mityvac

Conditions seem to vary and can worsen quickly when it's wet - which happens quite often of course, you're in the Sierras after all - as you can see in the video things can get slippery and sketchy in a hurry, and as always the video doesn't give any idea of how steep and off-camber the trail gets in several places. Having said that, we went up with a stock Tacoma, a moderately lifted Land Cruiser and my minimally modified LR4 (rock sliders and fairly grippy, 285/60R18 Nitto Ridge Grappler tires being the only mods) without any issues, it took use a couple of hours and change to go a couple of miles, but we had a grand time and really enjoyed the challenge of that "Most Difficult" stretch a great deal, so you don't really need highly modified rock crawlers. It is essential to go with an experienced spotter that you completely trust in my opinion, that alone will make 80% of the really tough spots negotiable. You'll get through the remaining 20% with decent ground clearance, grippy tires, keeping cool nerves and not doing anything rash or stupid behind the wheel when things get a bit slippery. We came back down through Bishop (steep, dusty and longer, but a much easier way out), none of us were up to doing the Big Pine trail again in reverse at the end of that fantastic weekend, lol. We love Coyote Flat.

Cool thanks for the info!