A little more discussion on Hackett Rock...
I wish I would have taken more pictures but I think
@3rdGen4R has some good footage so maybe he'll post up some videos.
For those of you who haven't ran Hackett Gulch, the pictures online do not do it justice. It's not that it's anything super technical, it's just the right combination of angle, obstacle arrangement and wet conditions made it super challenging to get through. As Brian noted, everyone had to winch up and it must be a common thing as there is a purposed anchor point above the obstacle. (circled in orange)
As we saw it, there were two lines that were attempted and I've noted them (quite professionally I might say) in red and blue. The red line is the first one I attempted. It's hard to tell but the rock on the drivers side goes up is just round enough to drag sliders on and high centering our vehicles. The blue line is at a steeper angle and puts your right drivers tire in a spot to where it just wants to spin in the dirt at the base of the obstacle. Also, it was a good thing I had sliders because I slammed that rock pretty hard with them on one of my attempts. Combine all of this with the wet conditions and none of us had any luck getting up without assistance.
Who knows really! Honestly it's amazing the difference a little moisture makes. I've been wheeling on the Mesa when the ground was so slick you would literally keep sliding at a dead stop with your foot on the brake and the truck in park. I was just curious since I've only run the gulches in my 100 series about 7 years ago and don't really recall much of it.
