DATES WILL BE JULY 18-20
Camp location: Gold Lake 4x4 Campground
Going:
@KWalkerM
@pilotuku
@orangefj45
@gregnash
@Fast Eddy
@SIZZLE
@Finnyfam60
@jcardona1
@hairy_apple
@vipergrhd
@revoked
@landcrshr
@Skillet
@englaneato
@shady
@TahoeFJ60
@93yotasr5
@matttaylor1976
@Haring Bagsik
@RMutt2017
@MKtaco98
@MaK92 4RnR
@AMMO
@TYM4FUN
@esh
Maybe:
@tag3
@repentsinner
@norcalsvx
@KeepCruzin
@Devil's Slide Doug
So for anyone that hadn't been following the conversations over HERE, several of us have been talking about setting up a trip around the Sierra Buttes and Gold Lake area sometime in either late spring or early summer.
The general idea for this trip is to set something up where we can get as many 'Mud members as possible out on the trails! It will pretty much be a big camping trip with no set events, just show up, do whatever it is you like to do in the mountains, and have a good time!
If your worried that your truck isn't capable enough you can relax, you Toyota will do just fine. My truck is lifted, but has no lockers, and until this year, I never had sliders, winch, etc. Stock vehicles will be able to make it to the campsites fine; if you've never been offroading before this is a great place to start. (the trail to the 4x4 camp was the second trail I ever drove, [first was the trail to Upper Sardine Lake just down the road], and that was just my brother and I in the car
)
(I ran into 'Mud member T-bones 60 a couple years ago herding a stock Honda Ridgeline to the Gold Lake OHV campground...
)
Here's a dashcam video I found on YouTube of a Heep moving pretty fast on the trail. (I drive it nice and slow.
) CAUTION: If you want to keep the trail a surprise until you get there, dont watch this video!
@matttaylor1976 has offered to let us use his place near Nevada City as a meeting point for those of us coming up on HWY 49. If anyone is interested in doing this, it would be cool to have that group, (and anyone else we can meet up with by the time we reach Sierra City), drive the dirt road from Sierra City to the Sierra Buttes Lookout Tower on our way into the Gold Lake 4x4 Campground.
If you have never been to the area before, there are several ways to get there: (if you see a mistake anywhere in here let me know)
The way I usually go is up Hwy 49, passing through Downieville and Sierra City on the way up to Bassetts Station where you can turn onto the Gold Lake Hwy which takes you into the Lakes Basin Recreational Area.
You can also get there by taking Hwy 70 up through the Feather River canyon. Stay on 70 where it splits off to Hwy 89 towards Lake Almanor and you will eventually get to the town of Quincy (KWalkerM's town). Continue along 70 until it splits off to Hwy 89 again towards Graeagle, at the opposite end of Graeagle turn right onto the Gold Lake Hwy.
If your coming from the Tahoe area, follow Hwy 89 north toward Sierraville, then turn left onto Hwy 49. Continue on Hwy 49 when it splits off to Hwy 89 just past Sattley; follow Hwy 49 until you reach Bassetts Station, then turn right onto the Gold Lake Highway.
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_DLV4983 by Darrell Vaughn, on Flickr
_DLV4737 by Darrell Vaughn, on Flickr
_DLV4820 by Darrell Vaughn, on Flickr
_DLV4781 by Darrell Vaughn, on Flickr
_DLV4740 by Darrell Vaughn, on Flickr
Camp location: Gold Lake 4x4 Campground
Going:
@KWalkerM
@pilotuku
@orangefj45
@gregnash
@Fast Eddy
@SIZZLE
@Finnyfam60
@jcardona1
@hairy_apple
@vipergrhd
@revoked
@landcrshr
@Skillet
@englaneato
@shady
@TahoeFJ60
@93yotasr5
@matttaylor1976
@Haring Bagsik
@RMutt2017
@MKtaco98
@MaK92 4RnR
@AMMO
@TYM4FUN
@esh
Maybe:
@tag3
@repentsinner
@norcalsvx
@KeepCruzin
@Devil's Slide Doug
So for anyone that hadn't been following the conversations over HERE, several of us have been talking about setting up a trip around the Sierra Buttes and Gold Lake area sometime in either late spring or early summer.
The general idea for this trip is to set something up where we can get as many 'Mud members as possible out on the trails! It will pretty much be a big camping trip with no set events, just show up, do whatever it is you like to do in the mountains, and have a good time!
If your worried that your truck isn't capable enough you can relax, you Toyota will do just fine. My truck is lifted, but has no lockers, and until this year, I never had sliders, winch, etc. Stock vehicles will be able to make it to the campsites fine; if you've never been offroading before this is a great place to start. (the trail to the 4x4 camp was the second trail I ever drove, [first was the trail to Upper Sardine Lake just down the road], and that was just my brother and I in the car
)(I ran into 'Mud member T-bones 60 a couple years ago herding a stock Honda Ridgeline to the Gold Lake OHV campground...
)Here's a dashcam video I found on YouTube of a Heep moving pretty fast on the trail. (I drive it nice and slow.
) CAUTION: If you want to keep the trail a surprise until you get there, dont watch this video! @matttaylor1976 has offered to let us use his place near Nevada City as a meeting point for those of us coming up on HWY 49. If anyone is interested in doing this, it would be cool to have that group, (and anyone else we can meet up with by the time we reach Sierra City), drive the dirt road from Sierra City to the Sierra Buttes Lookout Tower on our way into the Gold Lake 4x4 Campground.
...............................................
If you have never been to the area before, there are several ways to get there: (if you see a mistake anywhere in here let me know
)The way I usually go is up Hwy 49, passing through Downieville and Sierra City on the way up to Bassetts Station where you can turn onto the Gold Lake Hwy which takes you into the Lakes Basin Recreational Area.
You can also get there by taking Hwy 70 up through the Feather River canyon. Stay on 70 where it splits off to Hwy 89 towards Lake Almanor and you will eventually get to the town of Quincy (KWalkerM's town). Continue along 70 until it splits off to Hwy 89 again towards Graeagle, at the opposite end of Graeagle turn right onto the Gold Lake Hwy.
If your coming from the Tahoe area, follow Hwy 89 north toward Sierraville, then turn left onto Hwy 49. Continue on Hwy 49 when it splits off to Hwy 89 just past Sattley; follow Hwy 49 until you reach Bassetts Station, then turn right onto the Gold Lake Highway.
.............................................
_DLV4983 by Darrell Vaughn, on Flickr
_DLV4737 by Darrell Vaughn, on Flickr
_DLV4820 by Darrell Vaughn, on Flickr
_DLV4781 by Darrell Vaughn, on Flickr
_DLV4740 by Darrell Vaughn, on Flickr
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haha where did you take the pinz to?
