dcoy
Adventurer
We were around Hole in the Rock Road
Jealous. We were up there afew days ago. The plan was to make a loop (Cottonwood up, Smoky Mtn down). We camped off Cottonwood Road but were hit by a nasty storm that turned everything into slippery, tenacious mud (apparently, it's called Bentonite per the GSENM Info Officer). Smoky Mtn Rd became impassable due to some hellacious storms over there as well. The "fun factor" was gone so we aborted. I'm still washing the Bentonite off of everything. I guess you have to go there during the pre-Monsoon season or post-Monsoon/pre-Fall-Winter storm seasons. We'll be back.