Ran Chinaman Gulch for first time this weekend with a little snow and ice on the trail to really make it interesting.
Chinaman Gulch Jan 8th
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Nice video and nice TJ. I remember when you could get through that trail on 31” tires and open diffs. It has gotten rough over the last ten years. That was a very interesting line choice through the v notch or what used to be the v notch anyway. It worked though. It’s a great trail for year round use here in CO.
@Rescue6 Impressive!! Your wheel looks a few feet in the air through the notch, pucker time haha. Can't imagine getting through there without lockers. Was both of our first time running it. A lot of discussion about line choice in a few spots. Watched a bunch of videos after the fact, saw most people coming over the passenger side. Wasn't my cleanest line but made it out and was able to drive home. Saw a Video of Carnage from early 2000s (When TJ's were new). Amazing to see guys doing it in minimally modified rigs
Yeah it was pretty high. Yeah some of these trails are getting dug out or washed out over the years making them much more difficult.
Chinaman's is a lot of fun, it can quickly tell you whats lacking on your rig. Chinaman was the first trail I ever ran in my jeep, I remember being scared at the beginning 
Chinaman's is a lot of fun, it can quickly tell you whats lacking on your rig. Chinaman was the first trail I ever ran in my jeep, I remember being scared at the beginning
That’s a hell of an intro! If that was my first day not sure there would have been a 2nd hahah
Name was officially changed about 3 days after we ran it. It’s now Yan Sing Gulch, means resilience. Apparently the gulch housed a bunch of Chinese rail workers back in the day when the railroad was being built. They were “tie cutters”, made their money cutting and selling railroad ties. Chinese had a huge influence on the rail road existing. Glad they at least kept something Chinese in the nameHow long do you think it will keep that name being so racist
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