About Us | What's New | Calendar | Newsletter | Forum | Members Only | Join | Links | Contact | FAQ | Home Northern California Rover Club - Club Calendar Blue Lakes - June 28-29, Sierra Nevadas It's that time again folks...Brig and I will be leading the Club's annual assault on the Sierra Nevadas. June 28th and 29th. As always we'll be inviting everybody to our little cabin for drinks and lies on Friday night, June 27th. We'll be pouring a few favorite foothill wines but feel free to bring ones you like to share. We'll provide some wild game appetizers but please bring your own steaks,etc. Landrover photo albums for sharing are a great idea also. 20 acres for camping along with a large green lawn if you just want to roll out your sleeping bag. Regarding the trail, it's moderate difficulty with silty, loose soil and granite boulders from grapefruit to bowling balls. There are 2 or 3 technical rock climbs but if you follow your spotter and go slow there is a low occurrence of body damage. We have taken more than a few stock Rangies and Discos through although taller, grippy tire are a definite advantage. The only hitch to all of this is if the cold and wet spring has left too much snow (the trail is at 7,500'). We'll be doing a recce 2 weeks ahead of time and we'll keep the list posted. The meeting place on Saturday morning at 0930 is at the Blue Lakes trailhead which is located at Hermit Valley campground on Hwy.4. We will proceed as far as possible Saturday afternoon, probably camping near the river in order to rinse off trail dust. Sunday morning will be about 3 hours trail driving to reach Hwy.88 where a big left turn takes everybody back towards Jackson and points west. Vehicles must pass the standard NCRC safety inspection...the biggest items are proper front and rear recovery points, and a good parking brake. Brigid and I would like to extend an invitation to all Blue Lakes attendees to drop by our place in Angels Camp on Friday evening prior to Saturday's run. We're about 60 minutes downhill from the meeting place so we'll plan on leading a gaggle from our house around 0800 Saturday. Come on by anytime Friday for BBQ, a dip in the pool or just lazing on the deck. If you're a gun enthusiast feel free to bring 'em with you as we have a 100 yard rifle range as well as a sporting clays machine to test your shotgunning skills. Here's basic directions: 1. Navigate your way to Hwy 4 in the Stockton area. 2. Take Hwy 4 eastbound. 3. After about 40 minutes driving through lovely cattle country you'll see the turn off for Copperopolis. Keep going straight on Hwy 4 but "zero" your trip meter. 4. At 5.8 miles you'll see on your right white pasture fencing with Appaloosa Rd. in green (and overhead it says Bear Mtn Ranch). Turn in here and zero your trip meter. 5. At 1.4 miles you'll see our driveway on the right with a little New England covered bridge. Come on in! When: Sat & Sun, June 28th and 29th Where: Blue Lakes, Sierra Nevada Mountains Contact: Eric Cope to sign-up or for more information << back