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Pickel gulch 5/10

ccslider

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I went to visit my buddy who lives at the base of pickel gulch. We took a ride up apex to the backside of pickel gulch but it was still very snowy. We made it to the gate with the big yellow semi flat bed trailer.

The snow had to be 6 feet deep past that.

So we headed to pickel gulch. He already rode his side by side there yesterday and said we could make it just past the cabin a bit.

After the first Hill climb we came across an side by side that bent it's tie rod. They blocked the trail for at least an hour. Great lunch time!

While eating lunch I saw what looked to be s homeless camp. There was trash everywhere, beer cans, aluminum foil, tarps and lots of trees cut down. A real sad site.
We cleaned all the trash, took the tarps down and deconstructed the trees. It was 2 large black trash bags worth.

I couldn't believe it. I understand why trails are being closed!

I forgot to take after pics.

After the trail cleared we headed up as far as we could until the snow got deep.

I had the wife drive back down to get some seat time. The new low range gears were incredible. I had to give it gas to go down at some points.
 

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AlpineAccess

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Great work on clearing that camp. Unbelievable. We've been going up pickle gulch with friends for a long time and seeing this floors me.
 
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