Elherbinator
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3 hours ago, Revel2021 said:
Me and my son plan on coming and camping. We’ll bring our d90, I am just wondering if chains will be necessary/recommend for the drive up.
I would not think that chains would needed, but this has been a very unusual year so we could run into unique conditions. I don’t anticipate any chp style chain controls to run into. If there is very hard packed and slick snow on the trail, then chains will definitely help you from sliding. So my suggestion would be to bring ‘em if you got ‘em, but otherwise don’t worry about it
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The revised April MORG is a snow run to Bowman Lake. This is the latest we have run a Bowman snow trip as a club trip, but this is an unusual year. This was the planned March MORG, but it was rescheduled due to too much snow if you can believe it.
So the plan at this point is to meet up Saturday morning (4/1) at 10am at the 76 gas station in Auburn (401 Grass Valley Highway, Auburn)
From there we will head to Bowman through the Town of Washington and up Gaston Rd.
The plan will be to get to the East end of Bowman Lake and camp. We may not get all the way there, we probably won’t get close, but that’ll be the plan. That’s always the plan. If the plan doesn’t work out, then we will find a place to camp along the way. Then we will head out Sunday morning.
Those who want to make a day trip out of it can always just pick a point in the day and turn around and head back.
So please post up if you’re coming and if you’re going to be camping or just doing a day trip.
The weather should be decent for us and the snow should be pretty deep. Bring wood, warm and dry clothes, plenty of recovery gear (kinetic straps if you got ‘em), bring a good sized shovel (small folding types are useless), air for your tires, and the normal assortment of spares. If you have any specific questions you can post them up or DM me.
- SDS and Mr.BlueSky
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Due to lack of interest, we are canceling the event. We can still do it as a DiTD if people want, but doing the planned competition doesn’t not look feasible.
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Sasha stopped by and did an excellent recap of the trip for the pod. I’ll admit, I was disappointed Jason had to bail just minutes prior to the recording, but such is life. Still worth a listen tho, especially considering that this same trip may be available to members in a few weeks.
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Sounds like it was a nice and relaxing trip. If anyone would like to come recap the trip on the podcast, let me know. This is a new trip destination for the club as far as I know, so it would be cool to get a good, detailed run down of how it went.
- Mr.BlueSky and PaulD
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We may be a bunch of rock crawlers and overlanders, but we car people at the heart of it. Car people like to drive. So we are going to have some fun driving! We are going to have a 2 round go karting competition!
The friendly competition will be a 2 round event with the first round being split up between the Bay Area and Sacramento. On March 25th we will be meeting up at K1 Speed in Santa Clara and Sacramento. The exact parameters of the competition will depend on how many people we have who can commit to participating and whether that is enough for us to schedule a private party.
“Winners” will have the opportunity to compete in the Final at the K1 Speed in Fairfield in April. Winners of the Final will receive some yet to be determined prizes.
Please let us know if you are interested in participating. We haven’t set a time of day because that may be dependent on whether we have a private party or not. So it’s important for us to get a relatively accurate number of participants.
Please post on this thread if you plan to come.
- yokrieger, RobertDingli and LR4HD
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Shaver Snow Run Recap podcast is now out. Come listen to our recap of the stuckfest, sendfest, and winch destruction that made up the Shaver trip this year. And please, rate and review us on whatever platform you are listening to us on. We are never going to overtake Rogan without it!
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This is looking like it’ll be a snowpocalypse kind of trip. Tons of snow in the forecast!
- DHappel, Mr.BlueSky and RobertDingli
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Anybody from the trip want to do the podcast and help recap the trip? Podcasts are done in San Jose
- Mr.BlueSky and Hudd130
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As with most snow runs, the front group and rear group both have stories and experiences completely separate from eachother. It ended up being a stuckfest for most the afternoon. Hopefully I can get some people to come do a recap of the trip for the pod. Calling on Don, Robert… anybody. Let me know
- SDS and Mr.BlueSky
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Can I get a head count for the trip? If you’re coming, post it up here.
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2 minutes ago, Renorover said:
Oh dear the windshield wipers in the 88 don't work I guess that's now priority 1.
I’d suggest some rain-x to let the rain drops fly right off, but I’m not sure the 88 goes fast enough for that 😂
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Get excited!!
- Mr.BlueSky and SDS
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54 minutes ago, Renorover said:
Kind of a dumb navadainian question but I assume we're allowed to have a camp fire but do we need a permit?
We don’t need a permit since we will be inside the campgrounds. But as Miles directed, might as well grab one for the year online
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Forecasts this far out aren’t the most accurate, but it’s promising to see some snow potential. Btw, I use Huntington Lake instead of Shaver for weather on Bald Mountain because it’s closer in elevation and in the same general area
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7 hours ago, ColinB said:
No. Its on loan right now. Army truck is coming
Ok, but I don’t see the Army Truck being able to run the actual trail. It will be way too big for us to recover and the trail will be too narrow. You’d probably have to cut new tire tracks the whole way. Getting that stuck could clog the trail in a way that would be irresponsible for the club.
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On 1/25/2023 at 1:58 PM, ColinB said:
Looking for a shared spot
You bringing the LR3?
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Anybody who hasn’t gotten a spot, but wants to come and camp, post up your request for a shared spot in this thread. Should have several spaces that people can fit you in. My spot was $80 for 2 nights, I imagine most were, so expect the split to be $40 at 2 vehicles per spot.
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Spotted this D2 in the trailer for the movie Knock at the Cabin. There are also some interior shots in the trailer so it must be featured several times in the movie. Even looks to have an ARB bumper. It’s an M. Night Shamalan movie coming out in February
- Mr.BlueSky, SDS and yokrieger
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I would suggest people reserve their own spots while they are available since they are very limited at this point. Probably only a handful left. Once they gone, then we can start sharing and splitting fees. It would be unfortunate to not have enough space for everyone if they sell out.
- SDS and Mr.BlueSky
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NCLR Podcast
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Bowman Pod Recap is out!!