rhill

Finally got all the maintenance done on my "new" runner and took her up to Bald Mountain this past weekend. There was too much snow for me to try to get to the real trail, especially going it alone...but we had a lot of fun messing around in the area. The weather was beautiful and the truck did really well.













http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7aVc...ature=youtu.be

Can't wait for the snow to melt off so we can tackle the real deal. If anyone in the area wants to go, hit me up!

ToyoTech559

i am always down to go on weekends. im usually of ever other saturday and free all sundays. i plan on going up july3 to watch the fireworks from the watch tower that over looks shaver

rhill

Man that sounds awesome...are you in Fresno?

ToyoTech559

yes i am. a few weeks ago i went up there three times in a row, one weekend after the next. than it just got boring cuz i couldnt go into the actual bald trail since it looked really bad and being one rig and no winch i didnt wanna camp up there

since you where just up there. it looks pretty good. im sure still alot of snow at the trail head but my goal is to make it to the watch tower. i think im just gonna wait till july3 but this sunday is a big maybe since i got some mods i wanna install before than

rhill

I didn't even make it to the trail head...I was too sceerd all by myself. There were some built rigs comin down the mountain and they said they "couldn't" run the trail. I'm sure if you had the balls and a buddy you could have made it pretty far though. At least one good thing comes outta this crazy heat...snow melt!

ToyoTech559

but i love snow wheeling. i can make it to the trail head easy every time i have gone. a few tough spots but i have my shovel if i ever get in a tight spot. so far i have been lucky till i got off the road into random areas lol
well you got to snow me where that big rock you went to cuz i dont think i have seen that area before or maybe because everytime i been. there have been snow everywhere lol

spc mike

hey toyotech, do they have fireworks on Sunday night and Monday night up there? Do you plan to spend the night Sunday the 3rd? If you are going for sure let me know cause i will go!

Sensei

rhill, those are some nice pics of the mountains. I haven't been up there camping since the early 90's. Typically we camped at Huntington lake. Makes me want to take my rig up there and wheel with you guys this summer.

rhill

Sounds like we should put a trip together

There are tons of spots to camp, or Dinkey Creek is a nice developed site. In a couple weeks the snow should be gone hopefully...then we should hit up Bald. I haven't been to Huntington much, only to ski China Peak. Dunno of any trails up there.

ToyoTech559

i have to check. i know a bunch of guys on marlins forum is going and they plan on going up the 3rd so i would say the 3rd for sure.

i am not sure if im gonna be camping up there. depends on who i take and what stuff i have to bring cuz i get hungry alot lol

from last year ( i didnt go)

spc mike

Any update? Any of You guys going? I think iam going to head up on Sunday (the 3rd) afternoon just for the day. What trail do you take to get up there exactly?

ToyoTech559

i plan on going up the 3rd as well. i know how to get to the trail head and only been in so far once. there will be a lot of guys out there so i was just gonna follow them lol.

spc mike

what time do you expect to be at the trail head?

ToyoTech559

i might wanna head up earlier. maybe leave fresno at noon

vang_22re

sounds like fun. i would join you guys too but goin out of town on the 3rd that really sucks. the snow have been melting really fast i was up at wishon the pass week and it was nice and dry. remember to take "ALOT" of pictures haha

rhill

I decided to go to pismo instead....I think a few local clubs are gunna be up there, so you'll have plenty of company. here's some directions and a map.

http://www.gentryoffroad.com/php/tra...in/joeyotaman/

http://www.gentryoffroad.com/php/map...ierrablank.jpg

Take pictures if you go and let us know how it is...I'm anxious to know what the snow looks like.

ToyoTech559

a little sad i didnt see anyone i knew from here or meet on marlins page
tons of pix. 1st time on this trail during the summer and 1st time to the tower
talked to a few guys up there and found out there was a much easier but boring way up there. guess i took the hard way and man was it a work out lol






never failed to meet a jerk in a jeep while up there

he rolled his freshly painted 2nd gen runner







spot any yotas?


















phone was dying and no charger so last pix

rhill

Looks beautiful up there, thanks for the pics. I love seeing your stock-looking runner with all those truggies We'll have to put a run together in the next couple of weeks. How was the view from the lookout?

vang_22re

looks like fun and nice pictures. who was driving the blue runner?

ToyoTech559

im still surprised i was able to go on the same trail that every sa or sas went on lol
i think i was the only one with IFS haha and i didnt take the easy way up
1st time up there and the view is awesome. you can see all the lights of fresno at night to the left. alot of places to play around in to. where i took that picture of the truck on the rock was right before the watch tower and i wanna go back and play around some more

the blue runner was a 58 year old man with his girlfriend and another lady. very nice people and he showed me the way back down. i wouldnt have made it on my own lol. i over heard some other guys and he got the truck mostly built like that already for $4000. came with one 4.7 t case set up and the sas. he added the 1 inch body spacer, dual case, 37 inch MTR and thats all i know about it.

on the way down at night i did max out my inclinometer 30+ to one side and 30+ dipped all the way forward according to the GF