Me and some guys from my local 4WD club, Trailbusters, are plannin on goin up to run the Eagle Lakes trail and then from the Eagle Lakes trail to Fordyce till the first creek crossing. And possibly run signal Peak (I've never been on Signal Peak. On a 1-10 scale, Eagle Lakes and Signal Peak is are an easy 4-5 and Fordyce is a difficult 10, but the little section we'll be going on would probably rate as an 8. Not really any requirements rig wise except attachment points for Eagle Lakes/Signal Peak. Fordyce will need 31-33's, a locker, and at least sliders. However, if you have a winch and you're on 31's, open, and want to be dragged through a couple spots and you're comfortable behind the wheel on rocks, you could make it. 31's and a locker would probably be ok too. Here are some pics from the last time I went. Bring spare parts, and recovery equipment etc....CB highly recomended!

This could possibly be a campout on Saturday night so we can start early Sunday, but the whole trip is still in the works

Driveshaft Hill on Eagle Lakes (bypass available other than that nothing real "extreme")











Fordyce

 

 

No one?

 

 

Will have to play it by ear but would love to come on this one.

 

Awesome! So far if you can go it's just you and me. If no one decides to go and you can't, I'll probably go to the FOTR cleanup, but I don't know anything about that except that it's on Saturday and Sunday and I don't wanna go up by myself lol

 

C'mon guys you know you want to.....

 

sorry man i won't do fordyce till i am locked from and rear with 33's thats a big jump from a 4-5 to an 8

 

You'd be fine with just a rear locker and 33's, but that is a pretty big jump if you only have 31's and are open/open it's possible to make it, but you'd have to be strapped/winched out from the creek, getting out is the problem lol I sent some pm's out to some other people, if they end up comin maybe you could hop in one of their rigs?

 

And if all else fails, and no one wants to run Fordyce, we could just do Eagle Lakes/Signal Peak...you could do those! :bigook:

 

ill have to think about it, as of now I am not into fordyce as i would really like to have sliders for that and am still kind of new to wheeling. I also have other plans that im working out and money is thin at the moment. there just is not much time for me to know at this time.

 

Yeah you definitely need sliders for fordyce! No worries, I'll be doin a trip or two like this every summer I'll keep ya informed.

 

I would for sure go on this run since I will be Trail Boss on a similar run for Sierra Trek but I have a Rubicon trip planed for that weekend, damn!

 

I may move it to the first week in July if no one else can make it, would you be able to make it then? What about you BMC? Could you make the first weekend in July??

 

Might be able to make that weekend but it is the weekend of the 4th of July so I might do a bigger/longer run.

 

alright, well if you end up not having anything planned, let me know

 

As stated on the Squaw Ridge thread, if you do change the rout to exclude Fordyce. I may go on this trip, money is not as bad as before sense I am now making an extra $268 a month. The one question i have now, its dated for a Sunday so im thinking that a one day trip is doable ? im sure I would not be the only one who would need to be back for work on Monday, I do work swing shift so that always helps.

 

As of right now, no one else can make this trip, or doesn't want to go on Fordyce, so I figured not running Fordyce is better than not wheelin at all So Let me check one more time with the guys that are a maybe for the trip and if they don't think they can make it we can just do Eagle Lakes/Signal peak. And yeah its for a day trip on a Sunday and it's totally doable in a day! You could even run Eagle Lakes to the first creek crossing at fordyce and back then run up Signal peak in a long day. So we'd have plenty of time to get ya back to work on Monday.

 

i could probably do the weekend of june 28th. i got a buddy thats beggin me to go wheelin so this could be a good one for him. I am not one to wheel just one day though since i am driving from chico. if it is a saturday/sunday deal then i am game.

 

There's great full service camping at the Cisco Grove CG and abundant free camping in the woods after you head down the dirt road towards the Fordyce Trail Head. Try Indian Creek Campground or any of the dispersed site along the water.