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Rattlesnake: it's changed a lot since my first trip there about 5 years ago. The first several years the hole on the left side was a little further up the trail right before the bend and really deep so you could Y to the right of the tree. The last couple of years the line to the left wasn't nearly as bad, but this year it looks like somebody sat there spinning their tires for about 10 minutes. There is a huge tire sized hole that the left rear hits as the right front is climbing a steep ridge. The hole bottoms out the rear diff hard. The right line now requires some really big tires and horsepower as it's deep mud and than a extremely steep 5' high ledge. Last year 78Buford couldn't even get his front tires to climb that ledge.
Yep, if you Y off to the right after Rattlesnake that takes you back down. We've used that trail quite a few times when people didn't want to climb Carb.
Jacob's Ladder: didn't get a chance to see what Booth called this place. Had a cool little optional ledge further back, then it looks like a smaller version of Carb.
78Buford frame flex: yes, it's frame flex from articulating. It does the same thing on an RTI ramp....actually has a pretty good score even though the springs themselves hardly move. I will say that it can put the power to the ground.
We'll definitely be contacting Charles Booth the next time we are down there. He's a really nice guy and did a great job of leading us around. You didn't feel like you were rushed but he also didn't pitter-patter around.
Lower Staircase has to be the most impressive looking hill I have ever seen just because of it's sheer size, though 78Buford and the green YJ on Boggers walked up it fairly easy.
Weather was extremely nice, though the ride to the trails in the morning for the open top vehicles was a little "brisk".
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