Sun 5/23--Intro to the Sierras--Sour Grass and Corral Hollow

Date change! Now Sunday 5/23

So I'm thinking of doing a begginer's run up HWY4 for Sun, 5/23. This is a stock friendly run with the only requirement being 4x4 only. It's recommended that stock trucks remove their mud flaps and step rails, but not neccessary.

We will be running atleast two trails; Sour Grass http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/CA-4/index.shtml and Corral Hollow http://www.californiajeeper.com/corralhollow/review.htm if the snow level is within reason. There are quite a few other fire roads that we can run if there is time.

I'll post meeting spots as soon as I can get an idea of who is comming and from where, but for now I'm thinking of meeting at the Pleasanton McDonalds at 9am and then in Angels Camp by 11:30 or 12.

This will be a great run for those learning to wheel their Xterra and wanting something more than just Hollister. So if you are interested, please sign-up.

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Meeting Spots & Times

9am at the Pleasanton McDonalds
6800 SANTA RITA RD
PLEASANTON, CA 94588

11:45am possibly 12 in Angels Camp (at Burger King)
290 South Main Street
Angels Camp, CA 95222

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New communications info...

CB: 16
FRS: 7 sub-code 7

Here's the sign-up
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1. Huey
2. SLOmatt and the heap :p
3.
4.
5.

BTW, a small group of us went up to scout out the snow levels in the area and it looks like there is still quite a bit of snow above 7k feet. Slick Rock is still snowed in and Deer Valley was only clear on the back portion. It looks like it will be about another month before we can hit the good trails.

Here are some pics SLOmatt took enjoy!

Hey, it's a jalopy not a heap!

- Matt

Here's the sign-up
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1. Huey
2. SLOmatt and the jalopy
3. XSAL ...for now.
4.
5.

What is a jalopy?

This is a day trip? Depending upon how many people wants to join, we might have to stick with just one of the 2 trails...

The eastern slope has much less snow, here is what Barney Riley Trail looked like this last weekend. -

BRT Album

Sorry...I need to change the date to Sun 5/23...I got my days mixed up for another event that i need to attend. My bad sorry.

Akio,

ja·lop·y ( P ) Pronunciation Key (j-lp)
n. Informal pl. ja·lop·ies

An old, dilapidated motor vehicle, especially an automobile.



- Matt

Oh.

That's a very nice picture...

Did you use dictionary.com?

One of you guys took that picture. And dictionary.com is the bomb yo!

- Matt

Woohoo a Sunday day trip

I need to get out more. If we get to Angle Camps at noon, do you think we have enough time to run 2 trails?


Here's the sign-up
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1. Huey
2. SLOmatt and the jalopy
3. XSAL ...for now.
4. Sonny ...for now too.
5.


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i am trying to make it but not sure yet. and i have a question which radios do you guys use?

Here's the sign-up
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1. Huey
2. SLOmatt and the jalopy
3. XSAL ...for now.
4. Sonny ...for now.
5. John ...for now

John S.

John,

We usually use FRS, but I can setup my CB is that's what you have.

- Matt

Hey All,

Count me in for now...

Although, I'm going to head out on Saturday, May 22nd...Campout Saturday Night...Meet up with everyone on Sunday May 23rd to run the trails.

Would anyone like to join me Saturday, Camp, Come back Sunday???

If so, please let me know...

Here's the sign-up
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1. Huey
2. SLOmatt and the jalopy
3. XSAL ...for now.
4. Sonny ...for now.
5. John ...for now
6. KaiOtiK -AKA- Andy / Leave Sat, Campout, Depart Sunday!

PS: This trip is too far & there is too much traffic for me to make this just a day trip...So I'll meet everyone else out there on Sunday!

After being away from NCCX for a lil while, I want to go. I am up for going up on Sat. and camping one night. I'll caravan with you on Sat. Andy - if you go faster than 9mph this time. Where/ when do you want to meet?

1. Huey
2. SLOmatt and the jalopy
3. XSAL ...for now.
4. Sonny ...for now.
5. John ...for now
6. KaiOtiK -AKA- Andy / Leave Sat, Campout, Depart Sunday!
7. Patrick

1. Huey
2. SLOmatt and the jalopy
3. XSAL ...for now.
4. Sonny ...for now.
5. John ...for now
6. KaiOtiK -AKA- Andy / Leave Sat, Campout, Depart Sunday!
7. Patrick
8. Barber

Sounds Fun. I'm in...does anybody know the best/fastest way to Angels Camp from Sacramento?

A quick Yahoo maps to Bear Valley, Angels Camp is on the way.

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Sourgrass is my club's adopt-a-trail and we were just up there for the opening. Afterwards we headed out to slickrock. Here's some pics from 2 weeks ago: http://www.robinhood4x4.com/gallery/sourgrass_5-8-04

Slickrock is open on the other side (the side witht the stairsteps) and is do-able to the actual slickrock portion. However, the river crossing was pretty high, it barely swallowed 35's.

So, how was Sour Grass? No more snow on the ground at all? Any place covered with too much water for a stock xterra to be able to cross? :rolleyes:

It's a piece of cake, no snow at all. The water crossing is a little bit deeper than normal, but only up to the hubs if that. It does make finding the larger rocks a bit more challenging to pick the right line to save the diff though.

My 4runner is pretty much stock, just got some armor.

I edited the 1st post with the meeting spots and times.

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Meeting Spots & Times

9am at the Pleasanton McDonalds
6800 SANTA RITA RD
PLEASANTON, CA 94588

11:45am possibly 12 in Angels Camp (at Burger King)
290 South Main Street
Angels Camp, CA 95222

1. Huey
2. SLOmatt and the jalopy
3. XSAL ...for now.
4. Sonny ...for now.
5. John ...for now
6. KaiOtiK -AKA- Andy / Leave Sat, Campout, Depart Sunday!
7. Patrick
8. Barber
9. Casper

I haven't been on a club run yet, so I'm in. I'll meet you guys in Angles Camp. Can't wait to meet everyone. Hey Huey, do you have any club stickers left, if so can you bring some? Thanks

Casper

you guys have fun and drive safe... wish i could join... my tires and wheels don't come in til' next couple of weeks

Casper, sorry I don't have any stickers (Dave handles those). If you want some I would say just order them off our website www.nccxterra.com for now. I'll grab some off of Dave next time I see him to distribute.

XTER-RAW, no need to worry about tires for this run if that's what's keeping you from going. My A/T's are fairly warn down now also. The terrain isn't too rough.

You can be honest here, Huey... Just say it..."My A/T's have basically no tread left!"

Yeah, I'd say they're just about baldies at this point. You know, there's a reason why tires have wear bars on the treads.

Dang i wish i could go! i got myself commited on sunday, i was looking forward to saturday but it was moved. Have fun guys!!!

Yeah was hoping this would have stayed on Saturday as well

You guys stil can run the trail with Andy on Saturday if you want to...

I think the only tractive surface left on those tires is the wear bars, they would probably make pretty good drag slicks at this point.


No traction! Sliding into tree! Need help!



- Matt

Man you guys are mean.

BTW, wear bars do count as tread!

1. Huey
2. SLOmatt and the jalopy
3. XSAL ...for now.
4. Sonny ...for now.
5. John ...for now
6. KaiOtiK -AKA- Andy / Leave Sat, Campout, Depart Sunday!
7. Patrick
8. Barber
9. Casper
10. Jay

Meet you all in Angels Camp. I am a rookie so don't laugh when I make mistakes.
I haven't been on a club run yet, so I'm in. I'll meet you guys in Angles Camp. Can't wait to meet everyone. Hey Huey, do you have any club stickers left, if so can you bring some? Thanks

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Apparently the cheapest average gas prices in CA are in Tracy, so I know where I'm filling up the jalopy on the way to Angel's Camp.

- Matt

There's a costco gas station right off the freeway in tracy.

I don't have a FRS yet, is anyone going to be use a CB? If so what channel? Thanks.

Casper

ok im definately coming with you guys now and i have an RFS. so im good to go i just wish my recovery gear would arrive b4 the weekend.

John S.

Matt and Akio (slomatt and XSAL) have CBs. Let's do CB channel 16 and FRS 7 sub7. I'll update the 1st post.

Or, he can just borrow an FRS from whoever brings 2 of them.

I have an extra FRS that I'll bring along. CB works for me too

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Hey Patrickmb,

Let's meet up at the McDonalds in Pleasanton @ 8:00am Saturday...

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8:00am at the Pleasanton McDonalds
6800 SANTA RITA RD
PLEASANTON, CA 94588
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I'll be on CB Channel: 16.....FRS Channel: 7...Sub-Code: 7

Anyone else who would like to campout Saturday, feel free to join us...

Huey...Meet us at the Sourgrass campsite between 12noon & 1:00pm Sunday...OK? That way we can join the rest of the club...

Hey Patrick: No problem about the mph this time...haha:-)

Got it Andy. I'll see you tomorrow morning at McD's.

Hey guys, thanks for a fun trip. It was great meeting you all and I look forward to doing it again soon!

Hey Guys!
This is the shorter Jon of the two Johns!

The trip was fun! It was nice meeting you all, and I will be along again! Heck it was so fun, I have the 4x4 bug again and now am going to have to go get another one!

I have some pics I will post later tonight, most were not fantastic. I did get a few cool ones though.

Are you guys picky about picture size? Like should I not post huge ones for the dailup guys?

Hey Guys,
Great trip. It was great to finally meet ya'll. Can't wait till the next one.

Josh.

P.S. One of these days I will have to go into detail about my fun drive home on 4. Lets just say it has to do with a HP following me the entire way down 4 and at the end, writing me a ticket for everything I did wrong during that 30+ miles. It's one LONG ticket. Oh well, just shows I should by more attention.
I wonder if he will show up to court? :rolleyes:

Oh ya, and does anyone know where I can find a copy of the CHP Vehicle Code book on line?

Josh

Sorry to hear of your misfortune; I hope the wheeling was good, at least! Find the CA Vehicle Code book here:

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/pubs.htm

Glad you made it home, but... Sorry about the ticket... What exactly does the long list say?

Nice meeting everyone. Sorry I had to leave early. Don't want to risk another blow tire
Thanks Akio and Huey for the "trail repair".

It was fun trip. The water crossing and wet rocks made for some interesting tires spinnings.

Thanks to 100% replacement warranty, I now have a brand spanking new 31" Scorpion up forsale

Just replaced all 4 with 31" Procomp MT.

Josh the ticket sucks.

I ran into a 4 cars accident on I-205, both lanes closed and had to use the shoulder, 45 minutes to move 3 miles.

Sweet!!! Where is the pic w/ your new tires?

Hey All,

It was really good to see some new members join us this time...I hope everyone had a great time.

Corral Hollow & Slickrock still had some snow on the trails, we'll catch them in a month or so.

Camping was relaxing & it was surprisingly warm at night. The steak was "Excellent"...You guys missed a really good, quiet overnighter.

PS: There is a Barney Riley Trail Run, (with camping Saturday & Sunday nights), this weekend...So far Myself & Patrick are attending, but Huey & Xsal said they may be interested in joining us...Check for the post on XOC.

I'll see everyone next weekend...

Nice seeing everybody out there.

Here are some pictures



- Matt

Hey all! This is my first post because im not a xtera owner at all. I have a 2003 TRD 4x4 tacoma. The reason I was posting is because I was on sourgrass this weekend when two cool xtera's pulled up and I saw the owners club stickers on them.

I was wondering if you have pics of your rigs that I could see. Specifically the xtera on 32s with the 4 lights on the front. Thanks guys!

Oh, yea, thanks for the spot. I took your advice and let my girlfriend drive the rest of the way....she scratched the hell out of one side via tree branches :rolleyes: .

-Jon

Thanks a ton for posting the pictures Matt.

Some pictures that I took. ...Enjoy.

The pictures says it all!!! great day for a sweet run!!!

Here .. definitely noisier than AT at low speed with humming sound. Highway is also noisier but wind noise kinda drown out most of it.



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My contribution of pics

Matt, the Drebel is so nice. Really tempted now

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Looking good. Now you can leave Huey behind on a trail...until he gets his new set of tires. :p

Yeah, I've been really happy with it. Some of the shots from this weekend are a little overexposed but that's my fault for playing around with the camera.

- Matt

Looks like you all had fun! Great pics everyone.