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 The 10th Annual Rocky Mountain Pinzgauers Treffen was held in Palisade Colorado July 29th-Aug 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 touring local Winery's a Meet N Greet in town, Kids Olympics and of course the auction Saturday night.

 Fifteen minutes of rain at the start of the Battlement Mesa trail ride made the the trail more difficult than we ever imagined taking until 3:30pm to reach the reservors 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' 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

Beaufort flexes for the camera

A picture for Mom

Countless beautiful vistas

Let the winery tour begin!

Per & 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 Biathalon

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