All Wheelers Father's Day Run (June 19-21, 2009)

[Ceg]

All Wheelers Off Road Club -
Father's Day Run
Saturday June 20th, 2009

On Friday June 19th, 2009 from Hwy-410 we headed up FS1701 to set up camp at the FS530 intersection.
A few guys came up the night before.
While we waited for the others to show up, we ran down to Tripod Flats to make sure the trail was open.
It rained hard.


We headed back to camp where others were showing up.
Scuba had a good fire going for us and even had some shelter to keep us dry.


On Saturday morning we headed out with 10 rigs.


We headed up FS1701 and then turn on 4W694.
We stopped at the Manastash Vista.


Next we headed on past Funny Rocks to 4W307.
On down 4W307 we stopped for lunch at Tripod Flats.
After lunch we headed on down 4W307 and then run up 4W311.
We had to stop near the top of the ridge to wait for a rig that was over heating.


Here is a nice steep drop off.

Waycrazy


Geudo


Scuba


Blind-Pilot


Roller-Bear


Nevada






Crawl-Dad


Here we missed the 4W311 sign and had to turn around.


Regrouping.


We just had run through a nice tight area.

Havo Jr.


Around 3:45 PM we came up on a group of people off the trail.
Some of the rigs were full size and did not belong on this trail because the trail is one of the few that is not wide enough.
Some of the guys in the back of a cut off Suburban were yelling "F" words at us and seemed to be drunk.
As we headed on toward the top end of the trail, right around the corner we smelled fresh evergreen.
These guys had damaged trees coming through.
On down the trail we came up on a big tree that just had been cut down.
Our members said they saw wood that matched the tree in one of the rigs.


On down the trail.

Waycrazy


Here is a big rock in the trail.


On down at the Trail Head.

Crawl-Dad


The group getting ready to head back toward camp.


On up 4W307.


Passing Tripod Flats.


Passing through Moon Rocks.


We finely made it back to camp. Some headed for home and the rest of us froze aka camped.

On Sunday morning the horse group across the road came over and gave the kids rides on their horses.
These guys were from Puyallup.




Around noon there were only two rigs left in our group to wheel.
Blind-Pilot and I took our families on a short run.
We headed up FS530 on past Bald Mountain and down the 5 fingers.
Then Wood Pecker and out what was FS1708.
The sink holes got even deeper this year. We could not make it out the second hole down.


We turned around.


We dropped off the short cut trail. The tire ruts where so deep I drug my difs a few times going down it.

Once at the bottom of FS1708 we ran Hwy-410 to NF19.
We stopped at Long Meadow to let the family use the out houses.
Next we headed up 4W676. About the time we got up to the FS1901 crossing the rain started coming down.
That is when we said we had enough of that trail.
We took FS1901 down to NF19. We aired up some and headed back toward camp.
Around the Bald Mountain area we saw a mama and baby standing close to the trail.


This was another great Father's Day weekend run thanks to all that came.

[ricky8587]

I was up in that area the same weekend and just love all the trails, roads, and for sure the scenery!! Will return in a couple of weeks!

Did anything ever come of the "tree cutters"? My cams always right next to me and I've gotta remember in the future to whip off some shots (pictures) of any questionable happenings.

Cool report and always love your TONS of pictures!!

Rick

[Ceg]

Did anything ever come of the "tree cutters"? My cams always right next to me and I've gotta remember in the future to whip off some shots (pictures) of any questionable happenings.

My wife was just about to talk pics where I pushed the camera down. There were a bunch of red necks already yelling things at us. Not a good place to get into a fight with a bunch of drunks. My kids do not need to be around things like that. As soon as we started climbing 4W307 we got a hold of 911 and gave them all the info we had. They said the Sheriff’s Department had been dispatched. They then got the Forest Service on the phone. The Forest Service told us they would see if they had anyone in the area that could stop these guys.

Cool report and always love your TONS of pictures!!

Rick

Thanks

[ejgdmk]

does the 4w311 trail go through buck medows? the pics of the steep drop off look all to familer

[Ceg]

does the 4w311 trail go through buck medows? the pics of the steep drop off look all to familer

Yes.

[Jerry]

I was up in that area the same weekend and just love all the trails, roads, and for sure the scenery!! Will return in a couple of weeks!

Did anything ever come of the "tree cutters"? My cams always right next to me and I've gotta remember in the future to whip off some shots (pictures) of any questionable happenings.

Cool report and always love your TONS of pictures!!

Rick

Actually, Rick, Ceg has a photo of our rigs (including yours) parked at the All Wheeler's camp while we were in the process of ransacking their camp for beer after they headed out.

[ricky8587]

.......... ohhh, that was there camp?

[Ceg]

Actually, Rick, Ceg has a photo of our rigs (including yours) parked at the All Wheeler's camp while we were in the process of ransacking their camp for beer after they headed out.

Next time leave us some beer. LOL

[Jerry]

Another great trip report, Ceg. It was a good read and neat photos. Had my Jeep been "Trail Rated"....er, ah, "Trail Ready" I would have gone with you guys. As it was we got a late call from Ann & Randy that they were coming up from NE Oregon and Randy would be driving his Bronco II. That opened the door for some easy to moderate wheeling with our BII's and since Rick and Phil were in the area in their Explorers we hooked up with them. I later learned that neither one of them is worth a hoot and sniffing out beer that might be laying around a campground, but despite that they were good company anyway.