Hell Hole overnight camping and wheeling trip July 16th & July 17th 2011

You will find it pretty hard without a locker buts its doable.

 

Put a winch in that bumper and you won't look back

 

Problem solved

 

Good idea. Im gladly accepting donations at this time. PM me for my paypal address

 

Me n you both man. There'll be a few 'fun' spots for us
I think we'll get threw tho

Oh and PS. Was just informed that my friend booked a hotel for his bday in Vegas for this weekend. Idk if I can make that trip tho so we'll see. Im gonna try to hammer out the details asap so I can figure it out. Not trying to strike out a 3rd time in a row on events in my backyard

 

It'll be interesting to hear when you guys get back how much snow you come across. There's still 6 feet of snow up there right now. Caples Lake is still frozen (as of Father's Day...see attached pic). The county decided not to plow MET this year and just wait until it all melts due to the cost of clearing it. The top 10 miles is still covered in snow. And they said it should be melted and open sometime in August.

 

DAM that's crazy if there is still that much the water crossings may not be passable on Deer valley trail.

 

Yeah i heard about that. That's shitty man

 

Well that's good

 

Oooh, I didn't realize you were planning Deer Valley too. I highly doubt you'll get across that just because of the snow. In fact, Blue Lakes Rd is still closed (supposedly you can only get a couple miles down the road). Water crossing or not, Deer Valley is likely to be covered deep in snow.

We did go up across Carson Pass on Father's Day and that's when I tried to get up to Crater Lake. I only got so far before I ran into piles 6 feet deep. Who knows what the next 3 weeks hold, but even if Sacto was in the 100's, I still kind of doubt it's going to melt that fast up there. If MET isn't supposed to be melted at the 7K foot level until August, neither of those two trails may be passable as I think both are at or above 7K. Remember, Carson Pass is over 8K feet and the road from Strawberry comes in above Caples Lake. And doesn't Deer Valley dump in kind of high up on Hwy 4?

EDIT:
In case you don't have it, here's the link to the EDNF roads and their status. You'll need Blue Lakes Rd to be open to get to Deer Valley Trail. Also consider that Woods Lake road is close to the same elevation as where Strawberry Pass comes in (Woods is a little bit higher).
http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/eldorado/conditions/roads/index.shtml

 

Well sheeiit

 

Well crap Jim thanks for the info but SHIT!

 

So we need to hatch a plan B. I diffenalty want a weekend of wheeling. Jerry I think I remember you saying you had the trail book, got any suggestions?

 

I'm going to start reading it tonight I'll let you guys know tomorrow of a plan B

 

Maybe downieville area? But that might be under snow as well. I might be headed up that way this weekend so I can give a report. Just an idea

 

What trails are up there?

 

Snake lake is one of the more difficult ones from what I here but I have never been on it. The only trail I've been on up there is the trail that goes up to upper sardine lake but its pretty damn easy