Well
@Lil_Steve pinal mtn countinues to defeat me...
Feeling better physically, so I made it across the washout that stopped me last time with relative ease...
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But, as my trail sense told me, there was more. After this you cross two big washes, and the 2nd was washed out back against the bank. I didn't take pics because I was kinda bummed. A quad could probably turn sharp enough to go down it in a area where cows had been climbing it, but there is simply not room in a SxS to hit it at the proper angle to keep from tipping. Maybe next year...
So I backtracked and took a side trail over to what looked to be a mine labeled as "Bellview" on maps. FS road (if thats what is was) was surprisingly steep in places, so erosion was an issue, and down near the mine, there was a big rut on a steep section. It can probably be done, but I suspect this may be private property, so I will do some research and maybe go back...
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Speaking of this mine: it look like you once could have accessed this from the east, but this road and a couple of others have been closed by "MF ranch", even though there is still old signage referencing it...
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I wonder which politician got donations to allow this?
Lots of old roads dot this area...
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