Pathfinder II
If Whitney Portal is too far, we can probably leave the car at Alabama Hills or check with the ranger station in Lone Pine to see if they allow extended parking.
Alabama Hills/Death Valley November 10/13 with stops in between
- Thread starter stoney126
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im also on Ih8mud.com (landcruiser forum) and there is a land cruiser guy also taking a crew out through expedition portal. Check out what he has planned:
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/163690-RobRed-Nov-2016-Death-Valley-Trip-You-re-Invited
I told him we'd be out there and that I would keep an eye out!
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/163690-RobRed-Nov-2016-Death-Valley-Trip-You-re-Invited
I told him we'd be out there and that I would keep an eye out!
Pathfinder II
Good info. Looks like there might be a couple groups doing the same trip. Saturday camp might be a challenge but I'm sure we will be fine.
Pathfinder II
So I bought maxtrax, maxsa boards, traction jacks, and treds to do product reviews. Is there anywhere I can get my rig stuck out there for testing (sand/mud)
Off-Road Ranger I
I'd be willing to bet you can find some sand dunes where it would be relatively harmless.
Pathfinder II
@Mademan925 Although you can't drive the Eureka Sand Dunes, there's loose sand on the back side where I've seen vehicles stuck. We've got a couple days to get you stuck!!
Sounds good. And if I don't get stuck we can always use them on a jeep. They always get stuck [emoji12]
Hello folks,
As @ravenplauge mentioned I'll be leading my annual trip to DV on this same weekend. We will have 9-10 vehicles in the group. First night camp on trail will be Friday at Eureka Dunes. Saturday at the Hot Springs or there abouts. Sunday night up in hidden valley.
The Xterra boys will also be camping at Eureka on Friday night.
One of our DV experienced group members ran Dedeckera / Steel pass to the springs in about 5-6 hours. Steel was in good shape (well as good as can be). This was 10 days ago.
Coincidentally our main trail comm will be 146.460 as well. I will be monitoring 146.520 at the same time.
As @ravenplauge mentioned I'll be leading my annual trip to DV on this same weekend. We will have 9-10 vehicles in the group. First night camp on trail will be Friday at Eureka Dunes. Saturday at the Hot Springs or there abouts. Sunday night up in hidden valley.
The Xterra boys will also be camping at Eureka on Friday night.
One of our DV experienced group members ran Dedeckera / Steel pass to the springs in about 5-6 hours. Steel was in good shape (well as good as can be). This was 10 days ago.
Coincidentally our main trail comm will be 146.460 as well. I will be monitoring 146.520 at the same time.
Pathfinder II
@RobRed Thank you for the good info. If you check our first post, I've layed out our itinerary. By checking yours, looks like we will be a day ahead of you by not camping at Eureka Dunes. Maybe at some point our groups will cross paths.
Pathfinder II
So I'm 100% in. Don't know if the van will make the trail or not but I'll give it a shot.
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Influencer II
Maybe @Mademan925 should test the sand ladders on the minivan!
Pathfinder II
Thanks for the heads up. Too bad you won't make it but there's lots of trips planned in the near future hopefully will work out for you. Enjoy your family vacation.
You've got a very aggressive schedule... don't forget sunset is around 5.20 pm but I'm sure you guys have plenty of lighting.
APRS will be on - KJ6EVH
