Smiley Rock
Forum Thread: Smiley Rock
We went up to Jerome yesterday to take advantage of the long weekend. We knew there would be snow as the trail climbs past 6500 in elevation.
3 rigs:
We got almost through the whole trail maybe 15% left before we got to Smiley Rock. But the snow had become compacted ice and it was too difficult to gain traction. If you got to close to the edge your rig would slide to. As a group of jeeps was returning their from their attempt to finish the trail I got too close to the edge and the rig just slid and almost tip over. Only thing keeping me from going over were a few thin trees.
Recovery took about 2 hours:
You can never pass up a picture opportunity. I was afraid it was going to tip on its side so I decided to take a picture next to the rig just in case it was the last time. We pulled the 60 out and went home fine with a bruised ego. No pictures of recovery as we were all thinking how move the truck with out it sliding an inch or foot farther into the embankment. After recovery we called it quits as the Jeeps said the trail only got more difficult because of the ice.
3 rigs:
- 85 FJ60
- 4Runner
- Trooper (Chevy powered, Toyota axles)
We got almost through the whole trail maybe 15% left before we got to Smiley Rock. But the snow had become compacted ice and it was too difficult to gain traction. If you got to close to the edge your rig would slide to. As a group of jeeps was returning their from their attempt to finish the trail I got too close to the edge and the rig just slid and almost tip over. Only thing keeping me from going over were a few thin trees.
Recovery took about 2 hours:
- 2 winches
- 1 snatch block
- 3 tow straps
You can never pass up a picture opportunity. I was afraid it was going to tip on its side so I decided to take a picture next to the rig just in case it was the last time. We pulled the 60 out and went home fine with a bruised ego. No pictures of recovery as we were all thinking how move the truck with out it sliding an inch or foot farther into the embankment. After recovery we called it quits as the Jeeps said the trail only got more difficult because of the ice.
