KL Cherokee in a Metberry Gulch Trail Guide (Colorado’s The Gulches)
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- Опубліковано 19 жов 2024
- This is my trail guide on Metberry Gulch labeled as a moderate to difficult trail. Generally known as the easiest of the Gulches, but is it? About two weeks ago, a Wrangler Unlimited flipped over here and required flight for life. The day we filmed this, a fellow Jeeper told us he wrecked his fenders on the V-notch obstacle that day. Will be encounter danger? Does anyone even read the description?
I use my stock Jeep Rubicon for rating difficulty running it like it’s an open Jeep. Locker are reserved for I need them moments or to not wreck the trail. Still working on my video making skills but I hope this is helpful! The trail is covered from beginning till the end in order and might be helpful to watch Part 1 (Longwater Gulch) and Part 2 (Hackett Gulch) first. My full breakdown of the gulches including technical difficulties, pucker factors, scenery, and fun ratings is at the end. Also, please check out my slaughterhouse preview... filmed in the rain/snow with renegades and Cherokees.
For trail planning, I use the Funtreks Books (amazon search: Funtreks books). I have the current editions of the Colorado books and Moab. I finish up my trail planning with trails offroad as they can sometimes have more detail as well as user submitted current conditions feedback. I’m testing GPS apps and currently don’t use one.
Time Stamps:
Jeep rolled over!: 0:52
Muddy Trails: 1:06
Cliffside Running: 1:54
Road Splits: 2:07
Notable Road Split: 2:43
V- Notch Rock: 3:08
Loose Descent: 4:17
Rock Slab aka CSH: 4:39
Washed OUT!: 6:08
South Platte River: 6:30
Beer Rating: 6:39
Return Trip Action: 6:50
Trails Breakdown: 9:18
Slaughterhouse!!!: 10:07 (weird music choice, right?)
As always, thanks for watching!! Your feedback helps me, so let me know if you can help me improve these. Share them with your nervous wheeling buddies so they can know that they can do the trail. Subscribe for more trails and off-road Colorado content.
I own a Cherokee KL and absolutely love it. People in Nebraska are impressed what it can do!
Heck yeah!
Thanks for all the good information on the trails, I love watching when I am working in the garage
Right on! Glad they’re helpful… newer ones are meant to be more entertaining while still providing solid info. It’s a learning experience for us tho… we’re just amateur video makers
Don't sell yourself short! Your videos are very nicely produced. Great balance of action, music, narration every time. Makes me really want to come to Colorado!
Thanks! Working on it!
Very nice video. Thanks
Thank you!
More Cherokee KL. It's really exciting seeing what they can do.
I agree and they’re in most of my to be edited videos! The one I’m working on now has both Zach (black KL) and Sean (grey KL) in it. 3 of the 4 vehicles get trail damage. Zach also added an XJ so we might do some old vs new videos. Thanks for watching!
@@coloradomallcrawlers I like the unique format of your channel. Keep'em comin'.
I’m trying, Tincup Pass is getting close to being published, I mean... it’s still an 1hr and 20mins, but I’ve knocked out half of the trail so far.
great guides! love the commentary and detailed callouts along the way.
Thank you! I’m trying to make them like what I want to watch and trying to keep them as tight as possible to not waste your time. Thanks for watching and the encouraging feedback, I appreciate it!
Just saw your 3 gulches videos. You put good info out about them. Made me subscribe.
Jim Kidd Sweet! Should have an excellent one for tomorrow... just need to add some more info and make sure I didn’t drag it out. Thanks for watching and subscribing!
I just found your channel and I appreciate your approach. I had always been a Jeep guy(still am even though I no longer own one), but I recently bought a Chevy Colorado ZR2 and I'm wanting to do more of the type wheeling you and your friends are doing, especially since I'm in Denver and this is all in my backyard too. I'm going to sub after I type this out. Really impressed with the Cherokee as it just seems to figure out what it needs to do!
The ZR2 is a beast I’ve heard! Thanks for checking it out and subscribing, maybe we need to get you in a trail guide? I’d like to see what it can do 😉
@@coloradomallcrawlers I'm down! My IG is @dudesZR2 If you'll DM me there, I'd like to get out on some trails!
Loving the KL!
Reymark Domingo me too, thanks for watching even tho I didn’t put him on the cover 🤣
Important go fund me organized by CORE’s Marcus Trusty to save the gulches
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This is probably my favorite one from the looks of it. Also congrats on 300 subs man keep up the good work.
Thanks buddy! It was a rushed one, but I’m happy with it!
I’m actually early for once 😅 An awesome ending to the series 🙌🏻 also loved the overall trail rating at the end with the little montage 😌👏🏻 300+ Subscribers shows you’re definitely claiming attention 😎
Alizoid thanks buddy! I hope they’re helping people. Someone on Facebook just asked for advice about a trail and people gave him ridiculous answers. I’m hoping someone like that could just watch one of these and be like, ok, that’s doable for my vehicle. Again, appreciate your support and I’m looking forward to your next one!
Dewie’s Colorado Even myself who has never done a trail before, but hopefully in the future. I certainly get a pretty good idea of the trail because of the amount of detail and footage you include. So I could only imagine how useful these would be to someone who actively does trails and is looking for advice. In the middle of some exams atm but hoping to release a new video by the end of the week fingers crossed 🤞🏻My next big production might be nearer the end of May.
Alizoid well I’ll be watching! Good luck on exams!
Looks awesome. Can't wait for slaughter house. Sorry I couldn't make it out. I'm 100% down for another one because you need some more Toyotas in there haha.
Haha yeah, I definitely need some more Toyotas! This weekend?
Looks like a blast
Starr & Daniel it’s was fun despite a very long day! The next one was truly a blast tho! Thanks for watching!
That was really nice.
The beer rating guy was my favorite part!
These videos are really well done! I'm a cyclist and watch for routes I could ride on my MTB or gravel bikes! I'm looking for info on trail surface, obstacle difficulty and hikeabike options, and the view vs pain ratio. These trail guides check all the boxes. Thank you!
Awesome! I’m really glad to hear that. My goal is eventually to produce detailed off-road trail guides weekly, but I’m a MTBer too (well right now was). My goal is to have the weekly off-road guides, and then produce a bonus weekly video on something related to off-road but slightly different. Maybe even some MTB (and rock climbing) as I can see our overland vids having some other element to them besides off-roading and camping. Thanks for watching!
Trying to figure out the loud clang at 5:17 - seems like it could be the skid plate, but also doesn't seem like the car is low enough? Sounds so gnarly!
Hmmm, I don’t have solid service where I’m at, but I’ll try to listen when I get a chance to watch. It was probably just skid plates and rocks.
The Cherokee Trailhawk is more capable off road than both the yellow Jeep and the grey one we seen earlier
I’m a big fan of the Cherokee Trailhawk’s off-road traction abilities, but the yellow Jeep is extremely capable. The driver (me) doesn’t use lockers hardly and I usually go for lines I’m not sure it’ll get over as I think that may create better videos. Still I appreciate your enthusiasm for Sean’s Jeep!
@@coloradomallcrawlers continue on making the great videos
That Cherokee trailhawk is no joke. It makes me wonder how good it could be with a bit more lift and bigger tires?
Don Goble he has done that and will be shown in future trail guides. He’s on a 3 in lift now, bigger than mine! Thanks for watching!
@@coloradomallcrawlers I couldn't tell to look at it. It doesn't look like it has a lift on it.
Yeah, here it’s a 2in with stock tires, he went to 3in for wheeler lake and is running 31s. We took pics next to each other, and his looks beefy.
WoW at 8:01 the Cherokee made it look easy compared to the Rubicon.
punktexas yeah, for sure. It mostly shows the advancement of the traction control systems. Now, had I disconnected, it would have looked boring. Thanks for checking this one out!
trail has some beautiful scenery and rock formations. Your going to have to get a TH if you found a niche lol oh, and watch out for that rock!
Jeeping with Jenn & John thanks you guys! LOL, Sean let me drive his the other day and I liked it, but eh, I’m thinking of adding the Bronco! Doubt I’d want to keep it so I’m hoping they do off-road leases 🤔
I'm so confused... if you have a Rubicon why not use the lockers equipped?
So Lockers are only necessary when your traction control can’t compensate for the terrain. These are trail guides made for all, there is no need to lock for many of these obstacles and it gives a non-rubicon owner a better example of what to expect. Now, for something rarely talked about now days, but using lockers increases your risk of breakage. There are some people who start a trail and turn on lockers from the start… that makes me nervous and it’s unnecessary.
so the grand cherokee and the cherokee have the same 4x4 system? whats the difference?
I don’t believe they do. I know the Cherokee has a true mechanical rear locker while that’s not available in the grand Cherokee. However, I bet their traction control systems are similar and I’ve been very impressed with that in the KL.
@@coloradomallcrawlers so the cherokee is a better off roader than the GC. impressive!
Well, I’m sure some Grand Cherokee owners may disagree, but, I like mechanical lockers.I wish the GC had one. I considered getting a used one to test it out.
You guys going to put out a written trail guide? or downloadable maps of trails you've wheeled?
I consider Funtreks and TrailsOffRoad as the written sources to my video guides. I’ll usually post a small written review on TrailsOffRoad mostly of the conditions I encountered while filming. Right now, The videos take a lot of time to do, but I wouldn’t be opposed to providing additional resources in the future. Thanks for continuing to watch!
I watch for the offroading, not to listen to music.
This is one of my first videos… I was learning as I go and I’m not a professional video maker. Older videos will have various issues, but I simply try to get better with each upload.