4bangercraig

Hey y'all, new to Norcal. Just moved to Healdsburg, Sonoma County last week. I'm thinkin of hitting up South Cow Mountain Sunday, May 1st for a little wheelin. Don't know anybody up here, barrrely know the area. Anybody who's up for it, join in! I'd love to get to know some Norcal Yota drivers, check out the trails, etc. It's up on the Yotatech calendar. Hope to see some of you there!

RMA

make it on saturday and ill meet you up there.

4bangercraig

I can get up there Saturday afternoon if you wanna make the trip.

RMA

id like to come up for the day since ill be driving a couple hours ..
lets see if we cant get anymore people out there.. but saturday would work for me ..

twistedyota

iTrader: (1)

i got to be some where on the 1st but i think i can make it on sat.

dark_fairytales

I wish I could go, but as of the moment, my budget tells me I can only spend $67 for the rest of the month. there have been changes in my personal life I can not get around at the moment, sorry.

yota_dude

damn i wish i could make it up that weekend! i want to see that front suspension at work. maybe next time cause im only about 20min south of you

4bangercraig

Actually, I can't do May 1st either. But can definitely do Saturday! So Saturday at 9 AM Cow Mountain staging area. I will make an effort at getting a trail map but if anyone's got one or knows the trails, I've only wheeled there once and it was over a year ago so feel free to lead. See y'all there!

twistedyota

iTrader: (1)

ive never been to cow mountain, so i looked it up and it has a north and south. ehich one is it?

4bangercraig

South Cow Mountain's the OHV area. It's got well over 100 miles of trails, mostly on the mellower side with a few more challenging spots. I'll pick up a map at the ranger's station beforehand and we'll try to plan out at least the first few trails.

RMA

ive never been there either .. where exactly are we meeting ?

can you post a map on here ..

4bangercraig

To get there:
From Ukiah, take State Highway 101 to the Talmage Road exit. Go east on Talmage Road about 1.5 miles. Turn right at Old River Road. and proceed 0.3 miles to Mill Creek Road. Turn left on Mill Creek Road and continue east 6 miles to entrance to South Cow Mountain.

Here's a link to the BLM map of the park-
http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medial...th_Cow_Mtn.pdf

We'll meet at Westside Staging Area 9am. Looks like the trails are loops that begin and end off of one big unpaved drag between Ukiah and Lakeport. One way to go would be to start in Ukiah and end in Lakeport, hitting several trails along the way. Some trails might depend on stream height at water crossings and the park closes during rains, so I'll be sure to keep an eye on the weather and keep up to date on trail conditions between now and then. I'll PM you guys my cell number and we can coordinate details over text as well.

dark_fairytales

that area looks like loads of fun

jeffe

So who's going? I just looked it up. It's 3 hours for me to get to the West staging area so I don't know if I could be there by 9. I've got a a guide book with some GPS coordinates in it for the trail. It has about 6 waypoints.

twistedyota

iTrader: (1)

heyy all, something came up and im going to have to miss this trip. it sux was really hoping to go, but hop0e you all have a good time.

RMA

jeffe you still going ?

ohh well maybe next time .


ill be leaving here about 5:30am its about 3 hour drive for me .

jeffe

Sorry guys I missed it. Got mad busy at work. Next time.....

noclinkers

If you guys need a trail guide I'm down. I'm a member of the Mendo 4x4 club and we do most of the building and maintenance on cow and would be happy to show you around.
I live in Hopland, so let me know.