2020 NorCal Camping, Wheeling, & Shenanigans

Here was from the road on grouse ridge, wasn’t comfortable to make it. The snow berms are half way over the road in a lot of places.
Here is grouse ridge:



but here is looking the other way from only 1/4 mile Down the road back towards bowman lake road:


These pictures were taken Friday.

 

No thank you. Gonna be a cluster. 1st year in a long time i stay home

 

anyone know of any good areas to look into towards the chico/ oroville lake area? Trying to change it up from the normal TNF area.

thinking I might have to head towards Bucks Direction

 

high lakes OHV is an awesome area to explore! Spent time up there often while I was going to CSU, Chico.

 

perfect ill look into it!

Looking to fly fish myself, but the Fiance wants to stop by Chico first

 

here’s a good map for it

http://www.friendsofthehighlakes.com/maps.shtml

 

Took my brother in his 2020 Tacoma TRD OFFROAD DCSB and parent's 2020 Tacoma TRD OFFROAD DCLB on Fins N Things in Moab. Less thank 5k miles between them lol. We have been camping and wandering Utah for almost 2 weeks now. My brother has some wheeling experience but my father has none. My mother was terrified and opted to walk the trail lol.

 

Debating on heading up to Plumas NF to do some wheeling and scouting for archery season.. Might wait til after this weekend, worried its going to be pretty busy.

 

I got 4 days off! If anyone is going out shoot me a pm! Wouldn’t mind some fresh air

 

stock longbed? any close called losing a rear bumper?

 

It got close at one point, like less than a inch close but cleared lol. Make sure you have a good spotter and you'll be fine. Given a inch difference in line choice makes a big difference. My father had 0% experience wheeling but I've been wheeling for 10+ years. Go with someone you trust and send it, you'll have great stories to tell around a campfire.

 

I watch alot of his videos

My dad has actually talked about opening up a tow service once he retires. Its a long story, but my family has been involved in the towing/recovery business since my dad was in high school (how else could i have gotten so many lean sale vehicles at little to nothing lol). He still grabs a truck from the yard and sits on call some weekends, them CHP contracts bring big bucks. Ive helped him pull trucks out of canyons, that stuff can be sketchy sometimes. I was showing him these videos sayin "See dad, i can do THIS while you do highway/normal tow shit" (im sure he'd have it the other way around haha)

but yeah, that jeep was in a scary spot

 

Yep...went up there today and the higher I got towards Pinoli Ridge the heavier the snow got. Ended up having to turn around and go back down towards Bowman

 

Did strawberry pass today. Cool trail with some fun features.
Started off of hwy 50. Wasn't able to get all the way through due to impassable snow at the very top. Was able to get about 3/4 of the way though.

 

Rubicon looks open. My Dad, brother and I will be up there 6/10-6/12.

Will be my maiden voyage with the new rig


Not ideal but nothing else is open...

 

Based on the level of activity already, it's gonna be a wild Independence Day fireworks display in the hood.

Party at my house 4th of July. It's Saturday this year.

 

A group was stuck at fordyce and sheriff had to come out and save them. They ran into a snow cap

 

Seems kinda strange if they were a group.

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