Reno, NV - Bronco Canyon - Rain AND Shine - 10/30/16

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Caught the Bug
So on short notice, a few friends got together to get a run in before the rain and snow this year. It was FiresJK, QuickSilverJK, our friend Tim and myself that set off into the great outdoors, with a beautiful rainbow to see us off:

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And things were looking really great, with the sun out and only partly cloudy. Here I am following FiresJK up the road to the trail:

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The countryside is high desert and it was simply gorgeous. The views go on forever and we still had managed to avoid the coming rain:

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We eventually got into the Bronco Canyon and was greeted with tight spaces in between the trees. The beautiful fall colors were spectacular to behold:

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What was amazing is to find an abandoned Land Rover in the middle of the trail. I was tempted to pull it out and claim salvage, but that would have been too difficult and likely unsuccessful. I sure hope eventually someone comes back to pull that out, it is an eyesore:

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We finally made it to the rock garden and I have to say this was pretty technical. But nothing any of our rigs or good drivers could not handle:

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Here is QuickSilverJK driving a JK Sport with open differentials, weak gearing but with expert handling, he can really drive that JK:

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We finally arrived to the bypass route, with the safe route to the left and the beginning of the very technical section. This trail section was a tough 50 yards that ended up getting my rig stuck and some very inventive styled driving from Tim:

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Just as we pulled up out of the canyon did it start to rain heavy. We were able to get out without any problems and back to the roadway to air up. By that time, the rain was still coming down pretty hard.

Thank you guys for making this trip happen on such short notice.
 
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We were there last weekend and that land Rover was there also. Makes me wonder how long it's been there. Great pictures! Loved this trail
 
Thanks for posting. Here are a few from my vantage point.

The Land Rover
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Neil and Tim braving the pin striping factory
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FiresJK Getting into the rocks
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Some more rocks
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Wheels up I went full turtle on this one [emoji23]
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What a beautiful blue sky with light rain
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As always it was a great run with great people. Couldn't ask for a better way to spend a Sunday in the Sierra Nevada Desert. [emoji482]




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So on short notice, a few friends got together to get a run in before the rain and snow this year. It was FiresJK, QuickSilverJK, our friend Tim and myself that set off into the great outdoors, with a beautiful rainbow to see us off:

Thanks for posting. Here are a few from my vantage point.

Looks like a great trip!! Hopefully, I can join you someday when my family & I move up to Reno!!


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This was a great run with a great group of guys. This was a great test for my new locker and really enjoyed running it again. Looking forward to running more trails with these guys. We missed you Ben.
 
Looks like some folks have tried to pull it out or something since we were there. If you see in this pic, it's sitting a little differently now.
Oh yeah I didn't even notice that. I still wonder what is up with that thing
 
Locations?

I see these outings, but I am not familiar with the actual area. I used to live 110 miles north of Reno, at Empire NV until the sheetrock company folded up and shut the entire town down. Can you put together a map showing where these trails are at.
 
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