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<blockquote data-quote="Dirty Dog" data-source="post: 457583" data-attributes="member: 24042"><p>Your departure angle probably isn't too big a concern, then.</p><p></p><p>Beaches are tons of fun. We don't have any real mud in Colorado (it runs downhill to Kansas and leaves us with rocks) or beaches, but we do have the Great Sand Dunes National Park. There's a lovely trail that goes over Medano Pass (about a dozen water crossings, tons of beaver, deer, big horn sheep, occasionally a bear, bobcat, or mountain lion) and down into the dunes. The last 2.5 miles of that trail are driving through the sand. It's quite different to the usual off roading here.</p><p></p><p>The park itself is at the south end of the trail, and it's not uncommon for people to go to the park in less than stellar off road vehicles, ignore the signs at the trailhead, and get stuck in the sand. And in the springs, when the creek is high and there's tons of runoff, we actually do find some mud on this trail. </p><p></p><p>My daughter Katie plowing through in one of my old XJ's.</p><p>[ATTACH]124161[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>My wife getting my Ram unstuck.</p><p>[ATTACH]124162[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>One of the water crossings.</p><p>[ATTACH]124163[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>One of many beaver dams.</p><p>[ATTACH]124166[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Coming into the dunes.</p><p>[ATTACH]124165[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>A guy who took his girl and went wheeling solo. Bad idea. He got stuck, and his solution was to put snow chains on the tire that was touching the ground. Of course, he had an open diff, so it didn't actually do anything. They'd been there about an hour when our group came across them. We put a snatch block on a tree behind him, pulled him out backwards with my old YJ, and convinced him to turn around and come out with us.</p><p>[ATTACH]124164[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]124167[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dirty Dog, post: 457583, member: 24042"] Your departure angle probably isn't too big a concern, then. Beaches are tons of fun. We don't have any real mud in Colorado (it runs downhill to Kansas and leaves us with rocks) or beaches, but we do have the Great Sand Dunes National Park. There's a lovely trail that goes over Medano Pass (about a dozen water crossings, tons of beaver, deer, big horn sheep, occasionally a bear, bobcat, or mountain lion) and down into the dunes. The last 2.5 miles of that trail are driving through the sand. It's quite different to the usual off roading here. The park itself is at the south end of the trail, and it's not uncommon for people to go to the park in less than stellar off road vehicles, ignore the signs at the trailhead, and get stuck in the sand. And in the springs, when the creek is high and there's tons of runoff, we actually do find some mud on this trail. My daughter Katie plowing through in one of my old XJ's. [ATTACH]124161[/ATTACH] My wife getting my Ram unstuck. [ATTACH]124162[/ATTACH] One of the water crossings. [ATTACH]124163[/ATTACH] One of many beaver dams. [ATTACH]124166[/ATTACH] Coming into the dunes. [ATTACH]124165[/ATTACH] A guy who took his girl and went wheeling solo. Bad idea. He got stuck, and his solution was to put snow chains on the tire that was touching the ground. Of course, he had an open diff, so it didn't actually do anything. They'd been there about an hour when our group came across them. We put a snatch block on a tree behind him, pulled him out backwards with my old YJ, and convinced him to turn around and come out with us. [ATTACH]124164[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]124167[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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