Man what a trip! The days were long and the wheeling had more hours in the rocks then on the fire roads. The weekend came together quite well despite the lack of planning on my part. I dont know the milage, but the days were longer then they probably should have been. Thanks to JD, Sean and Dan for making it a great outing!
Day1
Cleg is beat up! Pilot showed myself and Sean that it still demands attention and respect. Both of us had a wheel stand on a steep hill. We both followed JD's line soooo; you guessed it, JD is cheating! The rocks are more pronounced then ever and made our time into first camp cap out at 930ish. We had a solid 2 hours of night wheeling on tired eyes. Thank goodness for Aux lighting on all our vehicles.
Cleg
Pilot rock
Willow springs
Day 2
Dishpan links Arrow head to Big bear and we got an early start after camping close to the trail head. Again the years have not been kind to old Dishpan. The easy line is not easy anymore and the hard lines look like rollover on a stick. With a 8pm send off we rolled into Big bear at around noon. JD did amazing on this trail and showed us what crazy stuff a stock 4runner can do with the right driver. The eastern end of white mountain was up next and it was a real tire chewer with several hill climbs through, grapefruit sized, loose jagged rocks. Unexpectedly this was a black diamond trail with features marked "suicide hill" lol. Thankfully JD saw the potential of a overlook rather then my one track mind frame of pressing on. The Over look ended up being the highlight of the trip for me and pictures cant do it justice. From the hill top we spotted a stand of pines for camp. When we arrived at the pines, Sean recognized the area brought us to the best yellow post site I have ever seen.
Dishpan
3N16
3N14
4N16
White mountain (eastern stretch)
Day 3
We followed 3N16 from the north eastern boundrys of big bear all the way back to Jacoby canyon(still a favorite). We crossed the street onto 3N04 where we drove past severe small mines and claims. Tip top mountain was the next stop and I would have to say the view was not half as good as the one from white mountain the day prior. After that it was a rally down 3N04 and out rattlesnake canyon. The joshuas at the mouth of Rattlesnake did not disapoint. There are some huge ones in there, but they look like they have taken a beating latly.
3N16
Jacoby Canyon
3N04
Tip top Mtn
Rattlesnake Canyon