- Location
- Bakersfield, CA
If you haven't done this trip yet, you don't know what you're missing. Many drive for many more hours to run the Rubicon and this is arguably a better trip and much closer. The trail is a 14 mile loop trail (the 'Con is 9 miles) and we camp about halfway through at one of the best Jeep camping sites you'll ever be at, right next to Grouse Lake at '9200. We camp near Dinky Creek Thurs night, which is about an hour east of Fresno, then hit the trail Fri morning. Fri and Sat we camp at the lake, then finish the trail on Sunday. The trail has moderate rock crawling, well, depends on what you call moderate, 33's and one locker are fine, and ton's of great scenery. The trail is very remote, so equipment and maintenance need to be in order.
You can easily drive up after work on Thurs, and make it home Sunday evening. This is a family oriented trip, I'll be bringing my 3 grandsons, and there are always plenty of kids. We swim, boat, fish, hike, visit, whatever. We like it quiet in camp, no music blaring, and we haven't had drunkeness around the campfire until halfway through the night. This is an enjoyable, chill out, wheeling and camping trip. I'll post directions as we get closer.
Would be great to get a good group from SoCal this year, had quite a few last year. Here's a link to reports on last years trip: http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1086951
You can easily drive up after work on Thurs, and make it home Sunday evening. This is a family oriented trip, I'll be bringing my 3 grandsons, and there are always plenty of kids. We swim, boat, fish, hike, visit, whatever. We like it quiet in camp, no music blaring, and we haven't had drunkeness around the campfire until halfway through the night. This is an enjoyable, chill out, wheeling and camping trip. I'll post directions as we get closer.
Would be great to get a good group from SoCal this year, had quite a few last year. Here's a link to reports on last years trip: http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1086951