February, 28th 2016: Kingman - Secret Pass Trip Report

[ChrisD 24]

The day after we have been running Serendipity, we met in Golden Valley, AZ at the Sleeping Princess staging area, to run Secret Pass Canyon.

Wayne was again leading and we had been the same group as the day before, just Brad was not able to make it.

So we had this time six rigs with 6 different jeeps (XJ, TJ, LJ, JK, YJ, CJ).

 

We went back AZ-68 a short distance and turned right on the trail.

 

 

The scenery was wonderful.

 

 

We followed the powerlines.

 

 

We had a short break, before we headed towards Secret Pass Canyon.

 

 

The entrance to Secret Pass Canyon in front of us:

 

 

 

We stopped at the information booth:

 

 

 

Dennis liked it...

 

 

Then the first obstacle, a short waterfall, waited for us:

 

 

And everywhere wonderful scenery.

 

 

The first big obstacle showed up. Wayne took the bypass with his XJ, while Dennis gave it a try.

 

 

Unfortunately it was not his day with this obstacle, so he backed out and went through the bypass. Next was me.

 

 

 

 

 

The JK made it through easily.

 

 

Mikes (Dead End Joe) friends used also the bypass and Mike went through this obstacle with his TJ.

 

 

We went further down in the canyon.

 

 

The CJ and the YJ going through the next obstacle.

 

 

Mike following his buddies.

 

 

 

And Charly waiting for Mike to come through.

 

 

And the famous obstacle in Secret Pass Canyon, which is shown in almost all Youtube movies about this trail.

 

 

 

No biggie.

 

 

After this we stopped in a shady spot and had lunch. Then we continued the trail and the canyon widened.

 

 

We followed this jeep road down to the end of the trail...

 

 

...and had a short break before we turned around and headed back the same way we came in.

 

 

On the way up, we had to climb now the obstacles.

 

 

The canyon got again narrow.

 

 

Dennis making it look easy.

 

 

Some more boulders...

 

 

...and the same wonderful scenery from the other side.

 

 

Back at the waterfall:

 

 

No problem for Wayne.

 

 

And no problem for Dennis.

 

 

We all made it up and went back on the gravel road. The scenery was breathtaking.

 

 

Again thanks to everybody, who joined us for this trip It was a fantastic trail with outstanding scenery. And a special thank you to Wayne to get all of us through.

[Bradywgn71 800]

Thank you for sharing the pics! Great trip report!

[ChrisD 24]

Thank you for sharing the pics! Great trip report!

 

Thanks !!

[dzJeepChic 2,565]

So we had this time six rigs with 6 different jeeps (XJ, TJ, LJ, JK, YJ, CJ).

 

Alphabet Soup! That's my favorite trail in the Kingman, AZ area. Isn't the scenery just amazing? I'm curious to know how Astrid liked Secret Pass and Serendipity too? Looks like it was a very fun day, thank you for sharing it with us!

[ChrisD 24]

Alphabet Soup! That's my favorite trail in the Kingman, AZ area. Isn't the scenery just amazing?

 

Absolutely. This was wonderful scenery

 

I'm curious to know how Astrid liked Secret Pass and Serendipity too? Looks like it was a very fun day, thank you for sharing it with us!

 

Both trails will not become here favorites . For some reason, she was ok with Serendipity, but did not like Secret Pass. I guess, this was related to, that my steering did no more work correct at the end of Serendipity and she might have thought, we get again problems on Secret Pass. But fortunately, we could get that steering problem solved in the parking lot of the motel with Waynes tools and help.

[stockjeep 34]

we had a great time, thanks for posting the pictures