Solihull Society - Denver, Colorado

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Chinaman Gulch – Trip Report

I knew it was a bad sign when I drove past the bent up gate that signaled the left turn up to the Chinaman Gulch trailhead. Ordinarily not a big deal but I was the trail leader and I was leading 7 trucks including 2 defenders, 4 discos and 1 P38 RR and if Jim Hall had shown with his Series we would’ve had the spectrum of the Rover line. Jimmy had gone ahead of us and radioed for us to go back to the gate to get back on track. Chinaman’s reputation was that of a difficult trail with some challenging and notorious obstacles such as the waterfall, whale’s tail and rock pile. Fortunately, all the Rovers were driven by experienced members and had the necessary modifications. Read More;

April 27th 2007
The spring Moab trip took place on April 27/28. April 27 was a beautiful day and we met at City Market at 8:30 AM. The 5 of us that met were Mark and Terri, Paul and Phil, Dr. Dee and Charlotte, Rob and Mike, and Brian Gueck. An RR, Defender, and 3 Discos. We decided to do Poison Spider and headed out. At the trailhead amidst numerous ATV’s and some jeeps we aired down and took off on the gorgeous morning. Little did we know that EXCITEMENT was on our way shortly. Read More;

On 7 April having felt the need to get out of the house, Mike & Jenny Burris, Beth & Mark Muskopf, along with Marshall, decided to see how far we could make it up the trail to Bill Moore Lake. After a fine breakfast at the Pancake House, we drove out of Denver under cold and rainy weather conditions. As we ascended up I-70 the rain turned to snow, but at the trail head the weather broke. Several inches of snow was on the ground, but at this point we didn’t think it was necessary to chain-up just yet… Read More;

Trail Leader Course
Future Solihull Society trial leaders gathered in Fruita Colorado the weekend of March 30th through April 1st. Bill Burke of 4-Wheeling America provided a trail leading course to all of our volunteers.

Bill Burke is an internationally recognized trainer who teaches back country driving techniques, winching/extrication methods, vehicle preparation and maintenance, land navigation and woods’ skills through classes, private training, trainer and trail leader courses. Environmental awareness and trail etiquette are taught on every outing.

The Solihull Society would like to thank Bill for all of his help.

Photographs and Comments can be found on our forum.
Training

Bill Burke’s Homepage
bb4wa.com

…A Gallery of photos from past events.
Look at the links near the to the top of the page. A link has been added called “Gallery”. Celebration!

…2006 event photos.
…So do we

If you have trip reports with photographs for the gallery, let us know in the “whatever” section of the Forum. jimfoo and garbs are working non-stop (grin) to bring you last years photographs of our explorations. We are working with new software to make photographically documenting our 2007 events more timely.
Gallery Forum Topic

RoverXxchange Newsletter Editor Needed
A volunteer is needed to edit and publish the RoverXchange Newsletter.
Please contact Club President: Larry Grubbs
Please view the “About” page for contact information.

Position Filled
David Lane has accepted the position of RoveXchange Newsletter Editor.

Trail Leaders Needed
Trail Leaders are needed for the upcoming 2007 Solihull Society Trail Schedule.
Please contact Trail Events Coordinator: Ralph Bradt.
Please view the “About” page for contact information.

If you are interested in Leading a trail at the National Rally contact Peter Hope at peter.hope@solihullsociety.org