NorCal Grass Valley, Trail Ride INFO for Sep 21, 2014

[WARDOG]

Well I finally got IronHide put together well enough for a summer ride.

We'll be having a Grass Valley Meet & Trail ride Sunday, Sept. 21st, 2014.
Ladies welcome, dogs are not, on this trip since we'll be stopping on the lodge property of Grass Valley Sportsmens at Weaver Lake for lunch and 'non-member' dogs are prohibited.

The route will basically be Hwy 20 thru Nevada City, down the Yuba Canyon to the Little Town of Washington (Pavement ends), Relief Hill Cross Rd. to Graniteville Rd. popping out by Snow Tent Springs, thru Graniteville down to Bowman Lake (Meadowlake Rd.), Up McMurray Lake Rd. (Rough & bumpy for about 4 miles) passing McMurray lake and Weaver Lake on the north end, looping around the base of Pyramid Peak popping out on Pinole Ridge Rd., with a stop at the Grass Valley Sportsmens Lodge at Weaver Lake for lunch / bathroom break for the ladies. The lodge has real bathrooms, drinking water, and a hardline telephone for emergencies. It will be a nice introduction for those who have not been there before. Eat lunch overlooking the lake with Bald Eagles and Osprey's fishing.

After lunch we'll take some backroads/logging trails (Steep and bumpy for a bit) back onto USFS Rd. 41 (Graniteville Rd.) thru Marsh Mill, to USFS Rd. 50 loop, back to USFS Rd. 41, down Gaston Grade back to the Town of Washington. We should be back in Grass Valley by 6 pm, assuming there are no breakdowns.

Nothing technical, however there will be a few spots you'll have to lock the hubs. No body-damaging rocks but you may get some shrub scrapes.
No winching is expected.
Total distance will be about 100 miles so plan gas accordingly.
There is NO cell service out there.
We'll stop for some group photo ops.

Highest Elevation will be about 7000 ft, with most of our traveling at around 5000 ft. See some high lakes and some great ridge views.

Trying to keep this simple, bring a picnic lunch for yourself, FMRS/GMR radio's will be on channel 6.

Meeting location and time will be posted within a week or so. Probably meet at 7:30 am, head out at 8:00 am. The route may change slightly due to weather or logging operations on certain roads. The roads may be dusty which will slow us down, maybe a high-sierra shower the night before? We'll have fun anyway.

CHIME IN if you can go. Meet some fellow Bronco owners. There might be a Heep or old FJ in the mix but we have tow straps for them.;D

I am always open to suggestions.
QUESTIONS or comments:
Please e-mail 'Reno' aka: WARDOG - sierra-sportsman@sbcglobal.net

 

[WARDOG]

Grass Valley Meet & Ride

Here are the details for the meeting location, Date, times, etc.

We'll meet at the Gold Flat 76 Gas Station on Hollow Way in Nevada City.

Meet on Sunday, Sept. 21st at 7:30 am, head out 8:00 am.

From G.V. take the Gold Flat exit, turn right and immediate left onto Hollow Way (Towards Hooper & Weaver Cemetery, a frontage road that follows Hwy 20/49)

The station will be open for fueling up, snacks, coffee, etc., plenty of parking for staging and easy onto the freeway with no signal lights to jam us up. Remember you will need to bring a lunch.

I drove the route we are taking this last weekend. I cleared some timber and rocks. The loop total mileage will be about 120 miles round trip and it should get us back into GV around 6pm.

It IS dusty but we'll manage. It is not so bad on the back trails because we are going slow. Maybe we will get a little mountain rain that day or the day before. We will take turns in the train so the caboose isn't eating too much dust all day long. We will be locking the hubs on several spots, but there is nothing technical. Lockers aren't necessary. As I said before, there shouldn't be any rocks to deal with but there are some tight spots with bushes. Lots of bear tracks, coyote, bobcat and deer tracks. It is very common to come across a bear or deer on the road if you are near the font of the pack. Binoculars might be handy to bring along.

We are still stopping at the Grass Valley Sportsmans property on Weaver lake for lunch so please do not bring any dogs if you want to have lunch with the rest of us. There are picnic tables, real bathrooms and awesome views. It is a fantastic place considering it is out in the middle of nowhere.

Cell service is very limited to non-existent out there.

If you have a family radio we will be on Channel 6.

Feel free to contact me 'Reno' by e-mail, (WARDOG) sierra-sportsman@sbcglobal.net or 'Skip' (70 Steed) seventybronco@att.net if you have suggestions, comments.

Please let me know by e-mail or on this Topic on NorCal Broncos if you are going.