WOW, Sounds like Marysvale is gonna be a busy place this summer... After reading about it last year on the boards here, my wife and I decided to book a week at Lizzie and Charlies too. We'll be there the first week of July...
I posted a map overlay of the RV park into Google Earth. I was curious how the park is laid out.
I run a number of ATV-related web forums (www.polarisriders.com, www.rinconriders.com, www.grizzlyowners.com to name just three) and we have a big ride planned for July 28th - Aug 1st. We plan on dry camping up in the mountains to the east of Richfield.
I stayed at Lizzies and Charlies last September, and it was nice enough. I had a nice campsite. My biggest complaint was that people ride too fast through there and don't respect your campsite. The only other "issue" was very sketchy cell service (Verizon).
I looked at Big Rock Candy and it's definitely newer, but there are no trees, and it's RIGHT next to the road so you get plenty of traffic noise. For this year's trip, I decided to dry camp and save the campground money towards gas.
The ATV Jamboree in Richfield... ugh, don't get me started. In brief, if you like hanging with the geriatric crowd and going no faster than 10 mph (ever), then you'll probably enjoy it. I'm 39, and it wasn't my thing. I basically bailed on all of the organized rides and did my own, by myself. Had a blast.
Last Aug/Sept was my first year visiting the area, so I don't have a lot of info. The place we're looking to camp is going to be somewhere outside of Anna Bella on the 04, because the road is wide, and while very curvy, it's fine for taking a large toyhauler or motorhome up it. I also want to stay up at a higher elevation to avoid the Summer heat. The spots I'm considering are above 6500'.
The downside to where I'm thinking about is that it's really not all that close to any of the "good" trails. I mean, it's nice and centrally located, but the really neat stuff is well to the south, or across the valley up in the Tushars. It seemed like the best spot given that we were taking large RVs up there. It's times like this when I really miss my Lance camper.
When I stayed in Marysvale, I noticed that there are some wide open spots behind the campground a short ways. If you take the road that takes you into the campground (it's a public road), go through it, and on past it like a half mile or so, and there's a big turnout on the left that could fit some RVs. I considered that spot, but it was too close to town for me, and the poor cell reception was a turnoff too.
The roads out of Richfield to the west are going to be too rough and narrow to take anything much bigger than a truck camper or MAYBE a very short pull trailer... plus there's nowhere up there to camp. When I was there last year, the USFS or BLM or whomever hands that area, was putting up fences to block all trails off of the main road except signed ones.
BTW, if you like technical, challenging rides, you should make a point to ride Flat Canyon. I recommend going from Richfield south to Elsinore, as it's easier to follow in that direction. It's a the same elevation as Richfield (5500') so it's likely to be hot.
When I stayed in Marysvale, I noticed that there are some wide open spots behind the campground a short ways. If you take the road that takes you into the campground (it's a public road), go through it, and on past it like a half mile or so, and there's a big turnout on the left that could fit some RVs. I considered that spot, but it was too close to town for me, and the poor cell reception was a turnoff too.
There has been a lot of talk about re-jeting your ATV on this thread. I live in Kansas (450') and ride Taylor Park, Co. a few times a year going over 12000' pass's. I have never re-jeted my quads and have always seemed to do ok. Will the quad really run that much better with a re-jet? I am heading to Utah in July for three weeks and want to enjoy myself so do I or should I get them jetted? I guess I may not know what power I am missing out on.
Thanks, Dwight
I'm absolutely amazed your ATVs ran at 12000' if they're jetted for sea level. I used to have a Rincon and since I lived in Reno, it was jetted for 4000-6000'. I once took it up to 10k and it ran so badly I had to remove the airbox lid to get more air into it just so it'd run well enough to make it down into thicker air.
Likewise, my Grizzly 660.. it was jetted also for 4000-6000, and we were riding up above 8000' last Summer and it got to where it simply wouldn't climb anymore because it was jetted too rich. Once I dropped it down from a couple of jet sizes, it ran great up there.
I'm going to buy an altitude compensator for the Grizzly eventually, but they're about $230 so I haven't been ready to spend the money just yet. Fortunately, my Sportsman is EFI so I don't have to worry about it.
Macs Dad wrote: So we have a bike, quad and cart that we will be taking to Ruby's. The jets needs to be larger???????????//
yes, but the magic question is by how much?
Myself, I wont be rejetting. I didnt notice a performance hit last time so I dont think its worth the hasssle. NOW, if I was going up to 10,000 + I'd be thinking about it heavily.
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