We will be making a day trip to Smugglar's Cave area in the In-Ko-Pah mountains, near the San Diego and Imperial County border.

This is not a "hard" run.

This will be on Sat, Feb. 4th. It is planned for a day trip. Exploration and maybe leaving the vehicles for a short time. We will not leave the cars unattended for more than a few minutes because we will be very close to the border.

We meet at the Carl's Jr. in Alpine at 7am. Exit Tavern Rd. and go south. It's in the first shopping center on the east side of the street.

Look for the Silver Land Cruiser.

Bring your lunch. There is gas across the street too, so we should fill up in Alpine.

I'll have FRS and CB. Have one or both please. I'll have some maps too.

This is for 4x4 vehicles, in good working order, with front and rear recovery points.

So far I have:

Calamaridog (Bryan - UZJ100)
+d (David - Grand Cherokee)
Boston Mangler (Kevin - FJZ80)
wifesaysimadumbass (85 4runner)
Eric
Mark
Deathrunner
Phalanx
Beerdrinker
socal98runner
dfireballd

 

I will try to make it.

 

Cool, it would be nice to have you!

 

i think i'm there for sure!!! just have to not break anything crucial at superstition anyone bringing kids mine love that area.... we've been going out there for years.... are you planning on hitting up the north or south(valley of the moon)side of 8

 

I don't think anyone is bringing kids but I don't see a problem with that. It is possible I will bring mine

I was thinking south side first and north side if time permits.

 

Never been, Count me in

 

I'd like to go. Can we bring goats?

 

Where is this place? what type of trails are there?

 

it's basically a short trip into the valley and a couple of miles of loops most not too rough... the other side of i-8 has some tougher trails..... but for a nice scenic run with a hike and maybe some boulder climbing the valley is a rad place

 

Will try to arrange a baby sitter but sounds good. I will be able to use my new GPS. How far from Alpine are these runs?

 

They are on the grade down to the desert. Probably 15-20 miles past Corral Canyon on the 8

 

Sounds very cool. Should also have my MT's by then.

 

I'm hoping we don't have more than 10 trucks total so things don't slow down too much. I added you guys to my list.

Looks like we will look around South of the 8 for a while then try one of the harder trails on the North side of the 8. This should be fairly easy stuff mostly.

 

Marc and I thought we'd have at least 6 trucks at one point of the last Corral Canyon trip planning and it ended up being just the 2 of us. People always have to drop for one reason or another. I hope I am not one of them for this trip.

 

I know how that goes too. People, including me, sometimes have stuff come up that takes priority over fun.

I'll look forward to seeing some or all of you there

 

Put me as possible. I'd love to go. If I have the gas $. Im just mad about having to skip superstition. I'm really gonna try not to miss this one.

 

as long as fartruk stays together for superstition i'm there

 

I take it that we don't need lockers? My friend john (Red XJ) wants to cruise out too, but he has no lockers.

 

Um, I'm doing this trip in a very large minivan

If your friend has 4wd he will be fine. He also will not be the only Heep in attendance, there will be a Grand Cherokee also.

And we can always park a vehicle or two if things get too nasty, but I don't see it being a problem.

 

Cool, he's pretty awesome driver, I'm sure he will be fine, just checking.