Friday, 8/26, will be a travel & camp set-up day (if you arrive early enough, we might get in a little trail time...). Saturday will be trails during the day, and returning to camp for the evening. In addition to a lot of research, I just got back from a "scouting" trip, as I hadn't been in this area for quite a few years. There are so many trails in the area for us to choose from! They range from easy fire-roads all the way to extreme trails like Swamp Lake & the Dusy-Ershim. I previewed a few that I think will work well for our group. Our final trail selections will depend on rig/driver capability of those who attend. As always, our goal is a fun and exciting time, without beating up our trucks unnecessarily!
Sunday, 8/28, will be a travel day home. This should be a very fun trip, with more forest scenery than we are used to enjoying. If you'd like to attend, please be sure to block these days out on your calendar!
Here are some updated plans, as discussed at our Club Meeting (Great meeting, by the way! I really enjoyed our technical discussion at the end!): We will meet on Friday 8/26, at 2:00 PM at the Dinkey Staging Area, located at the intersection of Dinkey Creek Road & Forest Road 26E329 (coordinates 37.071860, -119.18503400).
Please be sure to allow extra time for Friday morning rush-hour traffic through LA, in order to reach our rendezvous point on time. For our Ham operators, let's use channel 146.535. Cell coverage is available in Shaver Lake (though, not too strong...), and there is no cell signal at our rendezvous point. If you encounter any unforeseen delays, please be sure to reach out to another club member who can let the group know.
A few club members have indicated a willingness to get up there a day or two earlier to try to secure a dispersed camping area large enough for our group. Based on my recent scouting run, here are the Google Map link and coordinates of a suggested dispersed camp area: 37.09086, -119.16444. Hopefully, we will be able to claim this large area. It's a nice spot on a rise overlooking Rock Creek and Dinkey Creek. If we are unable to get this area, we'll find alternate spot(s) to camp. Dispersed camping abounds in this area, so the worst case scenario is that we may need to camp in smaller groups. In any event, we should know by our rendezvous time if we are are to get the desired area.
If you are planning to attend this run, will you please check-in on this thread, so I can plan accordingly for our group size?
Sunday, 8/28, will be a travel day home. This should be a very fun trip, with more forest scenery than we are used to enjoying. If you'd like to attend, please be sure to block these days out on your calendar!
Here are some updated plans, as discussed at our Club Meeting (Great meeting, by the way! I really enjoyed our technical discussion at the end!): We will meet on Friday 8/26, at 2:00 PM at the Dinkey Staging Area, located at the intersection of Dinkey Creek Road & Forest Road 26E329 (coordinates 37.071860, -119.18503400).
Please be sure to allow extra time for Friday morning rush-hour traffic through LA, in order to reach our rendezvous point on time. For our Ham operators, let's use channel 146.535. Cell coverage is available in Shaver Lake (though, not too strong...), and there is no cell signal at our rendezvous point. If you encounter any unforeseen delays, please be sure to reach out to another club member who can let the group know.
A few club members have indicated a willingness to get up there a day or two earlier to try to secure a dispersed camping area large enough for our group. Based on my recent scouting run, here are the Google Map link and coordinates of a suggested dispersed camp area: 37.09086, -119.16444. Hopefully, we will be able to claim this large area. It's a nice spot on a rise overlooking Rock Creek and Dinkey Creek. If we are unable to get this area, we'll find alternate spot(s) to camp. Dispersed camping abounds in this area, so the worst case scenario is that we may need to camp in smaller groups. In any event, we should know by our rendezvous time if we are are to get the desired area.
If you are planning to attend this run, will you please check-in on this thread, so I can plan accordingly for our group size?
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