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Colorado Jeep Forum From On The Rocks Jeep Club Notify me of new comments Author Thread: Chokecherry Canyon Farmington, NM June 14th nugget Chokecherry Canyon Farmington, NM June 14th Posted: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 9:35 PM (PST) Hey guys,   Some buddies and I are planning a cleanup for Farmington in chokecherry canyon June 14th, and thought I would let you guys know.  If interested more info can be found here http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=676864 .  We could use all the help we can get.  Thanks guys!   -Nick       Comments: Flat Nested Threaded Embedded Oldest First Newest First Author Thread: nugget Chokecherry Canyon Farmington, NM June 14th Posted: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 9:38 PM (PST) Little more info:   Description: Chokecherry canyon is a very unique place in that buggies, very modified, slightly modified, and stock trucks can run the same trail and everyone will have fun; optional lines is what makes chokecherry amazing.  Don’t want to do an obstacle?  Go around.  Can’t make an obstacle?  Try another 30 feet over.  This area really is a huge playground for any type of vehicle.  The cleanup is going to be Saturday, but if people wanted to come out early, to get the most out of the wheeling trip, by all means come out early and we can show you around.  Last year’s cleanup lasted about 4-5 hours, which left a lot of time to go wheeling afterwards.  Sunday you can go wheeling as well if you feel so inclined. Meeting time will be 8:00am-noonish Saturday Morning (June 14th, 2008) at the staging area (directions below).  We will be splitting up in groups to hit different areas that need to be cleaned up.  After the cleanup, we will all gather around and decide what trails to run and what trails everyone wants to do.        Staging will be located at the entrance to chokecherry canyon, which is at the intersection of pinion hills and glade rd. (a large dumpster will be there). Map of staging location: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=36.771411,-108.209796&ie=UTF8&ll=36.772236,-108.209796&spn=0.015916,0.029011&t=p&z=15 Direction to Camp: From Pinion Hills Rd. Turn off on CR1980 aka Glade Rd (chokecherry canyon) There has never been a sign or anything to mark it whatsoever. But there are land marks. * It's a canyon bottom at the base of a pretty big hill. * it's on the right (north) and paved * It immediately curves to right and becomes gravel/dirt * there are street lights if it's dark. * there is large wash on the right (east) Stay on the main road. At ~+2miles you'll pass the "Glade run rec area/BLM" sign You will then cross over the wash, then cross back after a ways. 2 TOTAL WASH CROSSINGS After the 2nd crossing you'll come to a fairly large, well used "T" intersection on the left. PASS IT! Take the next trail that peels off to the left. It's just a few yards past the intersection. You'll pop out in brown spring. Which is kind of like a parking lot surrounded by a big slick rock bowl. That's were we'll be camped. Total distance is ~3 miles from pinon hills Map of where camp is located: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=17429398579826337653,36.773710,-108.193470%3B13201069828820386689,36.808481,-108.177934&q=36.808481,+-108.177934&ie=UTF8&ll=36.809319,-108.177953&spn=0.015908,0.029011&t=p&z=15&iwloc=addr Hope to see some of you guys out there!! nugget Chokecherry Canyon Farmington, NM June 14th Posted: Saturday, May 24, 2008 1:55 PM (PST) Bump!   Pictures updated on how dirty this area really is, pisses me off   http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?p=8283976#post8283976 GaryS Chokecherry Canyon Farmington, NM June 14th Posted: Saturday, May 24, 2008 2:56 PM (PST) How long does it take to get there from the Denver area? nugget Chokecherry Canyon Farmington, NM June 14th Posted: Sunday, May 25, 2008 10:31 AM (PST) probably about 7 hours       nugget Chokecherry Canyon Farmington, NM June 14th Posted: Saturday, May 31, 2008 7:48 AM (PST) Bump!!   Nobody is coming?? GaryS Chokecherry Canyon Farmington, NM June 14th Posted: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 4:23 PM (PST) I will not be making that trip.  Sorry.   I have never been to the Farmington area but I have heard there is good wheeling around there and someday I hope to be able to make the trip down there.   Maybe you can show me around when I am able to come down. Thanks, Gary nugget Chokecherry Canyon Farmington, NM June 14th Posted: Saturday, June 07, 2008 9:48 AM (PST) Thanks man!  I am in California, but I can round someone up to show you around when you do decide to go. nugget Chokecherry Canyon Farmington, NM June 14th Posted: Monday, June 09, 2008 8:57 PM (PST) ...The response for this event is amazing! So much, in fact, that we are moving the camping site to an area just east of Brown's Springs. The camping area is a large, flat grassland area and on the opposite (east) bank of the main dry wash.  Also, the dumpsters are being donated by waste management, and we doubled the amount of dumpsters due to the amount of trash and the shear amount of people that have committed so far.   The new campsite can be reached 3.6 miles from the intersection of Pinon Hills Blvd and Glade Rd. and ~.2 miles past Brown's Springs. Turn right at the 4-way intersection, crossing the wash, and continue the follow the road to the right. You will see several very large red tanks and we will be camped in the large field adjacent to them. These red tanks are highly visible from the main road as well as from Brown Springs...when in doubt, head toward the red tanks, eh?   GPS to get you close... 36°48'37.09"N 108°10'27.43"W   Several folks will be rolling in throughout the day on Friday so spotting folks shouldn't be too bad either. We'll be the biggest group out there for sure! The gas companies have definitely stepped up and will provide a very nice lunch, which will be on Saturday   Hope to see you out there!     nugget Chokecherry Canyon Farmington, NM June 14th Posted: Friday, July 04, 2008 7:12 PM (PST) Sorry it took me so long to get this up.  I have been beyond busy the last few weeks.   Degenerates trip report:   I left work at 5:00 Thursday afternoon and met up with Brian in Vegas, NV around 8:30.  He had already packed all of his junk, and we were ready to roll after getting some more Red Bulls and fuel.  We decided a couple days prior that it would be better if we were to drive all night and arrive as early as possible on Friday to unload and get setup for the cleanup.  We left Vegas around 9:00 on Thursday night with me driving.  The road down to Hoover Dam was swervy, and very narrow, which brought the suck.  We bombed to I-40 and continued our journey up to Farmington.  I was chugging Red Bulls and water to stay awake and was feeling really good.  After stopping for fuel 3 times, 6 Red Bulls, and 10 hours we arrived in Farmington around 6:30am Friday morning.    No one was there yet, so we unloaded the truck and went trail riding.  After hitting RJ's and Arches, we came back to meet up with our other degenerates.  Joe and his wife, and Kevin were there, so we decided to hit Garage while we wait for other degenerates/people to roll in.  After Garage we met up with Danny and Tyler from Albuquerque and made dinner. Nick rolled up with Joe and this other dude (can't remember his name) after dinner (its probably around 6pm or so at this time).  We then proceeded to hit RJ's again where Nick rolled his junk.  Got back at camp around midnight and hung out for an hour or so before hitting the sack (at this point Brian and myself have been up for 42 hours straight).    Woke up the next morning bright and early to get all the cleanup stuff sorted out.  Chandler and Steven showed up, our degenerates from Arizona!  The show up was rather dissapointing, but we made the best of it.  I would say there were 20 of us, with another 20-30 BLM guys and XTO energy guys.  In 4 hours we cleaned up 3 and a half dumpsters full of trash from the area.    The BLM guys in Farmington are no joke, and are here for us.  Without them, this event would have been nowhere near as succesfull.  They stepped up in ways that I have never seen any office do before, and we are very lucky to have them in the chokecherry canyon area.  I, and the degenerates, deeply thank the BLM for everything they have done for us, thanks guys!!  Waste Management provided the 4 dumpsters free of charge, which was awesome!!  XTO stepped up big and provided a tri tip lunch with beans, potato salad, catfish, and a whole slew of other goodies.  It was the best Lunch I have seen anyone donate for any event I've been too, it was outstanding.  On their day off, the XTO guys came out and helped us clean up the area AND provided us a lunch, these guys are truly standup guys, and have my deepest thanks!    After the cleanup it was time to hit the trail, it was nearly 1:00pm at this point.  We hit Ferrin's trail first, where Troy quickly rolled his junk.  After that we hit Beaver Falls where Troy broke his front output shaft on his t-case and proceeded to break his front passenger main leaf spring.  After a lengthy recovery we went back to camp and had some pizza.  After dinner we hit Cobra, and ran into the local 667 Rockers at the end.  We decided to hit RJ's with them, even though it was about 11am in the morning at this point.  One of the 667 boys was fully gettin it on a side obstacle and rolled his buggy hard.  The whole front of the chassis was busted, links ripping off, engine mount tube busted, support tubes all over cracked or busted.  It was the worst carnage I have ever seen.  It was a lengthy recovery, and took till 3:00 in the morning.  We woke up about 9:00am and waited around/rested a bit and decided to hit Waterfall trail.  Here is where we took our time.  We were beat from wheeling/driving the whole weekend (got about 8 hours of sleep in 4 days).  We would go some stop and hang out under a tree and continue.  The trail pretty much took all day and we headed back to camp for dinner.  Later that night we hit Arches and got back to camp around midnight.  We hung out till 1:00 or 2:00am and got up around 9:00am Monday morning.    We loaded up our junk and headed home.  We landed in Vegas about 6pm, and I decided to continue my journey to Ridgecrest, and arrived home about 11pm.  Got up at 6am and went to work.  The best weekend I have had for awhile :D  Now for the pictures   Photos: [url]http://s143.photobucket.com/albums/r159/jeepnmaniac/Chokecherry%20Canyon%20Cleanup%20June%2013%2015/[/url]   Part I of video : [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU3xCRjG1DE[/url]   Part II [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR9iBP25SSQ[/url]   Part III Will be up in about a week and a half….I will be at the Rubicon nugget Chokecherry Canyon Farmington, NM June 14th Posted: Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:53 PM (PST) Part III http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0otZ...%26ps%3D20%26s Edit this Post

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