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Pennsylvania Gulch 070707

July 7, 2007 by Monica

Pennsylvania Gulch

Trail Run on July 7, 2007
Report and photos by Monica I., Trail Leader
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Gary R.
Yellow 1978 Jeep CJ-7
Mike S.
Silver 2004 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon
Steve B.
Green 2000 Jeep Wrangler
Walt S.
Gray 2022 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon 392
Don W.
Silver 2005 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon
Monica I.
Red 2010 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon
Bill S.
Yellow 2020 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon
Todd S.
Silver 2005 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon

We had a great time at our annual barbeque and we planned on running Switzerland Trail on the way back to town. We accidentally ended up on Pennsylvania Gulch, which was a fantastic surprise.

It had been raining for awhile, making the trail very wet. We headed through the town of Sunset and across to the other side of Switzerland Trail, but made the turn to Pennsylvania Gulch instead. We immediately headed uphill, but it was fun so we continued.

We were all in 2-wheel drive at first, but then we all found ourselves in 4-wheel drive. Soon everyone was in 4-low and wondering where we were. This was a new trail for us and definitely not Switzerland Trail.

The climb was a blast, especially because it was wet. Because of the rain, it made picture taking difficult. The rocks were loose, and the trees hit us from all sides as we all worked our way up to the top.

After that great time on the climb we found ourselves in a tippy section of dirt trail. It was exposed and it leaned us out over the big hill.

We soon ended up on the flat top, surrounded by trees. It was tight as the trees were all around our vehicles as we worked our way out. We found ourselves very near the highway on Sugarloaf Mountain.

Monica lost her Barbie somewhere on that hill, and it was too steep to go back and look for it. She'd have to get another one just like it to finish out the year.

We aired up and talked about how fun it was to find a new challenge in the area. You definitely couldn't run it in the downhill direction because there weren't very many places to pass if you met someone coming uphill. Uphill has the right-of-way, and you'd end up backing up that rocky hill. That could be very difficult!

We all headed for home, soggy from all of the rain. It was a great finish to a great day.

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Reports from Other Days: 3

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July 3, 2017

Led by Monica I.
We rarely do the same trail more than once per season, but sometimes it just makes sense.  We wanted to do Pennsylvania Gulch once, but you have to do half of Switzerland Trail to do it.  We could either do only half of Switzerland Trail and only do Pennsylvania Gulch…
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