Just short day making sure the Disco is good to go for a couple of days off road. The Disco ran beautifully other than a temps being a bit high on 2 long slow uphill stretches 206-208 one and 210-212 on the other about 83-85 deg F.

Low range, CDL and traction control worked beautifully she climbed up and over stuff with minium gas pedal usage


Looking east across Harrison lake

The road down to Hale Creek - the good part

Hale Creek shelter maintained by the 4 Wheel Drive Assoc of BC

It is actually a huge area lots of room to camp

History of the area

Looking south. Forest fire smoke in the distance, mostly from Washington state

Looking north

The road out, it get much worse for about 800 m Steeper with lots of little ledges to climb

 

Fantastic! I'm super jealous, simply haven't been out enough this summer and the fall isn't looking too much better for me.

 

@whowa004 right there with you I have missed 2 club trips and I have not really not been anywhere since June. Family and work around the house, the wife figured I needed a day away.

 

WOW! And no smoke!!

 

Richard,

I am glad you are finally able to get the Disco out to stretch her legs. You deserve a break after the big house project.

 

I'm trying to bust my *** and get my house work to an acceptable point or at least feel like I'm ahead. Snow is flying in the mountains already down here so not sure if I'll get a dedicated wheeling trip in or not but the discos will get used for either a quick fishing or grouse hunting day trip before the weather fully turns! About to lift and do some paint work on the green disco I picked up (wife's new ride so trying to get it kitted out to her liking).

 

Did you go the easy way or the hard way? :P

Last time I was there in my jeep I had to get winched going back up, how's the Rover handle it?
You don't look very lifted either...did you smack a bunch of boulders?

 

@604x4BC I went the easy way down past Fossil Creek. So good road other than cross ditches and the one stretch that seems to be all "holed up" likely from runoff away too much skinny pedal where you do not need it. I have not been down the narrow trail in years, it was pretty iffy then.

Of course the Roverlanders will be there this weekend having lunch there Sunday, and our leader likes "shortcuts" so I may get a chance to see what it is like now.

 

NICE!
I'm jealous...working on swapping the engine in my D2 so no off-roading for me yet.

 

When you have a chance check these guys out Roverlanders of BC membership is cheap $40.00 a year and well worth it. Good luck with swap.