2015 FJ45-Run Sept 5th-7th (1 Viewer)

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It's about time I started a thread about this years event .......


As usual this is a "no sign-ups", "no registration" "no entry fee" type of event. just show up, bring enough food, camping gear and clothes and relax.

just like last year, the event will be held at Sourgrass trail which located off boards crossing road just south of the town of dorrington on hwy4 in northern CA. directions are pretty simple:
find highway 99. then get onto hwy4 east. follow that for a couple of hours till you get to the small town of Dorrington. don't blink, you'll miss it. take a right on boards crossing road and follow that for about 5 or 6 miles. that'll bring you down the side of a mountain and eventually to a bridge over a river at the bottom. cross the bridge and take a left into the parking/picnic area. you'll see a sign for the trail, hard to miss. take that trail to the very end, it's about 3 miles. you will need 4wd and there are a couple of spots where you'll have to pick a decent line to make it thru without having to back up. i have driven my bone stock and prestine 84 HJ47 troopie all the way in there without a scratch and without having to back up. try to come in with another vehicle if possible just in case.
there is no organized camping, just find a suitable spot. the camping area is plenty big and there's tons of shady spots due to the large and plentyful trees covering that part of the valley. we will be camped right next to the river. it's a beautiful spot and one of my favorites. just make sure you keep an eye on your kids. the river runs pretty good, even late in the season.
this year we had a lot less rain and snow than usual so the mosquitos should'nt be bad. but bring some bug spray just in case.
as always, there will be two raffles. one for prizes ( you get one and only one ticket as long as you drive a cruiser to the event ) and a cash raffle. the later costs $10 per ticket. buy as many as you want. we will draw one winning ticket which gets half the cash in the pot. the other half goes to the "friends of the rubicon". so far we've donated about $6300 all together.
raffle prizes?! i've been working on them.....and sent out pms, emails and phone calls to a lot of my suppliers and distributors. prizes are tricking in, event got something from my snap-on dealer yesterday. it's become somewhat customary for participants to bring a raffle prize. it can be anything and i mean ANYTHING. we've had things ranging from tools to pocket knives to amazing quilts, pillows, blankets, onboard welder,.....and everything in between.

feel free to ask questions, i know i left a bunch of info out.

all rigs are welcome, you don't have to show un in an FJ45!


hope to see you there!


georg @ valley hybrids
 
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Absolutely!
 
I was at Lake Alpine last weekend, and we got about 3" of hail standing on the ground. It cooled my enthusiasm for camping (for the moment). I bet I will want to go camping again by the time this event happens!

For anyone who has been there before, does this look about right for the GPS coordinates? https://www.google.com/maps/@38.3057424,-120.2367291,18z
 
I was at Lake Alpine last weekend, and we got about 3" of hail standing on the ground. It cooled my enthusiasm for camping (for the moment). I bet I will want to go camping again by the time this event happens!

For anyone who has been there before, does this look about right for the GPS coordinates? https://www.google.com/maps/@38.3057424,-120.2367291,18z

Wow...you gonna let a little hail get you down? Meh...

These are closer to the coordinates you're looking for...

38.331881, -120.203839

Forest Rte 5N02 is Boards Crossing road (or may as well be), no matter what google says. Just like Georg says, follow it down until it crosses the Stanislaus and go to the back of the day use area, then let the fun begin.
 
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Wow...you gonna let a little hail get you down? Meh...

These are closer to the coordinates you're looking for...

38.331881, -120.203839

Forest Rte 5N02 is Boards Crossing road (or may as well be), no matter what google says. Just like Georg says, follow it down until it crosses the Stanislaus and go to the back of the day use area, then let the fun begin.

What he says is all right. Not sure about that link. Google says the route out the right side of the day use is "Rattlesnake Creek Rd".

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.3229573,-120.210987,17.25z

After the creek crossing there's a camp to the left, and a camp further up the road to the right, pretty much at the end. The main group, Georg, and the raffle were at the camp to the right.

Anyone interested in running part of Deer Valley Tr one of the days?
 
One way or another I'm gonna make this event this year. If my wife schedules a trip on this weekend it will just be me and my son for a day trip. Otherwise the whole family will be there for the weekend.

If I only do a day trip is Saturday or Sunday the best? Are there any organized (or unorganized) trail runs either day?

Looking forward to it!
 
Sunday would be the "best" day to be there.

Georg @ Valley Hybrids
 
Thanks! Right now it looks like I'll be there Saturday thru Monday with the whole fam!
 
I think I can make it. (I hope I can make it.)
Thanks for hosting Georg!
 
What he says is all right. Not sure about that link. Google says the route out the right side of the day use is "Rattlesnake Creek Rd".

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.3229573,-120.210987,17.25z

After the creek crossing there's a camp to the left, and a camp further up the road to the right, pretty much at the end. The main group, Georg, and the raffle were at the camp to the right.

Anyone interested in running part of Deer Valley Tr one of the days?
I was thinking of camping at the utica side of SR friday night, running SR saturday morning and then hitting SG after.
 

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