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88bigvan · 07-10-2010, 09:39 AM

The tunnel at Loon

bigsquat · 07-11-2010, 10:35 PM

i took my boat in there before and went a long ways. you can see daylight at the other end. i wonder if i could have gone all the way thru. i started to get a little nervous and turned around.

resqme · 10-02-2010, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by bigsquat

i took my boat in there before and went a long ways. you can see daylight at the other end. i wonder if i could have gone all the way thru. i started to get a little nervous and turned around.

If you go all the way thru, there is a set of closed gates at the other end. THey are usually not locked, just closed. you *might* be able to get a narrow canoe or a kayak thru the gate.

resqme · 10-02-2010, 11:47 PM

And yeah, I'm bringin' it back for a reason. THis is maybe 300 yards from the trail:

Aggro · 10-03-2010, 07:30 AM

cool structure. There used to be a full toolbox there, wonder if its still there? Did you see the square of mortar with a bear print right in the middle of it?

Aggro · 10-03-2010, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by resqme

And yeah, I'm bringin' it back for a reason. THis is maybe 300 yards from the trail:

And what is that reason?

resqme · 10-03-2010, 07:48 AM

Had to go hunt the thread down and bring it back after I found the lean-to, that's all.

Toolbox is still there...wooden, homemade, with hinges, a handle, and a lock (unlocked). Didn't see the bear print in the concrete, but that's way cool! I'll have to look next time I'm by there.

Figures you had already seen this place

UGET IT · 10-04-2010, 01:13 PM

Very Cool! Where abouts is that John?

Aggro · 10-04-2010, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by UGET IT

Very Cool! Where abouts is that John?

its near the gdwd? ditch that has long since been abandoned.

Curly · 10-04-2010, 10:33 PM

Commonly seen all over the trail this time of year

atvobsession · 10-05-2010, 04:58 AM

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Originally Posted by randii

Mixed in there, for further entertainment, are pictures of Ken with hair.

http://www.atvobsession.com/pictures...2003/index.htm
Randii

LOL..I just read this....never too late for a good laugh.

resqme · 10-05-2010, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Aggro

its near the gdwd? ditch that has long since been abandoned.

I just heard from someone at the Forest that the dam at Spider was done by the army corps, and they have the original permit. I'm gonna get a copy of it. Wonder if the ditch and the work done at the corner of the lake by "Pirate Camp" were done at the same time?

bagman · 10-05-2010, 07:31 PM

I was wondering the same thing. I noticed that small rock wall at the point of the lake before. Was it done to raise the lake elevation, so too spill towards the ditch? Or just as part of the dam project, arethey both related?

Who's ever noticed the rocks with drill marks in them along the trail?

resqme · 10-05-2010, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by bagman

I was wondering the same thing. I noticed that small rock wall at the point of the lake before. Was it done to raise the lake elevation, so too spill towards the ditch? Or just as part of the dam project, arethey both related?

I don't know for sure, Mike, but that's my theory too...raise the lake with the dam, build that little wall and bring the water out of the lake toward the ditch, then pump it up to the ditch to send it to Loon. Make sense if you own the water rights to both and are trying to capture the water from Spider and move it to Loon.

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Originally Posted by bagman

Who's ever noticed the rocks with drill marks in them along the trail?

Especially just uphill of Walker.

cruzila · 10-05-2010, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by bagman

I was wondering the same thing. I noticed that small rock wall at the point of the lake before. Was it done to raise the lake elevation, so too spill towards the ditch? Or just as part of the dam project, arethey both related?

Who's ever noticed the rocks with drill marks in them along the trail?

Just past that wall is a small "ditch" heading off to the North and West. Definitely these two were done in a close timeframe. I will look forward to seeing the original. Well, a copy anyways.

cruzila · 10-05-2010, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Curly

Commonly seen all over the trail this time of year

What are those orange things in the background?

bagman · 10-05-2010, 09:51 PM

Pump it? Thought it gravity fed. I need to check out the topo.

Didn't notice the ones at the top of Walker. Have seen others though.

Curly · 10-06-2010, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by cruzila

What are those orange things in the background?

Camera crew insisted on putting up these strange looking objects, if I recall correctly they called them "Tents"

resqme · 10-06-2010, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by bagman

Pump it? Thought it gravity fed. I need to check out the topo.

You could be right...maybe a raised waterway on a trestle or something of the like?

randii · 10-28-2010, 02:06 PM

Anybody know this view?
IMG_20101014_164612hint

Rubicrawler · 10-28-2010, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by randii

Anybody know this view?
IMG_20101014_164612hint

Pleasant Lake end of Loon in late summer

randii · 10-28-2010, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Rubicrawler

Pleasant Lake end of Loon in late summer

I thought that would be tougher than that! You got it!
Pretty cool to walk down and have lunch sitting on one of those HUGE stumps to think of the forest that preceded the SMUD work in the 1960s.

Randii

p.s. same pic focused in further below...

jtraver · 10-28-2010, 06:53 PM

that was an easy one Randii

cruzila · 10-29-2010, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Rockcrusher

Is this place you speak of on the Rubicon River? I don't recall it and I've crawled over most of the rocks up there.

Before SMUD, Loon Lake was owned by the Georgetown Water Company, The Loon Lake Water & Power Company and the California Water Company in that order. Pretty much all of their stuff came off Gerle Creek. That was back in the olden dayz when us GDL's drank ditch water.

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Originally Posted by elarsen

Anyone have pics of the cable rigging over the swimming hole? If you are in the Springs & cross the river & hike over a couple ridges there is a cool swimming hole. I would assume it was for mining. When I see it my mind wanders thinking about the hardy folks that installed it and what their lifestyle was like.

I was up there a couple weeks ago and the cable was knocked off the iron spike side when a tree fell on the cable. this is the pic from 2005 I took. I did not take a picture this year.

Rock Tractor · 10-29-2010, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by randii

Anybody know this view?
IMG_20101014_164612hint

One of my Tracks.

07-10-2010, 09:39 AM	#201 (permalink)
88bigvan Prospector Join Date: Mar 2002 Member # 10770 Location: Fairfield & Georgetown Posts: 417	The tunnel at Loon Attached Images __________________ Bryan Public Lands For the People

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bigsquat Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Member # 117733 Location: placerville, ca Posts: 173	i took my boat in there before and went a long ways. you can see daylight at the other end. i wonder if i could have gone all the way thru. i started to get a little nervous and turned around. __________________ 92 yj,6"lift, 33" tires, 4.0. ax-15, rubicon 4-1 tc,44 rear,posi-lock, oba,homebrew bumpers and sliders,aussies front and back,hand throttle

10-02-2010, 11:47 PM	#204 (permalink)
resqme Zeus of the Sluice Join Date: Aug 2003 Member # 21815 Location: Pollock Pines, CA Posts: 3,369	And yeah, I'm bringin' it back for a reason. THis is maybe 300 yards from the trail: Attached Images __________________ WWDD? N6YBH - "If you need a tool and don't buy it, you will ultimately find that you have paid for it but don't have it". -Henry Ford Use Goodsearch and support the Rubicon Trail Foundation.

10-03-2010, 07:48 AM	#207 (permalink)
resqme Zeus of the Sluice Join Date: Aug 2003 Member # 21815 Location: Pollock Pines, CA Posts: 3,369	Had to go hunt the thread down and bring it back after I found the lean-to, that's all. Toolbox is still there...wooden, homemade, with hinges, a handle, and a lock (unlocked). Didn't see the bear print in the concrete, but that's way cool! I'll have to look next time I'm by there. Figures you had already seen this place __________________ WWDD? N6YBH - "If you need a tool and don't buy it, you will ultimately find that you have paid for it but don't have it". -Henry Ford Use Goodsearch and support the Rubicon Trail Foundation.

10-04-2010, 01:13 PM	#208 (permalink)
UGET IT 4x4 Consultant Join Date: Feb 2000 Member # 227 Location: Folsom Ca. Posts: 7,636	Very Cool! Where abouts is that John? __________________ Method Motorsports Follow Me Here: /forum/competitions-events/1057582-md-ca-ina-jk-america-get-trip.html Email: kevin@methodmotorsports.net WWW.METHODMOTORSPORTS.NET

10-03-2010, 07:30 AM	#205 (permalink)
Aggro Zeus of the Sluice Join Date: Dec 2000 Member # 2587 Location: 3845.859N 12034.534W (N. Ca) Future location of beachfront property. Posts: 4,027	cool structure. There used to be a full toolbox there, wonder if its still there? Did you see the square of mortar with a bear print right in the middle of it?

10-04-2010, 10:33 PM	#210 (permalink)
Curly Rock God Join Date: Jun 2003 Member # 20205 Location: California Posts: 1,007	Rainbows Commonly seen all over the trail this time of year __________________ KI6PPU It's very black and white. It becomes Gray when you give quarter....

10-05-2010, 07:31 PM	#213 (permalink)
bagman Registered User Join Date: May 2000 Member # 993 Location: Hangtown, CA Posts: 2,277	I was wondering the same thing. I noticed that small rock wall at the point of the lake before. Was it done to raise the lake elevation, so too spill towards the ditch? Or just as part of the dam project, arethey both related? Who's ever noticed the rocks with drill marks in them along the trail? __________________ Rock Zombie & Marine

10-05-2010, 09:51 PM	#217 (permalink)
bagman Registered User Join Date: May 2000 Member # 993 Location: Hangtown, CA Posts: 2,277	Pump it? Thought it gravity fed. I need to check out the topo. Didn't notice the ones at the top of Walker. Have seen others though. __________________ Rock Zombie & Marine

10-28-2010, 02:06 PM	#220 (permalink)
randii Pirate4x4 Addict! Join Date: Mar 2000 Member # 347 Location: Fair Oaks, CA Posts: 10,086	Anybody know this view? IMG_20101014_164612hint Attached Images

10-28-2010, 06:53 PM	#223 (permalink)
jtraver Granite Guru Join Date: Sep 2005 Member # 53626 Location: sac, ca Posts: 540	that was an easy one Randii __________________ ccppm.com KI6ZGG

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