20110219 snow bashing big bear

[troyboy162]

Coral canyon is gonna cancel due to rain so its a pick up game in the planning for this coming saturday. right now planning on dishpan and john bull backwards, but snows are predicted all week and weekend. in the event of too much snow it will become jacoby canyon and 3n16 snow bashing
http://www.bigbearweather.com/index.php


difficulty: its a snow run...all bets are off trail-rating (http://www.nwtoys.com/reference/trail-rating)

when/where: 1045AM 34°18'54.00"N, 116°48'36.86"W meeting spot (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=San+Bernardino,+California&daddr=34.2284046,-117.2905909+to:34.315126,+-116.810428&geocode=FblzCAId20wC-SnzuP3ifVPDgDGNwoeMeMZnKA%3BFbRICgIdokkC-SnpPatb3VDDgDFdAsmFZfifnQ%3BFXabCwIdRJ0J-Q&hl=en&mra=pd&mrcr=0&sll=34.144203,-117.128677&sspn=0.458038,0.809555&ie=UTF8&ll=34.208963,-117.051773&spn=0.457687,0.809555&t=h&z=11&via=1)

communications:
CB channel: 14
FRMS/GRMS channel: 15 (bring two radios to share with a CB equiped rig)
2M HAM: 146.430MHZ (UY simplex primary). also have keller peak, Rodman, bigbear...more to come repeaters
70CM HAM: as needed

requirments:
-flashlights if you want to explore mines time and route permitting
-working reliable truck this is not a recovery run
-packed lunch
-winter clothing for 10-20 deg weather
-emergency blankets
-recovery points front and rear
-tools
-recovery strap
-spare tire within 3" of your other tires
-32" or taller tires
-Rear locker
-Sliders or good attitude towards body damage.

recomended:
-33+" tires
-winch

[Scuba]

32's and one locker. That was the takeover req. for dishpan.

[troyboy162]

http://www.bigbearweather.com/

9-18 inches predicted in the mts by saturday. we will have to make some alternate plans in the event of too much snow. leading a group including smaller rigs up dishpan in 18" would be crappy. JB backwards still sounds good in 18" :)

[Crinale]

Dishpan would be downright scary in 18" of snow..

[strykersd]

http://www.bigbearweather.com/

9-18 inches predicted in the mts by saturday. we will have to make some alternate plans in the event of too much snow. leading a group including smaller rigs up dishpan in 18" would be crappy. JB backwards still sounds good in 18" :)


You wouldn't see half the rocks on the JB in 18" of snow!

[troyboy162]

depends on how bad its wind blown. im keeping my fingers crossed for 3-5 inches :) that would be fun

[NakSuKow]

If you love recoveries. :lol:

[troyboy162]

haha yeah i know. ive sworn off snow runs in the past, but i cant give up a day wheeling. as the day gets closer we can guage things better. if its tons of snow there is always a high desert run.

[NakSuKow]

I'd be down for whatever, If I didn't have to work this weekend. Hope to catch you guys soon.

[troyboy162]

I'd be down for whatever, If I didn't have to work this weekend. Hope to catch you guys soon.


it would be great to wheel with you again. there are some guys on T4r that we've got to doa run with. i met J-money this weekend and hes ready to wheel. where the heck is Scooter these days?

[L33T35T Tacoma]

Push it back a weekend and I'm down.

[some_odd_girl]

SNOW! :D

[Scuba]

SNOW FOR SURE!!! :D


On another note.. if dishpan isn't doable I say we hit 3N16 near the dump and just go snow bashing.

[troyboy162]

oh shit son! how about some jacoby canyon? i havnt done that one and its sopposed to be mild

[Seanz0rz]

jacoby canyon is awesome, one of my favorite trails. should be pretty fun in the snow, good luck guys!

[Scuba]

Uhh.. I wasn't talking Jacoby. 3N16 is the fireroad that goes from the dump all the way to green valley road.

[troyboy162]

oh i know but we gotta mix it up a bit. ever been on jacoby? its pretty flat other then the start. MJR just had a post that contained all the roads in BB. all set to go now

[Scuba]

Never been on Jacoby. We could try it if nothing else works.

[some_odd_girl]

3N16 sounds familiar for some reason...

[troyboy162]

part of jb is 3n16 or 3n10. jacoby will work good. its on the way to the dump.

[Scuba]

part of jb is 3n16


Not really.

[troyboy162]

yeah i looked at the map...i just think of it since we always take 3n16 to get there and then dump back onto 3n16 after

[troyboy162]

edited the first page and cross posted on MJR. looks like fun!

[troyboy162]

watch for updates. current snow reports are lower then expected. the meeting spot may change to reflect a dishpan attempt. pm me if you are interested in going and i will make sure you know the meeting spot by friday night.

[Scuba]

Shouldn't we meet closer to dishpan if we're going to try it first?
Meeting all the way on the other side of the lake would take us an hour to get to dishpan. And starting dishpan at noon doesn't sounds ideal. Especially if were going into uncharted snow banks.

[troyboy162]

watch for updates. current snow reports are lower then expected. the meeting spot may change to reflect a dishpan attempt. pm me if you are interested in going and i will make sure you know the meeting spot by friday night.

[Scuba]

Really?
I saw that :asshat:
Guess we'll talk about it later tonight.

[troyboy162]

haha just waiting for more weather reports to come in. i WANT to do dishpan, but if this thing dumps it might be more fun to get our challenge on jacoby and then just play on the fire roads

[some_odd_girl]

Yeah I think Dishpan would be pretty freaky in too much snow... That's the one we did in August, yes? The waterfall scared me as it was... and I never even stayed in the truck for the ride down :P