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 The 9th Annual Rocky Mountain Pinzgauers Treffen was held in Leadville Colorado July 23rd-27th, 2008. Treffen Central was located once again at the Sugar Loafin' Campground. This was the third Treffen held in Leadville. The following trails were run: North & South Halfmoon Creek, Birdseye Gulch and Holy Cross. In addition to trail rides, attendees enjoyed fishing, kayaking and a Meet N Greet in town, and of course the auction Saturday night.

 The pictures of the Holy Cross trailride do not do it justice, there is just no way the camera catches just how difficult this trail is. It's hard to believe that a 3.8 mile trail can take all day, but it did! We made it back to camp before dark, had NO breakdowns, NO rollovers and NO weather issues (the rain waited until we got on the highway) so the ride was a complete success.

The following pictures were contributed by Paul Buckner, The Fulton's, Mike Kinsey, The Light's, Chuck Mackey, The Marsek's, The Nims's and Scott Ruggles.

Leadville Treffen III 2008

Treffen Central

Preparing for the morning's ride

Dave McClure going through the creek

Mike Shick crosses Halfmoon Creek

Frank Smith finds out how deep the creek is

Champion Mill

Looking in the Champion

Boiler for the mill

The Clarks cross the creek

Mark Cerda gettin' wet

Birdseye Trailhead

The State Trooper just had to stop to ask about our trucks

National Geographic Channel was one of our sponsers

Lineup through the trees

Grant approaches the tippy section

Chuck completes the tippy section

Trail leader is the first one in the mud-and the first stuck

Out with a little help from Don

Brake cleaning was fun!

The mud bog is part of the trail, no bypass

Dons winch gets a workout

Mike with a Colorado bumper decoration

Holy Cross Trailhead

Holy Cross trail requirements

Mike Kinsey leads the Holy Cross ride

Mike & John Nims

Mike on a rocky section

Discussing the best line

John Light rides with Doug

Kinsey up the "Second" obstacle

Doug takes his turn

Different angle of Doug's approach

At the top of the ledge is part of French Creek

Surveying French Creek

The boulders are larger than they look

Waterfall above French Creek

The third obstacle, a large tree root that pitches you towards the edge

Holy Cross City

Hard to imagine 300 people living in this small valley

Mike spots Doug down

Mike descends the ledge, note: date on pictures is wrong, Mike didn't have a 710 in 2005!

Grant articulating that 712

Grant from the side

Mosquito Pass

Hagerman Pass

Snow still at Hagerman Pass

Emma displaying acution items

Can I get an opening bid?

Going once, twice- sold!

The lineup at the Meet N Greet

Answering the usual questions about the trucks