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Southern California Club Xterra => SCCX Xcursion Pictures => Topic started by: ArchX on July 17, 2012, 08:07:34 PM

Title: Big Bear Holcomb Creek 07/14/2012
Post by: ArchX on July 17, 2012, 08:07:34 PM

Ran Holcomb Creek Sat 07-14-12 with hardrock453 last Saturday and had a Blast..  Here are some Android pics..  

Matt - Hardrock453 - Just past the opening..  

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Matt Climbs with a cool backdrop

(http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/zz12/marcarch/SU1BRzA2OTkuanBn.jpg)

Arch'sX easing over a hill ..  Into a weather front??

(http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/zz12/marcarch/SU1BRzA3MDMuanBn.jpg)

Beer :30  ..  no Beer was injured in the filming..

(http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/zz12/marcarch/SU1BRzA3MDcuanBn.jpg)

Arch'sX breezes the 2nd rock Garden.. Hardrock453 follows in style..

(http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/zz12/marcarch/SU1BRzA3MDguanBn.jpg)

(http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/zz12/marcarch/SU1BRzA3MTAuanBn.jpg)

Matt flows through the last rock  garden..  

(http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/zz12/marcarch/SU1BRzA3MTMuanBn.jpg)

(http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/zz12/marcarch/SU1BRzA3MTQuanBn.jpg)

ArchX and Hardrock453 dropping through the trees..  

(http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/zz12/marcarch/SU1BRzA3MTcuanBn.jpg)

(http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/zz12/marcarch/SU1BRzA3MTguanBn.jpg)
Great run and good times..

Title: Re: Big Bear Holcomb Creek 07/14/2012
Post by: HEVAK on July 17, 2012, 08:36:31 PM

This is what I would like to do when my X grows up. :-\

Looks amazing. Thanks for sharing.

Title: Re: Big Bear Holcomb Creek 07/14/2012
Post by: MaxPower on July 17, 2012, 08:41:22 PM

Great pics.  Glad you two got out of there okay.

Title: Re: Big Bear Holcomb Creek 07/14/2012
Post by: ArchX on July 18, 2012, 07:06:06 AM

Thanks guys..  yep trail on Saturday was no problem..  Sunday we had a little  brakeline issue decending a fire road.. 

Title: Re: Big Bear Holcomb Creek 07/14/2012
Post by: Blackx on July 18, 2012, 11:00:24 AM

Looks like fun.  I think I keep seeing one of your trucks in the Sears parking lot at UTC.

Title: Re: Big Bear Holcomb Creek 07/14/2012
Post by: Ghost65 on July 18, 2012, 01:57:14 PM

Quote from: Blackx on July 18, 2012, 11:00:24 AM

Looks like fun.  I think I keep seeing one of your trucks in the Sears parking lot at UTC.

Marc, are you buying more tools.  ;D

Title: Re: Big Bear Holcomb Creek 07/14/2012
Post by: ArchX on July 18, 2012, 04:00:03 PM

John..  Actually, i do buy more tools there from time to time..  impulse usually..

Jeff, thats my truck, Arch'sX.  I work in the building straight accross the street.  My office has a view of, well..  my truck..  if you work close by let me know.if ypu wanna grab lunch or after work beer sometime.. 

Title: Re: Big Bear Holcomb Creek 07/14/2012
Post by: usko99 on July 18, 2012, 04:10:07 PM

very nice!!! looks like fun... will have to try this place out soon...

Title: Re: Big Bear Holcomb Creek 07/14/2012
Post by: Blackx on July 18, 2012, 09:16:22 PM

Quote from: ArchX on July 18, 2012, 04:00:03 PM

John..  Actually, i do buy more tools there from time to time..  impulse usually..

Jeff, thats my truck, Arch'sX.  I work in the building straight accross the street.  My office has a view of, well..  my truck..  if you work close by let me know.if ypu wanna grab lunch or after work beer sometime.. 

Def will do. my wife works nearby which is how I saw your truck several time recently.

Title: Re: Big Bear Holcomb Creek 07/14/2012
Post by: MaxPower on July 18, 2012, 09:23:18 PM

So I'm trying to figure out how difficult Holcomb Creek is.  The photos OZ posted made me think I don't want to go there but these photos don't look so bad.  So how is it really?  Can an Advanced PRG, full skids and sliders make it or do I need more?

Title: Re: Big Bear Holcomb Creek 07/14/2012
Post by: Ghost65 on July 18, 2012, 11:42:25 PM

Quote from: MaxPower on July 18, 2012, 09:23:18 PM

So I'm trying to figure out how difficult Holcomb Creek is.  The photos OZ posted made me think I don't want to go there but these photos don't look so bad.  So how is it really?  Can an Advanced PRG, full skids and sliders make it or do I need more?

According to Marc there are very challenging "gate keepers" on both ends that set the tone.  Hopefully he will chime in with more details Max.

Title: Re: Big Bear Holcomb Creek 07/14/2012
Post by: ArchX on July 19, 2012, 08:46:12 AM

Ok, Matt and I are both Titan Swapped, rear locked, skids, sliders, bumpers and 4+" of lift. I did not photograph any of the more critical sections because it was just us..  I was in front. The 1st obstical was challenging (more challenging than before or how it stands now, i won't elaborate but note the jeeps and hard hats in pic #1)    I pretty much flowed through the rest of the trail with no spot but did exit my vehicle twice to make sure I was not going to roll. At points it was tippy.  I laid on my sliders a couple of times pitching me into position.. I have a high tolerance for this behavior sooooo.....

PRG advanced only, I dunno..  bring a winch, and high-lift, just try the first section "gate Keeper" if you are good mentally and mechanically the rest should be ok..  no guarantees..  

Again, I did not photo the more critical rock sections, only the more relaxed periods..  the one pic poised on the rock I pulled the e-brake, put her in park and snapped a couple o photos..  If you combined the two thread photos you get a great idea of the trail..  if you make it,  very fun!

then again I ran this last time in my grandma's '76 Pointiac grand lemans, bald tires with no probs...  

Title: Re: Big Bear Holcomb Creek 07/14/2012
Post by: RBduffer on July 19, 2012, 12:45:25 PM

Hey Marc
Thanks for the pics and the report.  I was thinking exactly the same thing as Max (which is scary in itself). :P

Thread Jack Alert:     It's time to do a north county brewery crawl.

Title: Re: Big Bear Holcomb Creek 07/14/2012
Post by: ArchX on July 19, 2012, 01:52:20 PM

Yup, you're prolly gonna need 4 lo on this one..  

As for brewery crawl ..  happens fairly frequently, non-scheduled, scheduled, planned or spontaneuos drinking..  buut really actually gettin back to fitness crawl recently .. 

Title: Re: Big Bear Holcomb Creek 07/14/2012
Post by: Ghost65 on July 19, 2012, 05:33:19 PM

Wow...the Jeep guys were actually wearing hard hats.

Title: Re: Big Bear Holcomb Creek 07/14/2012
Post by: ArchX on July 20, 2012, 06:38:34 AM

Quote from: GhostX on July 19, 2012, 05:33:19 PM

Wow...the Jeep guys were actually wearing hard hats.

They were working on the trail.