Glass in Wheeler mud pit!

[cherokeenut]

Did Wheeler this Sat, as my son drove through the mud pit, or so it used to be, he blew the right front tire. Upon closer look it had a 4" gash in the sidewall. Walking around in the pit I noticed that there was glass in the pit! I highly suspect two guys in two stock Rubicons that were tearing everything up with Corona's in hand. Regaurdless, there is now broken glass in the pit. Since the pit is little more than a few little rocks and dirty water these days, what would it take to fill it in and make a rock filled obsticle? The area would not be muddy, keeping the area below heathier for the valley, and it would provide a good rock obsticle.

[Frank Z]

You don't do or propose anything without going through the Forest Service and/or the BLM.

The best option is to pick up what you can.

[Big Dave]

What "mud pit" are you talking about? The wider creek crossing that keeps getting wider and wider each year because people don't know how to drive?

[cherokeenut]

What "mud pit" are you talking about? The wider creek crossing that keeps getting wider and wider each year because people don't know how to drive?

That would be the one, many moons ago it was a good deep mud pit. These days it's just muddy water and a few small rocks, but you still have to go through it. As far as doing anything without BLM, that would be stupid. I was just wondering who does trail repair on Wheeler and what it would take to do such a project.

[Andy1333]

The Mosquito Range Heritage Initiative and the South Park 4x4 club, under the direction of the US Forest Service, worked on drainage issues on the Wheeler Lake Trail. The "Mud Pit" kept getting wider and wider so drainage ditches were dug to lower the water level, to encourage vehicle to just drive through the middle rather than skirting the edges in search of shallow water. If this doesn't work I would expect the next step will be the strategic placement of rocks or post and cable.