Udink
12-05-2008, 03:24 PM
I was in the mood for something new this week, so I planned an ATV ride so I could find some geocaches that I'd been wanting to find for a long time. It's such a long drive to Ferron and then east into the Swell to the normal staging area for Coal Wash (60 miles from my house), so instead I decided to only drive 35 miles and park the truck at Buckhorn Well. From there, I rode my ATV south to Fuller Bottom and crossed the San Rafael River. The crossing wasn't too bad, but getting up the far bank was a bit tough--I felt like I was going to tip over backwards. I continued south following the road along the bottom of the Red Ledges and eventually dropped into Coal Wash. From that point on was all new to me, and the scenery was awesome. It gets even better once you hit the north fork of Coal Wash. I saw a lot of interesting side-canyons through there, so I'm planning on returning next year for an overnighter ATVing/hiking trip. I didn't get a chance to ride all of Devil's Racetrack because I would have run out of daylight. As it was, I didn't get back to the truck until after the sun had gone down and it was getting pretty dark. Anywho, below is a link to my GPS tracklog (Google Earth KML format) and a couple of videos and some pictures from my ride.
http://castlecountry.org/geo/FullerBottomCoalWashDevilsRacetrack.kml
Fuller Bottom and Coal Wash:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE_cGB19Co0
Devil's Racetrack:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAaVBL56DF4
Fuller Bottom Crossing (from the north)
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/STmK3FtbqQI/AAAAAAAAC3s/iJLJND9ndbU/s800/IMG_6092.jpg (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/y9ynMzZGTF0libutv_sRKg)
Fuller Bottom Crossing (from the south)
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/STmK4mKA3eI/AAAAAAAAC30/KTh18o7NvKg/s800/IMG_6100.jpg (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/RWQjvYusF_sFds5BB5KnUA)
The Drips
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/STmK6Cf5-iI/AAAAAAAAC38/k2yu3Th8mN4/s800/IMG_6111.jpg (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/eZz05cLM_daayLcbUJuntQ)
Sid's Mountain WSA Boundary
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/STmK72lg9QI/AAAAAAAAC4E/6928QhlA9ZY/s800/IMG_6119.jpg (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/THnQsGAU95Xx9EZ6qacINQ)
North Fork of Coal Wash
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/STmK9DnrJEI/AAAAAAAAC4M/xA-I7hD0kAs/s800/IMG_6131.jpg (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/nd5ipxYoL-tDimcF-FuAjg)
Scenery in Coal Wash
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/STmK-I68PGI/AAAAAAAAC4U/Of1TW4VD4Lo/s800/IMG_6136.jpg (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/F9JzrMvr8Yvv4GD1C3IdPQ)
Joe and his Dog
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/STmK_BnkZBI/AAAAAAAAC4c/vSFAnG1ICRo/s800/IMG_6145.jpg (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ngLv54z_88rD8s5GzwZ_iw)
Devil's Racetrack
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/STmLAuTFfbI/AAAAAAAAC4k/6X361tKwyXo/s800/IMG_6149.jpg (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/H8mjaRdXpUKV5bVq-01G4Q)
This looks like a balanced rock that became unbalanced
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/STmLBW7ZiBI/AAAAAAAAC4s/9Uft057EL58/s800/IMG_6153.jpg (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/4ovoGETJMLMICwZoZwm3sQ)
Devil's Racetrack
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/STmLCiwF-vI/AAAAAAAAC40/9s6QE4kAC0Q/s800/IMG_6160.jpg (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/JTXLIA3fhzGucIvFm475Mg)
Devil's Racetrack - The Twin Priests
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/STmLDrHrAZI/AAAAAAAAC48/T4HgUFvUJIs/s800/IMG_6164.jpg (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/fT8JN91ZR5m4cKy5sebpfA)
View from my turnaround point
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/STmLF6_iXGI/AAAAAAAAC5M/OBgat9ZiZM0/s800/IMG_6177.jpg (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/kHLB5CmKG_2OKbi5IcrAFQ)
Slipper Arch
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/STmLHKPENfI/AAAAAAAAC5U/ArlBaGWCC-o/s800/IMG_6191.jpg (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ib4FslJFxgvbzt_s4LYFYg)
North Fork of Coal Wash
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/STmLINNnTSI/AAAAAAAAC5c/XVK2VQVn2dI/s800/IMG_6202.jpg (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/LGG0Vcb7Gqf_hN1gtZT0Gw)
North Fork of Coal Wash
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/STmLJWMPk_I/AAAAAAAAC5k/whgRb04Z2iU/s800/IMG_6205.jpg (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/yrRVoR891dpHzQqr0zHhTg)
http://castlecountry.org/geo/FullerBottomCoalWashDevilsRacetrack.kml
Fuller Bottom and Coal Wash:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE_cGB19Co0
Devil's Racetrack:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAaVBL56DF4
Fuller Bottom Crossing (from the north)
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/STmK3FtbqQI/AAAAAAAAC3s/iJLJND9ndbU/s800/IMG_6092.jpg (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/y9ynMzZGTF0libutv_sRKg)
Fuller Bottom Crossing (from the south)
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/STmK4mKA3eI/AAAAAAAAC30/KTh18o7NvKg/s800/IMG_6100.jpg (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/RWQjvYusF_sFds5BB5KnUA)
The Drips
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/STmK6Cf5-iI/AAAAAAAAC38/k2yu3Th8mN4/s800/IMG_6111.jpg (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/eZz05cLM_daayLcbUJuntQ)
Sid's Mountain WSA Boundary
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/STmK72lg9QI/AAAAAAAAC4E/6928QhlA9ZY/s800/IMG_6119.jpg (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/THnQsGAU95Xx9EZ6qacINQ)
North Fork of Coal Wash
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/STmK9DnrJEI/AAAAAAAAC4M/xA-I7hD0kAs/s800/IMG_6131.jpg (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/nd5ipxYoL-tDimcF-FuAjg)
Scenery in Coal Wash
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/STmK-I68PGI/AAAAAAAAC4U/Of1TW4VD4Lo/s800/IMG_6136.jpg (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/F9JzrMvr8Yvv4GD1C3IdPQ)
Joe and his Dog
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/STmK_BnkZBI/AAAAAAAAC4c/vSFAnG1ICRo/s800/IMG_6145.jpg (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ngLv54z_88rD8s5GzwZ_iw)
Devil's Racetrack
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/STmLAuTFfbI/AAAAAAAAC4k/6X361tKwyXo/s800/IMG_6149.jpg (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/H8mjaRdXpUKV5bVq-01G4Q)
This looks like a balanced rock that became unbalanced
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/STmLBW7ZiBI/AAAAAAAAC4s/9Uft057EL58/s800/IMG_6153.jpg (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/4ovoGETJMLMICwZoZwm3sQ)
Devil's Racetrack
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/STmLCiwF-vI/AAAAAAAAC40/9s6QE4kAC0Q/s800/IMG_6160.jpg (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/JTXLIA3fhzGucIvFm475Mg)
Devil's Racetrack - The Twin Priests
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/STmLDrHrAZI/AAAAAAAAC48/T4HgUFvUJIs/s800/IMG_6164.jpg (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/fT8JN91ZR5m4cKy5sebpfA)
View from my turnaround point
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/STmLF6_iXGI/AAAAAAAAC5M/OBgat9ZiZM0/s800/IMG_6177.jpg (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/kHLB5CmKG_2OKbi5IcrAFQ)
Slipper Arch
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/STmLHKPENfI/AAAAAAAAC5U/ArlBaGWCC-o/s800/IMG_6191.jpg (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ib4FslJFxgvbzt_s4LYFYg)
North Fork of Coal Wash
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/STmLINNnTSI/AAAAAAAAC5c/XVK2VQVn2dI/s800/IMG_6202.jpg (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/LGG0Vcb7Gqf_hN1gtZT0Gw)
North Fork of Coal Wash
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/STmLJWMPk_I/AAAAAAAAC5k/whgRb04Z2iU/s800/IMG_6205.jpg (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/yrRVoR891dpHzQqr0zHhTg)