Chiricahua Run for September 15

rkeegstra · **Posted:** Mon Aug 20, 2007 11:47 pm

And another September run! This one out in the Chiricahuas, Pinery Canyon Road (which is easy) and its side trails of varying difficulty. September 15, Pinery Canyon Road and 181, right in front of the National Monument, time TBD but probably 9:00am.

Anybody?

Bill.Barg · **Posted:** Tue Aug 21, 2007 1:30 am

Sounds good to me.
If I can make it, I will take my kids with me this time.

Bill

oldhockeyvb · **Posted:** Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:04 am

Sounds interesting, I'll see if I can squeeze it in.

rkeegstra · **Posted:** Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:34 am

Excellent. The National Monument has a nice campground, I can't imagine that it would fill up even on a Friday night in mid-September.

Route is subject to whim, but will almost certainly include at least portions of Hands Pass ("North Fork" and Hilltop Road on my Garmin map) and Barfoot Park (not on my map, but off of NF-42d) which are from the Massey & Wilson book, trails South #21 and #23 respectively.

I figure we can meet at 9:00am at Pinery Canyon Road and 181, and be on the road at 9:30. Depending on how far people are coming that morning, hit the road time my be closer to 10:00.

[EDIT] Let's make that 8:30, on the road by 9:00.

Russ

Signcutter21 · **Posted:** Tue Aug 21, 2007 12:17 pm

Chiricahuas are great. I'll put in for the days this weekend. Been up there a few times over the years. Should be really pretty after monsoons are over.

Vern, Hand's Pass is the road you, DH and I did when we camped up there with Britts.

oldhockeyvb · **Posted:** Tue Aug 21, 2007 3:03 pm

Yeah we did hands pass through white tail canyon. We camped and came in off the Paradise road.

rkeegstra · **Posted:** Wed Aug 22, 2007 11:03 pm

Let me bump this up to meet at 8:30, on the road by 9:00, so we get more daylight to play with. Is that a problem for anyone?

Russ

Signcutter21 · **Posted:** Sun Aug 26, 2007 8:23 pm

Hey posted over at KJ Jeep too. I'm in. Anybody camping friday or saturday? If I don't camp, I have some floor space at my house if anybody wants to pull up a piece. I'm about an hour away from the forest entrance. shoot me a pm.

mike

dynamike · **Posted:** Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:02 pm

this sounds like a great run!!!

dont think I'll be able to make it......... :cry:

take lots of pics, I may have to go later in the year.....

oldhockeyvb · **Posted:** Mon Sep 10, 2007 2:40 pm

I am not going to be able to make this one, bummer. Enjoy and post up lot's of pictures for everybody. This is a beautiful area.

Bill.Barg · **Posted:** Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:24 am

Gents,

I will be at two soccer games on Sat morning, instead of airing down for the trail.
Bummer

Looks like it is Sundays only for this 4x4 until winter.

Bill

rkeegstra · **Posted:** Mon Sep 17, 2007 12:52 am

Hands Pass is quite a challenge, tippy in spots, and sometimes tippy *and* slidey. The Barfoot Park trail really does end in a really severe washout. All in all, a good time, with only one valve stem destroyed and lots of Arizona pinstriping.

Pictures are here:
http://www.jeepkj.com/forum/showthread. ... 6f&t=33675

...and some more here:
http://www.jeepkj.com/forum/showpost.ph ... stcount=39

Russ

dynamike · **Posted:** Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:27 am

Russ.....thanks for posting up the pics!!! looks like some great exploring, I wish we could have made it !! Is the elevation, high?.......does that area get snow in the winter?

rkeegstra · **Posted:** Mon Sep 17, 2007 11:25 am

Elevation ranged from a little less than 5,000 ft to over 8,000 ft at the top of the pass in the middle of Pinery Canyon Road. The high altitude piney woods were nice and cool on Saturday, like 70 degrees around noon.

One map I saw (can't remember which, or find it now) shows that Pinery Canyon Road closes in winter, so yeah, I'm guessing plenty of snow.

It was a lot of fun. We never even got to Pine Canyon Road (from 181 to Pinery Canyon Road) which is supposed to be (relatively) easy but more photogenic, so we are going to have to go back sooner or later.

dynamike · **Posted:** Mon Sep 17, 2007 4:25 pm

very cool.......I'd like to go, now that summers nearing an end (I HOPE), work should be some better hours......
count me in for a sooner or later run........posting in advance always helps for planning.....

Signcutter21 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 17, 2007 4:37 pm

Russ, great meeting you and everybody else. We had a great time wheeling and hanging out with you all.

Yeah most of those roads can be closed during the winter. Usually a few inches of snow on them, but with as narrow as they are, the FS closes them down. This last year I think it was up to a foot of snow. I wanted to head up that way and play in it but never got the chance.

AZKJ · **Posted:** Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:47 am

rkeegstra wrote:

We never even got to Pine Canyon Road (from 181 to Pinery Canyon Road) which is supposed to be (relatively) easy but more photogenic, so we are going to have to go back sooner or later.

Count us in whenever you put this together!!!

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