the Eel
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- Sep 23, 2000
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Well I botched the TWMC directions again and wound up in a sleepy little town called Red Mountain.
After alot of driving and the brutal realization that I was in the process of missing another TWMC enduro, Captain Jack and I pulled a left off of the 395 just a little north of Red Mountain. We figured we'd take the little road across to the 14 and go to Dove Springs.
The round wound around till you could see a ziggurated mine area and a small town below it. I think this was the ghost town of Garlock. There wasn't a person in sight and all the little ramshackle houses were boarded up - but it still looked like there might be people there. No - no people, but we did see trails !!
Up a little further the highway ran along a 30 ft. wide trench colored yellow-orange on the sides, and lined with deep sand and big bluish rocks ... and motorcycle tracks. Looked incredible ! We rode a little further and soon saw a Fremont OHV entrance sign ... in we go.
The weather was beautiful - sunny and cool and windy. We staged on a flat area covered in light-green grass amongst the dirt and sand. Finally, we'd be riding.
This place doesn't look like much from the entrance but once in the interior there is some incredible riding. We never strayed further than 5 or so miles from the truck in any direction and encountered:
The Yellow Trench - across the road from the entrance - we dropped down into the trench and rode it for a mile or so - it looked like it went on further but the sand was so deep we were barely moving. Awesome big blue rocks to get over the entire way if you want to keep going ... I think this trench goes on for quite a while and it really does present some neat but low-key trials-type blue-rock obstacles. The colors here were amazing.
Yellow Sand Hill - we rode up out of the trench after following it south along the 395 and crossed over again - kept going south again and rode by some awesome hill climbs (notice we "rode by"). This trail then curved east and the next thing you know you are barely moving in deep, bright YELLOW SAND ! This stuff looked like something out of a movie. We got thru the sand and back onto the hard rocky trail that rode up to a peak littered with broken up quartz-like stones. Looked east off the hilltop and we saw something that looked like an Area 51 government project ......
The Sand Swirls - a big fenced in area with another huge mine ziggurat looming over it in the background. The fenced in area was housing a weird plain of dark brown sand with these very configured swirls on it. Looked like a huge alien Japanese sand garden. It was kinda spooky ... off to the right of this was another yellow, sandy area ... I'll call it ....
The Sand Pit - 30 feet from the fence of the fenced in area and this yellow sand dropped off like a cliff ... we actually saw guys riding down it to the bottom. You would have to work your way down between 6 or 7 foot high yellow walls 3 or 4 feet apart and then it just dropped off to the bottom. It was rideable ... but I wasn't gonna ride it !! It was a long, long, steep sandy stretch to the bottom.
Hill Climbs - Jack and I were pretty stoked when we both got up the biggest hillclimb we had ever tried. We had a few get offs trying but it was a reall buzz when we both finally made it. There are some awesome hills to climb here - many of which I would never have the guts to attempt - I mean huge and some almost vert at the top.
Otherwise the place is very roller coaster up and down and there are alot of rocks - pretty challenging and really amazing variety.
This place reminded me of some of the wacky trax you might download to play on Motocross Madness (an admittedly guilty pleasure of mine).
When i get the exact directions to this spot I'll post them. I can't wait to get back there ... any takers ?
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The Eel
97 XR 250R
After alot of driving and the brutal realization that I was in the process of missing another TWMC enduro, Captain Jack and I pulled a left off of the 395 just a little north of Red Mountain. We figured we'd take the little road across to the 14 and go to Dove Springs.
The round wound around till you could see a ziggurated mine area and a small town below it. I think this was the ghost town of Garlock. There wasn't a person in sight and all the little ramshackle houses were boarded up - but it still looked like there might be people there. No - no people, but we did see trails !!
Up a little further the highway ran along a 30 ft. wide trench colored yellow-orange on the sides, and lined with deep sand and big bluish rocks ... and motorcycle tracks. Looked incredible ! We rode a little further and soon saw a Fremont OHV entrance sign ... in we go.
The weather was beautiful - sunny and cool and windy. We staged on a flat area covered in light-green grass amongst the dirt and sand. Finally, we'd be riding.
This place doesn't look like much from the entrance but once in the interior there is some incredible riding. We never strayed further than 5 or so miles from the truck in any direction and encountered:
The Yellow Trench - across the road from the entrance - we dropped down into the trench and rode it for a mile or so - it looked like it went on further but the sand was so deep we were barely moving. Awesome big blue rocks to get over the entire way if you want to keep going ... I think this trench goes on for quite a while and it really does present some neat but low-key trials-type blue-rock obstacles. The colors here were amazing.
Yellow Sand Hill - we rode up out of the trench after following it south along the 395 and crossed over again - kept going south again and rode by some awesome hill climbs (notice we "rode by"). This trail then curved east and the next thing you know you are barely moving in deep, bright YELLOW SAND ! This stuff looked like something out of a movie. We got thru the sand and back onto the hard rocky trail that rode up to a peak littered with broken up quartz-like stones. Looked east off the hilltop and we saw something that looked like an Area 51 government project ......
The Sand Swirls - a big fenced in area with another huge mine ziggurat looming over it in the background. The fenced in area was housing a weird plain of dark brown sand with these very configured swirls on it. Looked like a huge alien Japanese sand garden. It was kinda spooky ... off to the right of this was another yellow, sandy area ... I'll call it ....
The Sand Pit - 30 feet from the fence of the fenced in area and this yellow sand dropped off like a cliff ... we actually saw guys riding down it to the bottom. You would have to work your way down between 6 or 7 foot high yellow walls 3 or 4 feet apart and then it just dropped off to the bottom. It was rideable ... but I wasn't gonna ride it !! It was a long, long, steep sandy stretch to the bottom.
Hill Climbs - Jack and I were pretty stoked when we both got up the biggest hillclimb we had ever tried. We had a few get offs trying but it was a reall buzz when we both finally made it. There are some awesome hills to climb here - many of which I would never have the guts to attempt - I mean huge and some almost vert at the top.
Otherwise the place is very roller coaster up and down and there are alot of rocks - pretty challenging and really amazing variety.
This place reminded me of some of the wacky trax you might download to play on Motocross Madness (an admittedly guilty pleasure of mine).
When i get the exact directions to this spot I'll post them. I can't wait to get back there ... any takers ?
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The Eel
97 XR 250R