The 10th Annual Rocky Mountain Pinzgauers Treffen was held in Palisade Colorado July 29 – August 2nd, 2009. Treffen Central was located at James Robb State Park. The following trails were run: Grand Junction Desert, Battlement Mesa, Long Slough Reservoir and Colorado National Monument. In addition to trail rides, attendees enjoyed local Winery tours, a Meet N Greet in town, Kids Olympics and of course the auction on Saturday Night.
Fifteen minutes of rain at the start of the Battlement Mesa trail ride made the trail more difficult than we ever imagined, taking us until 3:30pm to reach the reservoirs at the top.
Grand Junction Desert
This BLM area offers a rare off trail experience
17 sq miles of go anywhere terrain
Herd'n Pinzi's
One of the many steep hill climbs
Meeting spot for Battlement Mesa
Airing down at the trailhead
Don in the rock garden
One of the reservoirs at the top
Group shot at the top
Heading down through the trees
Start of Long slough trail
Trail begins with rolling meadows
We met the reservoir caretaker at his cabin (ATV) - Winters here can see 20 Feet of snow!
We saw these plants in several meadows
Lunch break
Back into the trees
Mike Fodor lines up for a descent
Scott 3 wheeling at the bottom
The trail sees little use during the season
Trail opens up near the end
Colorado National Monument
Buford flexes for the camera
A picture for mom
Countless beautiful vistas
Let the winery tour begin!
Per and Trevor compare notes
Darren having way too much fun
John points to the oil drain plug
Line em up
Another stop on the tour
Road Kill Red
Meet N Greet at Sonic
Kids Olympics Biathlon
Spectators
2 person Hula Hoop
Olympic medalists
Sunday morning group shot. 4 Trucks had to leave early
The Raffle
Darren once again hosted the auction
Emma served as the clothing model