- Location
- The Village of Kay
Short version: We went, we explored, we encountered plenty of adventure, we camped, we had a few pucker moments, we had some awesome campfires, and we had fun!
Longer Version:
Several of us met on the afternoon of 12/27/23 for a year end trip of wandering in the Swell. My buddies Pedro and Kevin mentioned the trip at the Wasatch Cruisers' Christmas Party and I wanted in! Unfortunately, Kevin couldn't make it but Pedro and I connected to plan a fun trip. We layed out a route across several roads we hadn't driven and set out to explore as many as we could.
Wednesday, we met at 1pm in Spanish Fork to kick off the festivities. Gassed up and ready for adventure, we cruised over HWY 6 to Helper where we took a small detour. We buzzed up to Gordon Creek Falls and then to the Gordon Creek Railroad Tressel.
The falls were frozen and very photogenic!
The road to the falls was our first opportunity to use 4WD and lockers in some instances. It was fun to exercise the rigs on day 1!
The tresell was cool in its own right.
Crossing the river under the tresell was our 2nd adventure. It was frozen, and much deeper than it looked. The first 2 trucks got through under their own power with lockers locked, plenty of skinny pedal, and some sheer luck! The last 2 got strapped out, but no shame was given as it was a tricky spot fo sho!
Once on top the view was pretty awesome!
Pressing on, the road we wanted to get to Huntington was seasonally closed, forcing us to back track a bit and drop into Price before turning South. We fueled up in Castledale, then set sights on camp just East of Ferron, somewhere in the San Rafael Swell. As we buzzed down the road in Ferron, a few deer surprised me on the right side of the road. I hit the brakes, but it was too late, i hit and killed a small buck. We stopped to ensure the deer was dead and suffering (he was dead), then assessed any damage to my cruiser. There were a few tufts of hair stuck to the bumper and under the cruiser, and some fluid (spit?) on the bumper, but no discernable damage. We drug the little deer off the road, then continued on our quest for camp.
A road to the north looked promising, and as we explored found a cool camp on a ridge, overlooking Ferron and Castledale. We setup camp for the night and got a fire going to cook dinner. We had an awesome night in camp!
Castledale glowing at night.
An 80 by moonlight...
That night wasn't terribly cold, and the stoke was high for the next day's adventure. The campfire was good for my soul!
Longer Version:
Several of us met on the afternoon of 12/27/23 for a year end trip of wandering in the Swell. My buddies Pedro and Kevin mentioned the trip at the Wasatch Cruisers' Christmas Party and I wanted in! Unfortunately, Kevin couldn't make it but Pedro and I connected to plan a fun trip. We layed out a route across several roads we hadn't driven and set out to explore as many as we could.
Wednesday, we met at 1pm in Spanish Fork to kick off the festivities. Gassed up and ready for adventure, we cruised over HWY 6 to Helper where we took a small detour. We buzzed up to Gordon Creek Falls and then to the Gordon Creek Railroad Tressel.
The falls were frozen and very photogenic!
The road to the falls was our first opportunity to use 4WD and lockers in some instances. It was fun to exercise the rigs on day 1!
The tresell was cool in its own right.
Crossing the river under the tresell was our 2nd adventure. It was frozen, and much deeper than it looked. The first 2 trucks got through under their own power with lockers locked, plenty of skinny pedal, and some sheer luck! The last 2 got strapped out, but no shame was given as it was a tricky spot fo sho!
Once on top the view was pretty awesome!
Pressing on, the road we wanted to get to Huntington was seasonally closed, forcing us to back track a bit and drop into Price before turning South. We fueled up in Castledale, then set sights on camp just East of Ferron, somewhere in the San Rafael Swell. As we buzzed down the road in Ferron, a few deer surprised me on the right side of the road. I hit the brakes, but it was too late, i hit and killed a small buck. We stopped to ensure the deer was dead and suffering (he was dead), then assessed any damage to my cruiser. There were a few tufts of hair stuck to the bumper and under the cruiser, and some fluid (spit?) on the bumper, but no discernable damage. We drug the little deer off the road, then continued on our quest for camp.
A road to the north looked promising, and as we explored found a cool camp on a ridge, overlooking Ferron and Castledale. We setup camp for the night and got a fire going to cook dinner. We had an awesome night in camp!
Castledale glowing at night.
An 80 by moonlight...
That night wasn't terribly cold, and the stoke was high for the next day's adventure. The campfire was good for my soul!
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