Official 2017 NorCal Camping/Wheeling Thread!

Well reality just proceeded to pimp slap me. I can't snow wheel this weekend. I have "other plans." Fml...

Hopefully you guys can have some fun without me. I know it'll be difficult, but at least try

God this sucks. I was looking forward to meeting you @Fernando. Now I won't be able to til after you're recovered. Well I hope you recover quickly and were able to hit up some trails afterwards. I'm ordering my sliders when I get my CA refund

 

No worries brotha. I may not be able to go if i go to the bay meet. Cant be to selfish according to the wife

 

Anybody planning trips for May/June/July I'm starting to book up and I'm determined to make it out this year.

 

I haven't been on any group trips yet so it's just suggestion but I'm trying to pin drop a route from the TNF into the PNF that crosses a handful of lakes. Who's been up in the area? I'd like to PM you my map and see if you can offer any insight for when the snow melts.

 

Is there any wheeling to be done/fire roads to take through Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Muir Woods National Monument, or Mt Tamalpais State Park? I'm still new to the area and see that there is camping and plenty of trails marked on google maps but I wasn't sure they were for OHV use.

I know there's better wheeling a distance away but the girlfriend wants to finally come but only for a day trip... saw some sort of trail from the Panoramic Hwy down to Muir Beach.

 

Welcome to the area!

Oh Man...Marin doesn't even like bicycles on dirt let alone trucks!

 

Thanks!

Well, that sucks...maybe Ill have to check out Frank Raines 2 hrs away lol

 

I think there has been storm damage to some roads in that area.

 

Shit anywhere on 101 i might as well use 4low to crawl through the fucking potholes lol

 

It does suck. Marin is super anti mountain biking. I refuse to spend a dime there because of it.

Anyway, all the good wheeling is pretty far away. But on the plus side it's really really good wheeling and amazing camping.

Where did you move from?

 

Lived in Oregon for about a year but Hawaii (Tacoma central lol) all before that

 

I'll be at the meet up at BJ's in Newark if anyone else is going.. need to meet some good guys to wheel and ride with

 

What? That is the birthplace of mountain biking? Crazy. I went hiking around the lakes a couple weeks back. Holy shit there were a ton of folks walking about. I lived in Marin County from 1994-1998, but it's GROWN even from then.

 

Really not worth it. Hollister is better and a little closer.

 

cool thanks! appreciate you telling me before i drive out and go home disappointed

 

Sadly yes. There are only two legal singletrack trails in all of Marin county. China Camp and Camp Tamarancho (which is private..owned by the Boy Scouts). Every other trail was closed to mountain bikers in the 90's. There are still fire roads but those are not what mountain biking is about.

Just google Marin Mountain biking or something like that.

Mountain Biking in the bay area is complicated issue. No where else in the country is it this complicated. It comes down to the equestrians and the hikers want all the trails for them. They're organized and have lots of money. Meanwhile, Mountain Bikers just want to ride and drink beer, not protest and advocate for more trail access.

 

so im assuming for dirtbiking the closest options are also only Hollister and Metcalf (which is the size of a penny. lol)

 

I was amazed at all the Tacomas in Hawaii.

 

Baja. It's about 400something miles but there are endless dirt biking trials there.

 

Just curious why are there so many Tacomas in Hawaii? I noticed that too when I was there this past summer. Seemed like every other vehicle was a Tacoma.