide vehicles out. My CJ2A slipped right through and Robert’s Toyota made it through as well, although he rubbed the sidewall a little on one tire. Once through this fence, we went up the hill and on our way on a really fun, rocky, winding trail that headed west towards the back side of Ben Lomond and Willard Peak.
When we got up in a high meadow, I finally remembered to take some pictures.
These are of the back side of Ben Lomond and Willard Peaks.
This is looking north towards Cache Valley and what I think are the Wellsville Mountains.
Here’s Robert coming down the hill.
Another shot of Robert coming down another hill. We are heading west where we will hook up with the Willard Peak Road.
Here we are looking along the Willard Peak Road. When the snow is off you can pretty much get right up to the peak.
We went as high as we could go until we hit snow that we couldn’t get through. I eventually got through this spot, but only got a few dozen yards more before I didn’t dare go any further.
When I got turned around and was heading back down, I decided to try the low side of the snow bank rather than the high side where I managed to get by going up. BAD IDEA. Got really stuck and Robert had to give me a little pull to get out. No harm done, that’s why you carry a tow strap.
Even thought it was downhill, the snow was soft and heavy, too heavy to power through.
Once out we stopped at a shady spot on the way down and ate our sandwiches.
We then headed on down to the town of Mantua and then onto Highway 89 and back south to Ogden.
Fun day, fun ride. You couldn’t ride this trail on anything wider than a Toyota pickup. If Robert’s tires had been any wider he wouldn’t have made it through the two “gates” where the steel posts were set up to keep out wider vehicles. This would be a really fun ride on an ATV.
