I have a feeling a bunch of you NCCX guys and gals have the week between Christmas and New Years off, so how about a day trip somewhere?

I'm open on days, possibly do Wed 12/27? And I'm also open to places, heck I'll even go to Hollister...

So post up if you are interested and when and where you would like to go.

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UPDATE

Snow Wheeling off HWY4
Wed 12/27

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

11am Angels Camp (at Burger King)
290 South Main Street
Angels Camp, CA 95222

Find some trails and wheel, then dinner at the Snowshoe Brewery.

wed. is I a good possibilty for me wont know till the schedule comes. I really need to test out the crawler gears.
Kevin

I should be able to do something around then. The shop *promised* me that my new rear bumper would be done before Christmas.

Company only gives me Christmas Day off, else I'd be game...

RX

iam game for whenever

i have the time off... if i have the finances... i may attend.... miss hangin out with you guys.. im still lurking around... still busy with school & work...

p.s. casper you have a p.m.

Rob

12/27 works for me.

I'd do Hollister, but would be more interested in something up HWY4 or something up along the coast for the new category.

Geoff

There are a ton of forest roads off of Highway 4 that might be intresting with snow on them.

im game for a snow run too

ok, lets do this.

Snow Wheeling off HWY4
Wed 12/27

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

11am Angels Camp (at Burger King)
290 South Main Street
Angels Camp, CA 95222

Find some trails and wheel, then dinner at the Snowshoe Brewery.

Hello everyone.

I'll be in Bay Area for the week of X-mas and was looking to explore some basic trails. Quite possibly join you guys up on 27th too. How hard is the trail? I am fully stock with stock side rails and absolutely new to off-roading

While on the subject, what easy or relatively easy trails are there in the vicinity of Bay Area that you would recommend to try out? Thanks for your input!

I am tentatively in. With my two boys Joe And Roy.
Can I do this in my stocker with Sliders . I have chains as well. Huey could you give me a rough idea about gear and mods needed?

1.Geoff, P-town
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ill be there with my x , and maybe a 85 toy, and a tacoma

For those wondering about what type of wheeling we will see, I can't honestly say as we will be doing trails that look passable. Which means any stock 4x4 should be fine for this. Just remove your step rails if you still have them on. Oh and bring any and all recovery gear you will need it.

Most of snow wheeling is about breaking trail so we may be doing that all day. Xterras are to heavy to "float" over snow and our skinny tires dont help. Consider it a fun easy day in the slippery stuff.

BTW, please complete the sign-up so we know who to expect and where.

1.Geoff, P-town 9am
2.Huey, P-town 9am
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You can check out Hollister (www.hollisterhills.com). It's a park so trails are marked for difficulty.

Everybody absolutely must have recovery points front and rear. So that means at least tow hook(s) in the front and a hitch receiver in the rear.

Shovels. Folding and full size.

Waterproof clothes and/or a change of clothes.

Be prepared to stay out there several days...sleeping bags, food, water, firestarting stuff. Think Oregon.

A snow sled and rope. Use your imagination...

Camera.

Have fun.

1.Geoff, P-town 9am
2.Huey, P-town 9am
3.Chris, Angels camp 11am
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Communications channels for the trip?(this is my first one)

1.Geoff, P-town 9am
2.Huey, P-town 9am
3.Chris, Angels camp 11am
4.jason, p -town
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Just out of curiosity, why remove the step rails?

Cause they look like smashed coke cans after you bump into something.

1.Geoff, P-town 9am
2.Huey, P-town 9am
3.Chris, Angels camp 11am
4.jason, p -town
5.Jack - P -town, back tires are like 50% worn, hopefully that ain;t going to be a problem.

1.Geoff, P-town 9am
2.Huey, P-town 9am
3.Chris, Angels camp 11am
4.jason, p -town
5.Jack - P -town
6.George, P-town 9am

ETA: We usually use FRS Channel 8 (no sub-code) and CB 22.

You don't need to do this with you're pathfinder though.

You guy's have fun up there... too far for me to go.

I'm out. I have to work, plus my Pathy's still under the knife, er, MIG welder, until after the holidays.

Have fun, stay warm!

Looks like we will have a bit of snow fall (nothing major): http://www.weather.com/outlook/recreation/ski/weather/tenday/209002?from=search_vert

See you guys tommorrow.

P.S. bring warm clothing and dress in layers, it will be cold.

Have to bow out. Kids came down with a cold and Snow falling does not sound good for them considering I had them drive down with me to LA and back this week. Sorry maybe next trip I can work it out.

I am currently out of town (in Portland, Oregon) otherwise I would join you guys on this trip.

I was away from the Bay Area for more than a month. I went 4 wheeling, hiking and camping in the California desert for 5 weeks before I flew to Oregon for the holidays. I will post pictures from my trip when I get the chance. Meanwhile, I am spending quality time with family.

Have fun 4 wheeling tomorrow.

Rommel

What time did you guys get home? Reached my door 10.40pm.

Great trip, thanks to Huey for putting this together, just to figure out how to put the pics here.

Hey Jack! I got home at 11:20pm, you can have the pictures hosted at imageshack or photobucket. Great trip, thanks Huey! Eli says thanks to everyone!!!

Great trip guys! I got home at 11-ish also.

So is Geoff still stuck out there?

He actually led the way just like a bulldozer.

here is his pumpkin filled with snow;




just click on the picture to view the entire album.

Well shoot, my booby trapped rock LEDs didn't start on fire!!

So how'd you guys do? What's up with the rover?

We first tried to run 7N09 but I was denied trying to get over the initial snow bank. We ate lunch and I aired down and got unstuck. We decided to head to the Slickrock entrance since the parking area was more conveninent. I had some shoveling to do to make the snow plowed berm passable. Once that was done we all made it over fairly easy and we headed in. We made it in until about where the road starts to climb more steeply. The going was good with only a few minor stucks. Then we turned around and made quick time heading back. Once we were back at the parking lot we tried getting towed behind the truck while riding a tarp. I think that everyone who tried it had a fun ride.

We played around in the parking lot trying to do donuts and slides for a while and then aired up. (Did any pics or vdeos come out from this?) We had dinner at Snowshoe and headed home.

I hope that everyone had as good of a time as I did. I was really pleased how far in we were able to make it, the snow was just about perfect. While it was snowing off any on it was never heavy and the during the day the temps were fairly warm.

Cheers,
Geoff

Here are a few videos;

http://good-times.webshots.com/album/556...tions/FullAlbum

Nice, Geoff! Was that the rev limiter you kept bouncing off of?

He does that a lot.

Come to think of I think I was in low range while I was doing all of that so I may have have been hitting the limited, but I really wasn't paying attention at the time.

That's what looked wrong! You know how much better that would have been in 2 hi with the rear locked?!?!