Haku
June 3rd, 2011, 01:26 PM
So Hotchef and I are gonna head down and do Eagle Rock tomorrow (Saturday the 4th of June).
We'll do at last Eagle Rock and probably some of Saran Wrap too. Its a moderate to advanced trail with some chunky sections and some off camber stuff. I've never done the whole thing, but a moderately built vehicle with some chunky tires should be fine.
We are going to meet at the Home Depot at 2250 Southgate Road in Colorado Springs. Its a bit of a windy convoluted place to find, so having a central place close to the highway to meet is nice. Meeting time is 9:30am and we'll leave the parking lot by 10am to head up to the trail.
It is about 1-1.5 hours to Colorado Springs from Denver Metro area, so take that into account.
Here is a map of where the Home Depot is...
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=2250+Southgate+Road,+Colorado+Springs,+CO&aq=&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=51.310143,69.609375&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=2250+Southgate+Rd,+Colorado+Springs,+Colorad o+80906&ll=38.801189,-104.817681&spn=0.024883,0.033989&t=h&z=15&iwloc=A
The road to Eagle Rock is Old Stage Coach road and starts behind the Broadmore Hotel area. Here is where the start of the dirt road is...
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=&daddr=38.776823,-104.863839&hl=en&geocode=&mra=mift&mrsp=1&sz=17&sll=38.776804,-104.863794&sspn=0.006031,0.006019&ie=UTF8&ll=38.776737,-104.863805&spn=0.006223,0.006019&t=h&z=17
From there it is about a half hour drive to the trail itself. We'll probably air down before hitting Stage Coach road since it has a lot of washboard on it.
CB Channel 4, as is usual. Not sure if I'll have one myself, but it never hurts.
Here is a link to the Eagle Rock description on Trail Damage :
http://www.traildamage.com/trails/index.php?id=39
Should be a good day and a fun trail.
We'll do at last Eagle Rock and probably some of Saran Wrap too. Its a moderate to advanced trail with some chunky sections and some off camber stuff. I've never done the whole thing, but a moderately built vehicle with some chunky tires should be fine.
We are going to meet at the Home Depot at 2250 Southgate Road in Colorado Springs. Its a bit of a windy convoluted place to find, so having a central place close to the highway to meet is nice. Meeting time is 9:30am and we'll leave the parking lot by 10am to head up to the trail.
It is about 1-1.5 hours to Colorado Springs from Denver Metro area, so take that into account.
Here is a map of where the Home Depot is...
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=2250+Southgate+Road,+Colorado+Springs,+CO&aq=&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=51.310143,69.609375&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=2250+Southgate+Rd,+Colorado+Springs,+Colorad o+80906&ll=38.801189,-104.817681&spn=0.024883,0.033989&t=h&z=15&iwloc=A
The road to Eagle Rock is Old Stage Coach road and starts behind the Broadmore Hotel area. Here is where the start of the dirt road is...
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=&daddr=38.776823,-104.863839&hl=en&geocode=&mra=mift&mrsp=1&sz=17&sll=38.776804,-104.863794&sspn=0.006031,0.006019&ie=UTF8&ll=38.776737,-104.863805&spn=0.006223,0.006019&t=h&z=17
From there it is about a half hour drive to the trail itself. We'll probably air down before hitting Stage Coach road since it has a lot of washboard on it.
CB Channel 4, as is usual. Not sure if I'll have one myself, but it never hurts.
Here is a link to the Eagle Rock description on Trail Damage :
http://www.traildamage.com/trails/index.php?id=39
Should be a good day and a fun trail.