Ivan
I Jeep, therefore, I am..
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- Greensboro, Ga
I posed this question in another post, but figured it deserved it's own post to gather opinions. Last year I organized the Usal Ridge / Lost Coast trail run. This run is the same as the day-one part of the Jeep Jamboree Lost Coast run. The run begins with a gathering in Garberville and ends up at Usal Beach which is about 1/2 hour north of Fort Bragg on the coast. The run itself takes about 2 - 3 hours, depending on the pace and how often folks want to stop along the way.
It's not really all the difficult of a trail run, but depending on weather conditions, some mud sections along the trail could prove to be fun. But the nice part is the scenery along the way...just spectacular! This makes this event more of a "family" oriented event where your passengers (read wife/S.O. and kids), don't get all beat up along the way At the end of the run, there's a neat beach section at Usal beach where you drive your rig around on the beach.
Last year we hosted it on Memorial Day weekend to take advantage of the 3 day weekend, but in hindsight, it made it difficult for some to obtain campground sites at they filled up around that time. If we were to hold it again, I would recommend something other than Memorial Day weekend this time around. Late April, into May are good times as the rains begin to taper off by then. If you need a point of reference for drive time, Garberville is about 3 hours north of Santa Rosa.
Anyhoo.... How much interest would there be for another Usal Ridge run? Just trying to get some feedback since several of you attended last year, and I didn't want this event to appear to be a "been there, done that" type of thing....
Ivan
It's not really all the difficult of a trail run, but depending on weather conditions, some mud sections along the trail could prove to be fun. But the nice part is the scenery along the way...just spectacular! This makes this event more of a "family" oriented event where your passengers (read wife/S.O. and kids), don't get all beat up along the way At the end of the run, there's a neat beach section at Usal beach where you drive your rig around on the beach.
Last year we hosted it on Memorial Day weekend to take advantage of the 3 day weekend, but in hindsight, it made it difficult for some to obtain campground sites at they filled up around that time. If we were to hold it again, I would recommend something other than Memorial Day weekend this time around. Late April, into May are good times as the rains begin to taper off by then. If you need a point of reference for drive time, Garberville is about 3 hours north of Santa Rosa.
Anyhoo.... How much interest would there be for another Usal Ridge run? Just trying to get some feedback since several of you attended last year, and I didn't want this event to appear to be a "been there, done that" type of thing....
Ivan