Iron Mountain Road Patrol - 2/4/12

I'm looking forward to it no matter the conditions. 😀



Thanks George!

The reports I've heard state there was something over 3 feet of snow at elevations around 6000 feet and 4 feet at 7000+.



Brad mentioned the roads are not plowed so snow may be packed if temperatures are not warm enough just to melt it off.

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Looks like there's about 6 inches of snow at Strawberry (just under 6000 feet elevation at the highway)





http://www.saber.net/bagee/photo_frame.htm



Iron Mtn Road is no where near Strawberry, so it's just for reference.



doing the snow dance...

George, I wonder if the EDC folks could give us the information and save you the gasoline?

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"TomD" wrote: George, I wonder if the EDC folks could give us the information and save you the gasoline?
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No worries Tom, I like "pre-runs"! Worse case I take a beautiful drive through the mountains and get all the way to the gate near the top (which was closed as of 2 weeks ago).



I'll put a call in early next week in any case.

"gamfam" wrote: No worries Tom, I like "pre-runs"!

😂

No snow no go?

"lj4x4" wrote: No snow no go?

fo sho, maybe....I don't know; yo

Yo snow let's go bro, fo-show haha

"lj4x4" wrote: Yo snow let's go bro, fo-show haha

😂 😂 😂 😂

Waz da werd home slice?!?!?? 😀

Made it up there today.



I was greeted by a sign I had never seen before:








I passed a group of about 15 rigs at the kiosk so I assumed they were another club preparing for their patrol, but they never set up cones or counted vehicles as far as I could tell.



At 5,000 feet I started to see signs of snow:








At 14 miles in (just a little over half way to highway 8😎 I hit 6,000 feet, the road was covored with snow that was pretty packed down from vehicles and icy:








There were lots of stock rigs and Suburu's up there tempting fate.



I'll call the Department of Forestry on Monday.

Attached files

Should I bring the Murano?

That first picture is cool. Lol



Thanks George

"Wh1t3Nukle" wrote: That first picture is cool. Lol

Thanks George

x2. 😂

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So when will we know if this is a go? If its not a go does anyone wanna do a run somewhere else?



Huck

I consider this run a "go" and will be there Saturday with my family. The snow depth and play area availability will determine where we set up the base camp. George is in charge!

Should be a fun day. Enjoy.

I will be at my kid's basketball game. Need a Sunday run 😁

Its On like Donkey Kong! There was plenty of snow at 6000 feet last Saturday, just had to drive 14 miles up to find it.



There's snow, so its a go! Who's in?



George, being back in the position, do you have the combination and contact information?



Oh, we're in - Pollock Pines 845ish for a 9 departure...

As it turns out, I'll not be making the trip. The "couple of rust spots" turned into "HOLY S**T!!" when I pulled out the carpets of the XJ this weekend.



Need more POR 15, Herculiner and 2-3 more days to do this job right.

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💡 I am in 😲

"Path 88" wrote: 💡 I am in 😲

So, you figured out what the copper tubing was for?

"gamfam" wrote: George, being back in the position, do you have the combination and contact information?

Oh, we're in - Pollock Pines 845ish for a 9 departure...

Not sure who's asking this question on my post.....but



1. I have the combo to the lock on the box at the kiosk if its the same as it was a couple years ago.

2. I would love the contact info for someone at the Department of Forestry. It may be in the binder???

3. Glad you're in!

I can't understand why my responses will not post up. The only item I have seen is your quote.

BKGM