Friday pictures. Let's start the weekend with a smile
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Actually they dropped in off the other side and couldn't get up either side once they were in the valley. One guy broke some bones while rolling his sled trying to get back up. They walked out and left the sleds. I the spring, the little creek turned into a "BIG" run off and washed the sleds down down the river. The Polaris is the only one that was within eyeshot of where they left them. I boxed the slope on the far side to show you where they dropped in.
These ridges had pretty steep sides and scrub brush at the bottom so it wasn't like you could take a long run at the hill. The police/dnr knew about it because of the injury and the rescue call. This place was remote. We had to ride ATV's 6 miles back on a rail road track that the power line ran along(Yes they were running the backcountry). When we finally got them out of the river we drug them to the tracks and left them. A couple guys made a cart that ran on the tracks and went back a couple weeks later and hauled them out of the woods. The ridges are roughly 65-80'. For comparison, the pink box depicts the hill and if you match it to the transmission tower you can get an idea of the hieght. For those who have never seen a timber wolf in the wild, This one came out of the woods to check us out while we were trying to find a good place to unload the ATV's.
We couldn't figure out if he was interested in the food we had in the cab or the dog that was with us. He actually walked all the way up the the rear tire of the truck with his nose in the air sniffing to beat the band. He was a big boy. As far out as we were, I don't think this boy runs across many people. Give you a hint of where we were, On one of the 1st numbered roads of the 32nd state, near a town that one may admit their faith. Any guesses???
One more picture for fun!!!
One more picture for fun!!!
jourdanbennett
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Doo_dr is it Baptism Crossing on Hwy 1??? What's the prize if I am correct?
jourdanbennett
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We have ridden out of Isabella a couple times and I remembered going threw Baptism Crossing. Not overly familar with the area, but it sure is fun to ride up there.
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brad_2001
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These guy's would have had the same problem if we hadn't come along when we did, the snow drifted over the stream, and the Doo broke through, took about 6 of us and a strap hooked to a sled to get him out.
Bradzoo
Bradzoo
The one pic looks like you are running the baptism river south of Finland? We run it from Finland fown to Hwy 1 quite often. I've also been through the exact spot those sleds were left in there. When did they get in there and get left? I was through there in early Feb and then again late march. It's not that big of a deal to get out of there. Climbing up the spot next to the pink box is fun. It was just past there this year that I clunked a rock and took out an a arm.
cuzzinolaf
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Elf - Where is that?
polarisrider1
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Elf, not sure what the issue was here. both sides look doable. Of course pictures make hills look smaller than real life. The 550 fan Trail/RMK is nothing more than an under powered switchback. Looks like the other is an M5? Need more Grunt to ride that type of stuff. Sad to hear people getting hurt though.