California NorCal Jeep adventures!

[tomtaylz]

What resorts did you visit? I'm going to Northstar next Saturday and the following weekend I'll be at Heavenly for a week.

Oh nice! I was just at alpine meadows - still learning. Some of the group went to homewood too.

 

[tomtaylz]

Knoxville is fairly easy. Resent fires have cleared some pinstriping

Might have to go check it out sometime, it feels very close!

I saw this photo from another ZR2 owner there and looks pretty cool

 

[lowranger]

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That's a pretty small fire for you JB.

 

[Thunderhead]

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Are you branding a cow ?

 

[bobthetj03]

That's a pretty small fire for you JB.

I was just getting started!

Are you branding a cow ?

It's a pie iron. Made calzones, ham-n-cheese sammiches and hot pastrami/swiss. Pretty cool iron for camping.

 

[Gone-N-Done-It]

Just got home. Thanks for setting up the trip @Thunderhead

I didn't get too many photos since my photographer stayed at home.

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Man that looks like fun. Drop me a line if yall do another run. Schedule opens up 1st week of feb for me.

 

[bobthetj03]

I'm up for a February snow run, if I can stop getting sick at the last moment, ugh!

 

[Thunderhead]

Lets toss some ideas around, who knows you could be the next ROTM winner (mother F lol )
I'm free most weekends now Chinese new year is over on Saturday. There is plenty of snow up in MNF but you know, want trails, will travel

 

[bobthetj03]

Lets toss some ideas around, who knows you could be the next ROTM winner (mother F lol )
I'm free most weekends now Chinese new year is over on Saturday. There is plenty of snow up in MNF but you know, want trails, will travel

High Lakes? Is there snow up there? Concow Rd?
Snow Mt.? See how far up to the trail head we can make it?

 

[bobthetj03]

Goat Mt.?
Grass Valley area?

 

[Thunderhead]

The High Lakes would be a fun run, not so sure on snow as i can't see any from my work desk, but i would assume there would be some.

 

[bobthetj03]

A fun loop could be start off in Stonyford and take the M10 up to Letts Lake, then head over to the M5 to Goat Mt. Follow the M5 into Indian Valley Res, then you could follow Bartlett Springs road on out and back to Bear Valley Rd, to Stonyford, and I'll head back to Lake County. I've never done it starting in Stonyford, so I'd be doing it backwards from past trips. Just thinking outloud.

 

[Thunderhead]

A fun loop could be start off in Stonyford and take the M10 up to Letts Lake, then head over to the M5 to Goat Mt. Follow the M5 into Indian Valley Res, then you could follow Bartlett Springs road on out and back to Bear Valley Rd, to Stonyford, and I'll head back to Lake County. I've never done it starting in Stonyford, so I'd be doing it backwards from past trips. Just thinking outloud.

The roads are open, just no camping
Looks like they are doing some logging on the M-5 but that would just add to the fun.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/mendocino/home/?cid=FSEPRD628534I bet Letts Lake is frozen over

 

[bobthetj03]

I'll talk it over with the boss and see if we can put something together for a day run.

 

[Thunderhead]

I'll talk it over with the boss and see if we can put something together for a day run.

Saturday the 1st ?

 

[Thunderhead]

I wonder how much snow is up at LL ? I’ve only ever seen a few inches going up, starts right by Deafy Glad. Although the waterfalls coming off the mountain on the M10 are freaking amazing

 

[bobthetj03]

I wonder how much snow is up at LL ? I’ve only ever seen a few inches going up, starts right by Defy Glad. Although the waterfalls coming off the mountain on the M10 are freaking amazing

Not sure, but LL is only around 4500 ft., so probably not a lot. We could also take the M10 to the Snow Mt. trail head and go up until it dead ends for the hiking trail, that is if we can make it that far. Snow Mt. looks pretty white from my side.

 

[Thunderhead]

Not sure, but LL is only around 4500 ft., so probably not a lot. We could also take the M10 to the Snow Mt. trail head and go up until it dead ends for the hiking trail, that is if we can make it that far. Snow Mt. looks pretty white from my side.

Either way I would be in. The M5 and M10 split is really low elevation too. Just maybe plan to make it up to LL and go from there. I’ve been past LL and there are some steep switch backs and with snow they would be narley. It’s not far back to the M10 from LL either

 

[bobthetj03]

Either way I would be in. The M5 and M10 split is really low elevation too. Just maybe plan to make it up to LL and go from there. I’ve been past LL and there are some steep switch backs and with snow they would be narley. It’s not far back to the M10 from LL either

Agreed. Plenty of fun to be had either way. Where do you want to meet up at? Obviously somewhere in Stonyford.

 

[bobthetj03]

Anyone else up for this adventure? Meetup somewhere in Stonyford, Saturday, February 1st. Say, 9:30am?