Favorite big bear trails
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John Bull is pretty popular with the heepers...but it comes with a body damage guarantee if you are not careful in a disco.
Gold mountain is a good intermediate one, and around gold mountain there are some cool mine workings and stuff to explore.
Gold mountain is a good intermediate one, and around gold mountain there are some cool mine workings and stuff to explore.
http://nwoods.smugmug.com/gallery/2122917#109807630
Here are some pics when we did John Bull. If you go to Nathan Woods website, he also has a map etc for the trail head location. I am in the white D1. No body damage, as I am lifted 5". However I did bust the engine mounts and bend a driveshaft. It can be done with no damage, carefully. It was a blast, and I strapped the engine in with a tiedown, and drove 2hrs home.
Ed
Here are some pics when we did John Bull. If you go to Nathan Woods website, he also has a map etc for the trail head location. I am in the white D1. No body damage, as I am lifted 5". However I did bust the engine mounts and bend a driveshaft. It can be done with no damage, carefully. It was a blast, and I strapped the engine in with a tiedown, and drove 2hrs home.
Ed
in increasing degree of difficulty (arguably):
Gold Mountain
John Bull
Holcomb Creek
Deep Creek (a.k.a. Dishpan Springs, down)
Deep Creek (up)
There are also Lightning Peak (very easy except for the last 500ft, very hairy from then to the top), and White Mountain - EE website has photos of the last one.
Gold Mountain is a very easy trail in summer, except for one about 100-ft spot - but that is easily doable in a stock Grand Cherokee.
Gold Mountain
John Bull
Holcomb Creek
Deep Creek (a.k.a. Dishpan Springs, down)
Deep Creek (up)
There are also Lightning Peak (very easy except for the last 500ft, very hairy from then to the top), and White Mountain - EE website has photos of the last one.
Gold Mountain is a very easy trail in summer, except for one about 100-ft spot - but that is easily doable in a stock Grand Cherokee.
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JMK said:
PM me when you know the dates and maybe a few of us can meet you up there. My wife and I are in that area at least once a month.
Looks like my rating was justified... At least the three bottom entries.
Both of my rear trailing arms are bent, the paint's gone on the most of the rock sliders, plastic cover sheared off the rain gutter near the alpine window on the driver's side, half of the wheel balancing weights is gone, and it looks like I need new rubber.
Between Deep Creek down and Holcomb Creek (3N14 to Deep Creek), insert Holcomb Creek (from Deep Creek to 3N14).
Both of my rear trailing arms are bent, the paint's gone on the most of the rock sliders, plastic cover sheared off the rain gutter near the alpine window on the driver's side, half of the wheel balancing weights is gone, and it looks like I need new rubber.
Between Deep Creek down and Holcomb Creek (3N14 to Deep Creek), insert Holcomb Creek (from Deep Creek to 3N14).
