Anyone interested in some snow wheelin and camping? There will be 3-4 rigs in our group IFS w/33's to unimogs w/42's. Going to leave Chico Friday afternoon and come back Sunday. Post up or call if you want to meet up. 530-781-2422.

Pat

bunch of snow-pussies!!

Going up Saturday where do you guy's plan to camp?

ITS GOING TO BE AWESOME!!!:grinpimp:

Hey Pat did you let Chuck know we were heading up this weekend, or is his Bronco still broken?

Should be an Awesome day, Blue Sky's and plenty of wheeling.
Going to leave Chico around 7:30 am
4-6 rigs going up Sat. Morning

how far is high lakes from placerville

Depending on which route we take out of Chico, it takes about 45-60 minutes to get to the trail. Sac to Chico is about 90 miles, so I would figure about 3-3.5 hrs from Placerville. It usually takes me about 2hrs from when we air up to get home(I live about 15 minutes from Auburn).

ok thanks for the info

If you come up, keep a look out for a retard driving a Rover with a big waterhead. That will be me. C ya :flipoff2:

any body go pics?

Pics will be coming, damn dial up.

I wasn't with the Pirate group but here is a picture of one of the rigs I past going in.

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As slushy/icy it was, there wasn't a lot of action shots to be taken, just a lot of holes to be found. At our campsite there was about a 10'-12' base
Here is one at the turn-off.
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The Rover Towing the Tacoma slushy uphill climb.
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My '91 waiting for the others to catch up.
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Group shot after climbing a hill.
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The Tacoma towing the Rover(yes the 42's got stuck once)
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Our toasty campfire. It was hot enough that all that was needed was shorts and a sweat shirt to be comfy.http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/aa904512ad.jpg

All in all it was a pretty good outing, it was slushy in the afternoon, but not too much trouble, and at night everything was frozen solid making it easy to go fast enough to break things

I sure miss that place, used to live on Pentz, great snow wheeling up there

That there is. If I still didn't have buddies still in Chico, I wouldn't get over there much either. It took 4.5 hours to get home, a long time to go to the snow when I am only 50 minutes from Eagle Lakes turn off, even closer to Bowman and Fuller lake.

Unfortunately for us, most of the TNF is closed to wheeled vehicles. I keep inquiring when are they going to open up the Grouse ridge area to wheelers. Meadow lake and Bowman would make for great winter wheeling destinations.

Lot of snow up Meadow still. Be a while before you get in their. I sure miss Chico as well. Went to school down there for 5.5 years.:smokin:

how much snow is up there now?

I wheeled up there once with a guy in your area in a 47 Willy's name is Mike Copeland lives in Paradise.Any of you know him? If so tell him T.C. in AZ says hello:)

went to philbrook today less than 2 feet on the road maybe 2 1/2' @ the lake.

melted a ton by the time we came out