Solihull Society - Denver, Colorado

Annual BBQ
Saturday August 16th 2008

The Meadowlark Cove picnic site at Bear Creek Lake Park on Sat., August 16th has been reserved. The official picnic time will be 1-4PM, that is when the alcohol permit is good for. I would encourage people to come anytime during the day, we have the shelter all day and it’s very close to the swim beach. Beer, up to 6.0, is allowed at all times, but for hard alcohol it can only be during the permit time. The club will provide the food and non-alcoholic beverages.

Bear Creek Lake Park
15600 Morrison Rd.
Morrison, CO 80123
www.lakewood.org

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This is a difficult trail out of Nathrop, just past the Grizzly Lake trail. While not a long trail, the long boulder field encountered at the beginning will slow your progress considerably. There is another small rocky section further up, then you reach the old Iron Chest Mine. Be careful around the old buildings and mine shafts.
Iron Chest during a previous club outing.
Check out Iron Chest in the forum for more details.

Please join us for our next club meeting at:

7:00 PM
June 10th 2008
Rock Bottom Brewery- 10633 Westminster Blvd # 900, Westminster, CO

How to get there:

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While it’s been a great winter for skiers and filling reservoirs, it has put a damper on driving trails. Several that were normally open year round got closed due to mud from all the runoff, such as Chinaman Gulch. But they are slowly starting to re-open.
However, many of the high trails will be opening a lot later than normal. One example is Twin Cone. While it is open, it would normally be close to being melted off enough to at least get near the top. But this year there is a load of snow still on it, by evidence of the last club trip. The second half of the big hill was still covered with many feet of snow, and it looked like much more further up. It probably won’t melt off for at least a month if not longer.
So if you plan on going on club trips, please keep your eye on the forum as trails may have to be changed around. I had tried scheduling around an increased snow load, but I really had no idea just how much the mountains were going to get, and they can still get more.

Trail Leader Course

Well it’s that time of year again, time to get new trail leaders trained. The Solihull Society needs trail leaders to lead our 2008 events and participate in the Land Rover National Rally.

Date: June 7th and 8th, 2008
Where: Pike National Forest
Details of Training: Bill Burke website: view
Commitment: If participants commit to leading 1 summer trail and 2 rally trails, the cost will be minimal $75. If participants don’t want to commit to leading 1 Solihull Society Trail Event and 2 Land Rover National Rally Trails, the full cost would be incurred $300.
Where to sign up: Sign up on our forum. View

I know it is still skiing and snowboarding season, and Solihull Society events seem far away.

But I thought a reminder…

Solihull Society Club membership renewals for 2008 are due.

Thanks to our membership we had a great 2007.

We look forward to seeing everyone again at our 2008 events.

EAS Conversion Tech Article

After talking to many fellow roverholics (Yes, I mean you Paul!), I decided to take the leap and get an old Range to use as a heavy trail rig. My goal was just to find a truck in good condition and running for the most part. After look around, mainly on the west coast, I did find some very worthy trucks. After working out the details of the purchase with my wife, I decided to by a 93’ LWB. Initially, I did not believe I was going to buy anything that still had the stock suspension in it. Amazingly enough, the truck still had the working EAS system in it. The bags did not look replaced as they were very worn. Read More;