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68J Anyone up to join me this Saturday Feb.4?

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Never done it with snow… Should be fun! It’s up Flagstaff Road pass Gross Reservoir. Pretty chill road, with just a couple places that should be interesting and maybe challenging. Also super pretty country up there.

 

Notyourmomslx450

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Would love to, but can't make it this weekend.
 

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I am interested. I have a kid birthday party and sleepover tonight, so I can’t get there early. Plus need to check with the wife.

But I could probably meet 2pm Saturday.

Otherwise, any time on Sunday.
 

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The stretch of 68j that is “the bad part” is actually private property. The owners don’t like random strangers using it all the time. If you choose to go, be respectful & don’t tear anything up.
 

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The stretch of 68j that is “the bad part” is actually private property. The owners don’t like random strangers using it all the time. If you choose to go, be respectful & don’t tear anything up.
Thanks for the heads up. I know most of the land owners over there so I think, we should be good to go. Just FYI, the road is no private. It’s a public road.
 

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I am interested. I have a kid birthday party and sleepover tonight, so I can’t get there early. Plus need to check with the wife.

But I could probably meet 2pm Saturday.

Otherwise, any time on Sunday.
2PM Saturday is a go for me. It’s pretty country. I can’t do Sunday, will be out of town.
 

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In case you are curious about land ownership/public/private/MVUM, etc. I've never looked but Abe's comment got me curious.

It's a neat route we utilize it a lot.

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Would love to but I'm out of town. you all enjoy!!!
 

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What time are you doing this? I'm SUPER interested as I really want to get my new suspension upgrades flexed out.
 

rushthezeppelin

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Nvm I saw the 2pm. How long should this take?
 

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Well I did a little recon today. I went through the gate keeper without any issue but after that there is a section that is off camber with no room for error and it was totally iced over. Even before that I was sliding. There is no place to turn around so I had to back up. Super sketchy with the ice. Without the ice or snow it a super chill run. Wasn’t today and will not be tomorrow either… @dehru is thinking Switzerland trail. I have not been there but it looks like there is plenty of room there for a little slide here and there. The top is not passable but we could go as fast as we can and go from there.

We could also do 68J from the other side and not run it all the way to Gross Reservoir.
 

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Yeah looks like Switzerland is very chill. Definitely not interested is sketchy off camber icy stuff right now. So there is a way to avoid the icy stuff? I'd like to get some flex which doesn't look like happens on Switzerland unless you go at one obstacle that apparently has a bypass but it sounds pretty hard. I'm willing to settle for Switzerland if @dehru is set on that.
 

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Where would the 2pm meetup be at?
 

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I’m game with 68J starting from the last waypoint. @dehru? Plus there is a couple more spots on the back side of Gross reservoir that we could go to before hitting 68J. Should be able to get some flex
 

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Here. Lmk if you can pull up this address. That what google maps gave me as the last waypoint.

2pm at
1–59 County Road 68
Nederland, CO 80466
United States
 
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