Still a tad early, but after talking about it with friends I'm ready to start planning this thing. The way this winter is panning out, hopefully snow will not be a factor then. Located near Lake Tahoe in CA, this is a great trail for rigs of all shapes and sizes. We had a few stockers out there last year who made it through with no problems, as well as a couple of SAS'ed trucks working some of the tougher routes. Accoring to chrismcdowell25's awesome GPS tracking, it shows the trail being 16.9 miles long. An overnight camp will be required at the halfway point of the trail.

http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1262983

This trail is fun and challenging. Lockers, sliders and a lift will help you, but like mentioned before stockers can make it through. There are some bypasses around the rock gardens, but last year they seemed to be just as hard.

If you love getting out to wheel in the sierras with spectacular views, this is the trip for you! We had 16 rigs last year, including a member who came all the way from Utah to enjoy the outing.

More info can be found here

http://www.norcalttora.com/trails/pardoe.php

A couple of pics from last year

 

Got 2 more locals coming and bringing their crawlers. So now were up to 4!

 

Lol its still a bit early. Im sure everyone will tune in as the date gets closer... obviously Matt and Eric are going as well.

 

bump! The day is drawing near.... er.... ish?

 

Lol, the time is flying by for me! Should definitely have the e locker by then, and hopefully a rooftop tent. I don't imagine there will be any snow at all by then, according to accuweather.com we won't be getting any more snow storms for the next month. At least around here.

 

cant wait, i should have the berry with its new SAS and the scav also.

 

Was looking at the photos and videos from last year cant wait to go back definitely in

 

This run might have to be cancelled!

Read the following thread, bad news, very bad news.
Get active in politics no matter how much you think it sucks because loosing our trails suck more!

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1056916

Seriously, this kills almost all the Eldorado National Forest trails!

 

Well that just plain sucks. Wish I knew about this before.

Buncha hippies ruining it for everyone.

 

Yep, were screwed.

MOAB, anyone?

 

Damn hippies, do you know of a petition to get them back open?

Im still down to go to the trail to take a look

 

I think we need to organize or at least someone post who to donate to to fight this BS !! Im so heart broken to hear this news . Ive been building this truck for 3 year to be able to explore this part of our great country only to have it shut down by a bunch of hippy wannabes . I AM PISSED !! 10 years ago id be tossing molotov cocktails into there headquarters . MY DAY IS RUINED BY THIS NEWS

 

http://thesheetnews.com/archives/5693 this is the only thing I can find on the lawsuit but it says that the trails were shut down during the court proceedings but that was october 29,2010 I might be looking at the wrong post but this is all I could find on a CBD and forest rangers lawsuit

 

Horrible news

 

me & matt have been searching all day for information backing this news. and we haven't found anything...

 

it is horrible news that you all say its horrible.

I am a Citizen of the U.S.A. I am a Citizen of Earth. I am a Free Citizen, and that land is mine. I will protect all my freedoms always. For me; I do not see a closure. I see an opportunity to use my unalienable rights. I invite all too fallow. Protect what is yours and use what is yours. You;as a Citizen, are the Government.

 

Don't run any of them trails! That will for sure close them! That's the ˟˟˟˟ hippies use to argue against us!

 

Could someone call the forest service to confirm this ?

 

We checked the el dorado forest service or whatever you wanna call its website. and they say the trails will be open this season. so...

 

That's great news !!!