Went for a ride up farmington canyon, found a few good stashes....
farmington ride...pics
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Nice pics and great day to get out.
I have to be honest and say I just shake my head when I see somebody with those Simmons wide boards. I had a set on an M1000 and couldn't sell them fast enough.
I have to be honest and say I just shake my head when I see somebody with those Simmons wide boards. I had a set on an M1000 and couldn't sell them fast enough.
please don,t post about farmington
too many people can,t drive that canyon as it is.
too many people can,t drive that canyon as it is.
nice pics!
Funny you say that, because on my way down, there was a cherokee kissing the front of a ford bronco in an area where you wouldn't want to make a mistake. They hit pretty hard, it's a good thing that bronco was there or else that cherokee would have been a piece of history, ice skating off the cliff down to the bottom
. I always see some sort of carnage in that canyon!
I HATE driving that canyon. Every single close call I have ever had has been there. Its hard because I only live 15 minutes from the mouth and the riding is so good but one little hicup or patch of ice and your going over a 1000 foot cliff. 
Cool pictures by the way.
Cool pictures by the way.
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Great pics! I avoid that canyon year round...I have seen to many accidents there and have almost been a part of my share of them to want to try it anymore.
The Bountiful side isn't much beter when it gets busy either. Too many jack wagons up there at one time turns the parking at deadmans into a cluster....
The Bountiful side isn't much beter when it gets busy either. Too many jack wagons up there at one time turns the parking at deadmans into a cluster....
Sooo true. I grew up at the bottom of the canyon, and I know lots and lots of people who have gone off the edge, a few very close friends didn't make it. My grandpa and I went over when I was younger and hope to never do that again.
It seems like everytime I go up there, (weekly),some "darwin award" is stuck part way up, blocking the road with a toyota tracell.
I can't in good faith say stay away from farmington, but before you go, make sure your stuff is insured and up your life insurance!!!
Small trailers or a flatbed truck and chains is the only way I'll drive that road. Big rigs and enclosed trailers, ya, good luck.
Also if you're a beginner or don't know the area, please go to monte. I know how that sounds, but you can get into alot of trouble really fast up there.
If you're not a beginner and don't know the area, pm me I'd be happy to ride with ya. I'll even try to get you back without having to walk out. (done that a few times too)
Oh ya great pics, glad you found some powder, I went up friday and it was an Ice bowl. Scary stuff sliding backwards.
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I hear ya, I drive that canyon year round for all types of recreation from camping to hunting, atv's to snowmobiling. I try to ride up the canyon when it is dark and down when it is dark so that I can see headlights comming for fair warning instead of getting blindsided by some nascar clown that has to take every hairpin corner at 50mph xing his fingers that no one is around the corner! Down in the flats, the powder was great, We climbed up to the radar towers and learned all about the "ice skating rink"! The snow on top of the ice was wind blown and crusted over, I was climbing a small hill just to get a look around from the top and hit a patch of ice half way up. I quickly turned the skis to allow the back end to flip around and signaled to my friend not to follow me up. We got off that slope and found a better area to play on.
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