January 2002 - Upper Firebird
Trail Rating - 4.5+
Trip Leader: Chris Villarreal
Photos submitted by Chris Villarreal
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After running Intimidator we headed over to what some people are calling "Ruler", I'll stick with what the locals named it, Upper Firebird. This trail is non stop large rocks and I would not recommend trying it unless you have large tires which in my opinion would be 33's for a Zuk, 35's for a Jeep and 38's for a Toyota. Even setup like this we used the hi lift jacks a lot, along with strapping. I am happy to say our group tried every option before moving rocks and afterwards we moved the rocks back.
Here's a good example of some of the big rocks. Nearly everyone got some good air under the tires trying to drive between these boulders. Mike went a little to far to the right on this line and his Samurai went over on it's side. No injuries, 4 of us grabbed hold and tipped it back up, Mike hopped in and backed it off that spot. He has a couple new dents on the hood but nothing else.
After we got Mike shiny side up were proceeded past this sequence of rocks and pulled far enough forward to go back and watch the rest of the guys come thru.
Larry getting some air where Mike rolled.
