Magruder Corridor round trip

[Montecresto]

Epic journey, thanks for all the pics and info. Glade you had no flat tires.

Yes indeed, thanks. I’m obviously real glad about that too...

 

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[Plumber32]

This is the camp ground we stayed at last night, south end of Painted Rock lake, near the mouth of the west fork of the Bitterroot. Drove into the forest a few miles to cut firewood first. The drive back in to Darby was leisurely this morning and we made it here about 2:00.

The trip mileage turned out to be 408.2.......


We both had showers and a hot meal. Then headed out into the BNF and Como Lake. Tonight it’s the Blue Joint for a steak and baked potato.


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Looks about as good as it gets!

 

[Montecresto]

Are the gears able to hold you back on the long descents?

Not always but often, with that 1000 pounds back there pushing us it was sketchy some times, on one switchback, because of the parched earth talcum powder and rockiness, the little trailer slid sideways nearly coming up along side of me, a bit unnerving....

 

[mjn]

just a side note here.. if you do Buffalo Hump next year, may I recommend having a base camp on the Elk City side? You do not want to attempt to pull that trailer into the Hump. You could pull it as far as Wildhorse lake, provided you gave yourself extra time to let the machine cool off several times as it is a long steep climb. From Orogrande Summit into the Hump though... there are stretches of that "road" that make Burnt Knob look like a freeway.

 

[Montecresto]

just a side note here.. if you do Buffalo Hump next year, may I recommend having a base camp on the Elk City side? You do not want to attempt to pull that trailer into the Hump. You could pull it as far as Wildhorse lake, provided you gave yourself extra time to let the machine cool off several times as it is a long steep climb. From Orogrande Summit into the Hump though... there are stretches of that "road" that make Burnt Knob look like a freeway.

Thanks a bunch for the advise. That’s the kind of thing that helps a guy avoid unwanted hardships.

 

[Sacagawea]

I had a great time! The ride was great and the trees and rivers are really unbelievable. Picking a new camp spot every night was very fun. I can’t wait for the next ride. Here are some of my 100 pictures.

 

[Sacagawea]

Here are a few more

 

[Montecresto]

@mjn, do you recognize those two particular trees in @Sacagawea post???

 

[Montecresto]

Yes @Cuoutdoors, the suspension on the trailer is good enough that the Coleman lantern riding in that silver box on the tongue didn’t loose a mantle!!!!

And the potty seat really made her happy.. Had to be sprayed with Lysol and laid in the river for 30 minutes every morning....

 

[mjn]

@mjn, do you recognize those two particular trees in @Sacagawea post???

Old growth for sure, but no. I don't remember those in particular.

Next year when you do the Wagon Road, there is a stretch west of Newsome that has some freaking HUGE old growth firs. The trunks are probably half again that big. Old, old trees!

 

[NTCPrezJB]

Pretty epic trip. Looks like you both really enjoyed yourselves. I’m glad everything went well for you.


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[Montecresto]

Old growth for sure, but no. I don't remember those in particular.

Next year when you do the Wagon Road, there is a stretch west of Newsome that has some freaking HUGE old growth firs. The trunks are probably half again that big. Old, old trees!

They’re right in that campsite that we both used on the Selway at Magruder crossing. I just love really old growth trees that escaped the logger. I’ll enjoy seeing those on the old Wagon Rd.

 

[Montecresto]

Pretty epic trip. Looks like you both really enjoyed yourselves. I’m glad everything went well for you.


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Thanks Jeremie! We most certainly did....

 

[mjn]

Ye

They’re right in that campsite that we both used on the Selway at Magruder crossing. I just love really old growth trees that escaped the logger. I’ll enjoy seeing those on the old Wagon Rd.

Yea.. that makes sense. We pulled in there kind of late & set up camp. My mind was more on my little bro at the time as he already has a bunch of titanium in his leg from a motorcycle wreck some years ago.. he seemed okay when he left, but a re-break in his femur with that metal would have been life changing.
As it turns out, he’s a tough little bugger, and all he had was the scuffs & contusions one might expect from a get-off at 40+ after hitting a forest rat.

 

[JTW]

Awesome!! Glad it was “uneventful”!

 

[Cuoutdoors]

Yes @Cuoutdoors, the suspension on the trailer is good enough that the Coleman lantern riding in that silver box on the tongue didn’t loose a mantle!!!!

And the potty seat really made her happy.. Had to be sprayed with Lysol and laid in the river for 30 minutes every morning....

Sounds like you guys had a great trip. I'm glad it went smoothly. I'd love to see more rides like this happening with folks from the forum.

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[JTW]

Sounds like you guys had a great trip. I'm glad it went smoothly. I'd love to see more rides like this happening with folks from the forum.

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f*** that... we need to be the ones doing them!

 

[Montecresto]

Ye

Yea.. that makes sense. We pulled in there kind of late & set up camp. My mind was more on my little bro at the time as he already has a bunch of titanium in his leg from a motorcycle wreck some years ago.. he seemed okay when he left, but a re-break in his femur with that metal would have been life changing.
As it turns out, he’s a tough little bugger, and all he had was the scuffs & contusions one might expect from a get-off at 40+ after hitting a forest rat.

Well, not to make light of your brothers misfortunes, but you present it rather comically. We did see mostly dual sports and they are usually moving 30-40 uphill or down so what you say makes sense. Glad you’re little brothers tough!!

 

[Montecresto]

Well I tried to tell you they were out there but nobody wanted to believe it....

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Btw, the squaw had to stop at the West fork Ranger Station and tell the ranger that she talked to on the way out that she made it. He wasn’t around so she told the available ranger to let him know and they got talking about grizzlies when he said that they are not out there. Indeed, we saw none, nor any signs of them. Nor have there been sightings or encounters reported by any travelers on the MC.

 

[Montecresto]

Got up at 6:09 and started loading things, my trailer was hemmed in but I finally got it out. Been studying the map and thinking we’ll shoot for Sheridan for the night. Going back a different route than we came up, as there was far too many road construction delays and detours in eastern Utah.