Any interest in a SD event?

[HUMMER INVESTMENTS]

Lookin to do an event next summer ( i know its kinda early:emb: ), And was wondering what the interest is. The dates are lookin to be June 15-17.


Day 1: Pre-run Day- We would plan to have a BBQ dinner that night and do some 'testing' on the Eagles Nest 4wd Track. ( We are not responsible for any damage:roll::wink: ).

Day 2: We are planning to either do Railroad Buttes or Camp 5.

RRB is a ATV designated area where it can be a rough and 'skinny' challenge to get to the top of plateau's. This place can be extremely challenging if it rains as the soil under the top layer is clay. So expect to sometime during the day someone gets stuck

Camp 5 has been run by Hummer in the past: It is a rocky road and has some challenges and some 'play' spots where rivers cross the road.

For any of the H3's, possibly H2's ( and if you are daring enough, H1's ) There is a back-up option called Iceman, or Botney Canyon. This is the spot where i broke both of my tierods on the H3 and had to end up walking out. It is a fun little road with a waterfall at the beginning and the end. It is a run-out waterfall that is really tough and that our 'buddy' blew his 4wd in trying to climb out. This is a 1-way in 1-out trail that has the same enterance and exit. Due to the FS shutting down the shelf road that is tighter than Blackbear and only alows H3's down. I will have a winch for the end incase i cant get out in my 3, but if you bring your own winch it will make it a bit quicker:wink: to get out of the waterfall. Once we get to the end of the trail there is an optional 'lunch spot' that is right across the river and waterfall that will be in the walk. There will be more trails to explore but these are the ones that ive done so far and i plan to do some different trails later so i can update that. To offer some 'options' i plan to at least have 6 trail options and have the group vote for wich one they choose.

Again, this is a possibility and if we where to do this youd need to buy a $25 BH FS trail pass for yearly or $20 week trail pass. I am going to look into the option to see if there is a group pass. For H40 members it is free, but depending on what THCI wants to do they might want to just run a joint event with us ( if anybody disagrees with this option let me know and i dont have to get THCI incolved, but i just thought itd be cool to get a THCI event going in the northern Midwest:thumbs: ).

Anybody have suggestions?!?

Thanks,

Olan

 

[HUMMER INVESTMENTS]

Again this is just to gaige interest. I have no idea what i am doing next year due to my Extremely busy year this year. But do plan for a SD event in the near future

 

[M22KLARS]

Yes!

 

[Portager]

Olan;

I love to do it but the 21 hr 34 min drive is making me think twice. It sounds like a three day weekend, but two days of driving on each end means 4 or 5 days of vacation.

 

[Paladine71]

Interested, but can't guarantee it. It's over 11 hours from me. I'm saving my vacation for Drummond Island, but if I can, I'll try to make it.

 

[Trevon]

I'll be there and hopefully have something to drive if an H1 could manage, if anything come hang out for a bit and not take the hard trails. If I do go I may have a friend or two interested if other things like offroad 4runners aren't shunned away..?

 

[HUMMER INVESTMENTS]

Interested, but can't guarantee it. It's over 11 hours from me. I'm saving my vacation for Drummond Island, but if I can, I'll try to make it.

Itd be awesome to have you and portager come! I do agree its a bit of a stretch but if anyone wants to bring a trailer we might have some room and we do have running water. Or a tent?:huh:

Trevon if you dont get an H1 by then ( not likely ) you can always ride a long with us. I am not sure if id run the H1 through Iceman, but i will try it sometime. I will make a promotional video sometime also.

 

[HUMMER INVESTMENTS]

I will also have a friend of mine see if he can join the event with his 2001 H1. I will also see if there is an MHC members that are interested, but i will do that when it gets closer. Probably somtime early next year is my planned time to start actually get members togather, and start taking count of whose comming and whose not, as long as the month is not to crazy i see no problem doing it.

 

[Portager]

I'll be there and hopefully have something to drive if an H1 could manage, if anything come hang out for a bit and not take the hard trails. If I do go I may have a friend or two interested if other things like offroad 4runners aren't shunned away..?

They just need to affix Hummer logo's over their offensive area and wear Hummer T-shirts. :giggle:

 

[skinner41]

I would be interested Olan

 

[HUMMER INVESTMENTS]

I would be interested Olan

Great! Maybe with the time between you can pop up and do some pre-running?:corn:

 

[MTUH3]

I would be interested, but not til next year at the soonest for me. I would not mind seeing on mixed in during Pheasant season.

 

[HUMMER INVESTMENTS]

Well unfortunetaly the trails in SD close NOV. 15 and open May 15 from the FS. So i was kinda planning during the summer / later spring

 

[HUMMER INVESTMENTS]

At least thats what the open and close dates are in Western SD. Not sure about the other side

 

[MTUH3]

When does Pheasant season start out there? Ours (MI) is in Oct. I have been to SD before for pheasant hunting and thought it was Octoberish

 

[HUMMER INVESTMENTS]

Not exactly sure, depends on where your at. If you do come down this way, by all means give me a pm and we can possibly do some trail running if they are not closed.

 

[M22KLARS]

When does Pheasant season start out there? Ours (MI) is in Oct. I have been to SD before for pheasant hunting and thought it was Octoberish

Opens October 15th. SD has awesome Pheasant hunting!!!

 

[HUMMER INVESTMENTS]

Maybe you can run the track too?:wink:

 

[M22KLARS]

What track?

 

[HUMMER INVESTMENTS]

Eagles Nest Offroad Track / Course

 

[HUMMER INVESTMENTS]

Uploading a promo for it and want to see what you think of it. Ill post it once its uploaded

 

[HUMMER INVESTMENTS]

People with a link are the only ones that can view it as i am stil working out the "kinks"

Hope you enjoy it:

[video=youtube;NyqeYwTpmh0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyqeYwTpmh0[/video]

 

[06 H3]

1:30, 4:30 and 5:20 look like alot of fun! That river crossing at 1:30 looks like a blast

 

[HUMMER INVESTMENTS]

1:30, 4:30 and 5:20 look like alot of fun! That river crossing at 1:30 looks like a blast

1:30 we just decided to mess around and go up the river instead of taking the actual road. ( It is aloud, The actual Road seems to just run through the River).

The River is something we will try once the Water is back up but it is likely that that will be part of the Trails.

4:30 is where i didnt want to break anything so i took a easier line instead of taking the line at 3:26, Dan has a lift and i dont so i didnt feel like risking it.

5:20 is actually where a small boulder slid onto the side of the road, and after trying mutiple times to avoid it, (tryed going to the left but there is a lot of trees and a drop off) We stacked up some rocks so we didnt hit the rocker pannel on the rock, and bypassed it easily. You should make an excuse to make the event! I am sure by the end of the event you will be smiling and wanting to come back!:cheers: This will definetaly be an event for H40, but i am planning to get THCI involved to get some more people to experiance the Black Hills Adventure. H4O members are free

 

[HUMMER INVESTMENTS]

Ok, This is now an "Offricial" H4O Event. I set it it in the Calendar.

It is a bit ahead:wink: But I hope you will be planning to come up here! Please let me know if you can attend.

There is a $20 fee though. This is for the BH FS Offroad Permit. You can pay $20 for a week i believe or $25 for a year. Other than that it is a defenite event.

Our Current Trails that we will be running are:

Camp 5: This is where you saw the snow in the video, and where the Black H3 was going up the river. We are hoping to see if we can go all the wya up the river without having to turn around. There are some places where it can get challenging and tight, but other than that it will mostly be a regular FS trail. Hoping we can do most of the River to make it a little more fun!

Rail Road Buttes: This an ATV designated area but can be challenging for vehicles to try to make it to the tops of plattues where the trail is as wide as an ATV. It can also get very rocky too. If it happens to rain you can expect to have a very difficult time! I once made a bit of a stupid desicion of going down a small hill and it wouldbe came back out on the other side. Little did i know there was to dtiches on each side that when we hit it bent out tierods, we flew in the air a little bit. But these ditches where deep! It wasnt a choice to turn around and at the time i didnt have a winch. So it tooks some fenegling to get the H3 to slowly slide to its left and get out.

There will more trails. Day 3 is a suprise. You will have a choice between two. One is rated a 8 out of 10. ( where i broke the tierods on the H3 ) I decided to look and see how hard it would be to get back in there another way since the ledge road is closed. Just by looking i would have to take my RZR incase and then we would see.

Day 1 is really just part of a day at the Test Track. At 4:00 we all meet at the Eagles Nest Offroad Track. Then we fire up the grill for Hamburgers and Hot Dogs. We ask that you bring a side. If you are a vegetarion, we ask that you bring your own food and that you do not have to bring a side. Once i get confirmation that you will be comming i will send out the Full Report and meet places and other things.

Hope you can join us for the event!


Olan