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Red Elephant Hill 030816

August 16, 2003 by Monica

Red Elephant Hill

Trail Run on August 16, 2003
Report and photos by Monica I., Trail Leader
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Ladd G.
Green 2003 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon
Brian E.
White 1998 Jeep Wrangler
Monica I.
Red 2010 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon
Aaron N.
Maroon 2003 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon
Bob S.
Green 1997 Jeep Wrangler
Jenn L.
Yellow 2001 Jeep Wrangler
Ed A.
Brown 1988 Land Rover Range Rover
Fred G.
Silver 1983 Jeep CJ-7
Amir F.
Green 1997 Land Rover Defender

Just when you think the trail is a nice, mellow ride something bad happens. It happened when Monica and Ed both got their passenger sides off the side of the trail at the same time, at two different rock obstacles. The dirt is very soft at the edges of this trail!

The trail climbs and climbs and sometimes you have to go around rocks or place your tires in such a way that you get really close to the edge. That happened to both Ed and Monica. Straddling the soft edge of the trail and at a massive tilt neither one of them could get back on the trail without a little help from the rest of the crew. Tow straps, winches and snatch blocks saved the day, as well as friends standing on the high edge of the vehicle.

After that stressful event was over everyone else knew the correct line to take and though there were some issues here and there everyone else made it through without falling off the trail. We found some good rocks to hop over and tough challenges with the soft dirt under our tires. We also managed to only make one wrong turn at the very end but we all backtracked to find the trail again.

The trail ends right before the hill on Bill Moore Lake where the fun begins, so you don't miss any of the obstacles on that trail by taking Red Elephant Hill. We went back down by taking the Bill Moore side so we got to see everything too. This is a great way to do Bill Moore Lake.

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Reports from Other Days: 7

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July 6, 2019

Led by Sean C.
Red Elephant Hill was the first of three trails we would do on this trip, the others being Mill Creek and Bill Moore Lake. We hosted new members, Mark and Amy Johnson who drive a 2018 JL. The weekend prior to this run, Red Elephant Hill had a small forest…
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