11:31 pm
Well it looks like mother nature wins again!!! Hard to do maintenance if you can't
find the trail 😯 So it looks like I'm canceling AGAIN! Think I will wait till
the snow melts to reschedule.... 
Maybe another snow run is in order?? 
12:22 am
January 27, 2011
Offline "SLM" wrote: Think I will wait till
the snow melts to reschedule....
I left Oregon in 1982 ... it has now found me if the weather is any indication.
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If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading -- Lao Tzu
3:40 am
Club President
April 2, 2003
Offline Sorry Sue that I couldn't find this.
What's the plan Boss?
I think we need to make plans since the date is in 4 days.
5:06 am
Club Member
January 19, 2011
Offline Sue, count me if a run is planned. I'll be there to support JK breed.
Semper Fi
9:12 pm
"BKGM Jeepers" wrote: Sorry Sue that I couldn't find this.
What's the plan Boss?
I think we need to make plans since the date is in 4 days.
Well since we can't find the trail thru the snow...I'm gonna cancel 😥
3:46 am
January 22, 2011
Offline
I am down for whatever.
9:26 pm
Club President
April 2, 2003
Offline Looks like rain so I'll focus on jeep work and look forward to runs in a few weeks.
7:17 am
September 9, 2003
Offline FOTR guys are suggesting July 4 to even bother with running Rubicon :p
gonna be an interesting summer...assuming we ever get to it, LOL
'00 Tacoma with a few mods
4:15 pm
Club President
April 2, 2003
Offline Chris is still around? I thought you were going to make a run this past winter. Can you make anything in June?
5:53 pm
Club President
April 2, 2003
Offline Has a new date been set/attempted for the run?
I was hoping we could try to plan our schedule and make it.
8:07 pm
"BKGM Jeepers" wrote: Has a new date been set/attempted for the run?
I was hoping we could try to plan our schedule and make it.
Personally, instead of keep making a date and then canceling, I think we need to wait until it warms up a bit, for more then 2 or 3 days. And let some of the snow start melting, so we can get a better idea of when to do this. Just my opinion.
8:23 pm
Club President
April 2, 2003
Offline "GonZo" wrote: [quote="BKGM Jeepers"]Has a new date been set/attempted for the run?
I was hoping we could try to plan our schedule and make it.
Personally, instead of keep making a date and then canceling, I think we need to wait until it warms up a bit, for more then 2 or 3 days. And let some of the snow start melting, so we can get a better idea of when to do this. Just my opinion.
Sounds good to me. I just recall some people needed lead time to request days off work.
8:30 am
September 9, 2003
Offline "BKGM Jeepers" wrote: Chris is still around? I thought you were going to make a run this past winter. Can you make anything in June?
yea, still here :p I won't have any time off until the first 3 wks of July...pretty crazy schedule this season.
'00 Tacoma with a few mods
5:14 pm
Club President
April 2, 2003
Offline "hytenor" wrote: [quote="BKGM Jeepers"]Chris is still around? I thought you were going to make a run this past winter. Can you make anything in June?
yea, still here :p I won't have any time off until the first 3 wks of July...pretty crazy schedule this season.
Crazy schedule usually means good news on the work front!
6:55 am
September 9, 2003
Offline "BKGM Jeepers" wrote: [quote="hytenor"][quote="BKGM Jeepers"]Chris is still around? I thought you were going to make a run this past winter. Can you make anything in June?
yea, still here :p I won't have any time off until the first 3 wks of July...pretty crazy schedule this season.
Crazy schedule usually means good news on the work front!
yea...for now, at least. Things in the arts industry as sketchy, at best and SF is not immune to the problems. God only knows what will happen, LOL. At least I can go to work for my wife if things go under :p
'00 Tacoma with a few mods
6:00 am
Club President
April 2, 2003
Offline I ran strawberry this past weekend while up at my cabin.
The trail has a lot of overgrowth on the lower end and several trees that the snow bent over the trail that will need to be cut back. There are a couple of fallen trees in the trail too, but those have been cut by previous people who ran the trail. I was solo but with my wife and daughter. We were taking it easy crusing up and ran in to a YJ and a CJ so we followed them along up to V-rock. At that point we found an islander YJ on the new KM2's trying V-rock (unsuccessfully). There was a lot of water up there. He backed out so a group fo three (LJ + 2 FJ 40's) to come down. They took a long time to get across V-rock because one of the FJ's was broken. After clearing the CJ asked if I'd try to make it up first, so I ran up it, and then parrked and helped the other two get across. After that we got to the normal hill where there's deep snow. A full size had just been the first to make it up. We could have made it by winching (I wasn't aired down), but I decided to pull over and let the YJ have some fun with it. After a while we all turned around and headed down. No problems.
The lower part of the trail could be worked if the club wanted to set something up but we'd need loppers and a couple chainsaws (they don't need to be big saws from what I saw). We'd also need some older straps or chains to move some of the logs dropped on the trail. Finally, the lower culvert is blocked and water is running over the trail. This needs to be fixed fairly quickly. This is the culvert below the waterfall. Last year it was the culver just above the waterfall that was blocked.
It looks like we're getting in to that window where we can run the snow up top and maintain the lower trail if we're interested.
What does everyone want to do?
6:28 am
September 9, 2003
Offline "BKGM Jeepers" wrote: I ran strawberry this past weekend while up at my cabin.
The trail has a lot of overgrowth on the lower end and several trees that the snow bent over the trail that will need to be cut back. There are a couple of fallen trees in the trail too, but those have been cut by previous people who ran the trail. I was solo but with my wife and daughter. We were taking it easy crusing up and ran in to a YJ and a CJ so we followed them along up to V-rock. At that point we found an islander YJ on the new KM2's trying V-rock (unsuccessfully). There was a lot of water up there. He backed out so a group fo three (LJ + 2 FJ 40's) to come down. They took a long time to get across V-rock because one of the FJ's was broken. After clearing the CJ asked if I'd try to make it up first, so I ran up it, and then parrked and helped the other two get across. After that we got to the normal hill where there's deep snow. A full size had just been the first to make it up. We could have made it by winching (I wasn't aired down), but I decided to pull over and let the YJ have some fun with it. After a while we all turned around and headed down. No problems.
The lower part of the trail could be worked if the club wanted to set something up but we'd need loppers and a couple chainsaws (they don't need to be big saws from what I saw). We'd also need some older straps or chains to move some of the logs dropped on the trail. Finally, the lower culvert is blocked and water is running over the trail. This needs to be fixed fairly quickly. This is the culvert below the waterfall. Last year it was the culver just above the waterfall that was blocked.
It looks like we're getting in to that window where we can run the snow up top and maintain the lower trail if we're interested.
What does everyone want to do?
I might be up for some help in a week or so.
'00 Tacoma with a few mods
6:46 am
Club Member
January 19, 2011
Offline I'll help to do some maintenance. Throw out some dates. Two weeks out works here.
Semper Fi
11:10 pm
Thanks Brad for the update! I agree - at least we could get the lower part done and I worry about
all that snow melt washing out the trail! 😯
I have a couple dates in mind that I will just throw out...what does everyone think????
July 23rd or August 6th???
Thanks and stay 8)
3:49 pm
May 4, 2004
Offline "SLM" wrote: I have a couple dates in mind that I will just throw out...what does everyone think????
July 23rd or August 6th???
July 23rd would work for me
5:00 pm
January 27, 2011
Offline Ronie and I will be out of town on the 23rd, but back in time to make a run on the 6th.
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If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading -- Lao Tzu
5:27 pm
Club Member
July 10, 2003
Offline "GonZo" wrote: The 23rd works for me.
Not for me 🙁
I used to wheel a lot. . .
5:28 pm
September 9, 2003
Offline 23rd works for me. however, if both of those culverts are clogged I suggest they get cleared asap to keep the trail from washing out completely.
'00 Tacoma with a few mods
7:43 pm
Club President
April 2, 2003
Offline "hytenor" wrote: 23rd works for me. however, if both of those culverts are clogged I suggest they get cleared asap to keep the trail from washing out completely.
The lower culvert is blocked. I agree it should be addressed sooner, rather than later. The upper culvert is flowing correctly.
