Topic: October 18th Wheelin' around Idyllwild / Garner Valley / Thomas Mountain

[Motorpig77]

Hey guys,

The Pre-Run is complete and the trails are in decent enough shape for a fun time! Lets meet at 830am at the Walmart located at 1231 S. Sanderson Avenue in Hemet.  This is a large shopping center with a gas station and a couple fast food places for anyone who needed to get any last minute supplies and/or food for the trip!

We will travel out to the east end of town and start off taking "Old Control Road" up to the area of Idyllwild.  We will then transition to the San Jacinto Truck Trail / Bee Canyon and head back down the hill.  Cross the street and connect to Rouse Hill Road and then connect with the Thomas Mountain Trail.  There are camping sites on Thomas Mountain and hopefully we can secure one as a group (for those of us who want to camp) and for the rest, I will escort you to the main road and we can all say our goodbyes!  The views on these trails are amazing...bring your cameras and prepare for a good day!

Total mileage is around 52 miles of trail riding, so gas shouldnt be an issue.  There are unfortunately camp fire restrictions in the national forest at this time that will probably still be in effect for that weekend.  If for an unforseen reason all the yellow post sites are full on Thomas Mountain, an alternative site would the Santa Rosa Truck Trail just a few miles down the road.  

Lunch will be on the trail somewhere so please plan accordingly.  The trail riding "should" be complete by 4pm(ish) so for those of us who are camping, dinner will be at camp!  As of right now, it looks like about half of us will be camping!

I don't want to make anything "mandatory" for this trip, but I would like at least one other person to have a CB in good working order so they can tail gun this trip.  Obviously water and food for the day and a good working rig! If anyone has any questions about the area please let me know! Looking forward to a good day of wheelin' with some great views of the Valley! Hope to see y'all there!


Going:
1. Motorpig plus 2 dog and 2 kids and 1 girlfriend...and her little red Heep Rubicon!
2. Roadinspectress +Tom
3. Tripng
4. RBduffer (maybe)

[JFanaselle]

Count me and the wife in. 

[Deadpilot]

That should be a great time to go. I did Idyllwild in not the greatest weather and did fine with a 2wd till I hit the snow ice mix. But count me in if my rig is down. It will be a good shake down run for her.

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[FBinSD]

Put me on the list.  I should be able to make this one.

[Motorpig77]

Sweet! This will bad a good time for sure!

[0317]

If you go up bees canyon, there's a trail that branches off. It's rated black diamond, but can be down in 4 low with no problems. It's adopted by the Hemet jeep club. It takes you from bees canyon to 243.

[0317]

October 18th Wheelin' around Idyllwild / Garner Valley / Thomas Mountain

[Deadpilot]

Haven't done the branch off yet well I was only 2wd before but I down for it if I'm up running then. Which it should be. This should be fun time. Hopefully there will be alittle mud too

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[0317]

Bees canyon normal only has mud on the second half when you start to climb into idyll wild, but that's only in the winter .

[Motorpig77]

I'm not planning the branch off for this run just so you know...wanted to keep it 2wd friendly(ish), HOWEVER, I'm not opposed to a second run in the near future to tackle that branch off! We can discuss it more on the run and see who wants to tackle it!

[Deadpilot]

Oh yea good point . So we can always see who's coming and go from there or do it later a date.

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[2013nick]

Jamie and I can make it out there for the day, and would love to see the trails on your side of the canyon

[roadinspectress]

Add me to the list, Tom and I hopefully will have recovered from our previous weekend at Hurkey Creek.

[Motorpig77]

Jamie and I can make it out there for the day, and would love to see the trails on your side of the canyon

It'll be fun to show them off! See you guys there!

[Motorpig77]

Add me to the list, Tom and I hopefully will have recovered from our previous weekend at Hurkey Creek.

I like that campsite...surprised you're not going to use one of the many yellow post sites in the area though! Hurkey is nice though...been there a few times!