Riding area between LA and Sac

-jc wrote:

 > "Michael Rothwell" <marothwellRemoveThis.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote
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  >>This time of year, I quite often go to California City and ride in the
  >>Mohave Desert. Since it's quite a bit further for me than for the
  >>people I meet up, I was wondering if anyone knows of a good riding area
  >>about half way between LA and Sacramento. Just for a couple days.
 >
 >
 > Clear Creek?
 >
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.ca.blm.gov/hollister/clear_creek_management_area.html</font" target="_blank">http://www.ca.blm.gov/hollister/clear_creek_management_area.html</font</a>>
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.salinasramblersmc.org/clearcreek.htm</font" target="_blank">http://www.salinasramblersmc.org/clearcreek.htm</font</a>>
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 >

Sounds good. Hows the riding there this time of year? Do you have any
"favorite" trails there that we should make sure we hit?

Thanks for the info

Michael

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"Michael Rothwell" <marothwellRemoveThis.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote
 > -jc wrote:
  > > "Michael Rothwell" wrote
  > >
   > >>This time of year, I quite often go to California City and ride in the
   > >>Mohave Desert. Since it's quite a bit further for me than for the
   > >>people I meet up, I was wondering if anyone knows of a good riding area
   > >>about half way between LA and Sacramento. Just for a couple days.
  > >
  > >
  > > Clear Creek?
  > >
<font color=green>  > > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.ca.blm.gov/hollister/clear_creek_management_area.html</font" target="_blank">http://www.ca.blm.gov/hollister/clear_creek_management_area.html</font</a>>
<font color=green>  > > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.salinasramblersmc.org/clearcreek.htm</font" target="_blank">http://www.salinasramblersmc.org/clearcreek.htm</font</a>>
  > >
 > Sounds good. Hows the riding there this time of year? Do you have any
 > "favorite" trails there that we should make sure we hit?
 >
 > Thanks for the info

There are others in RMD that have much more experience at Clear Creek than I
do ... hopefully some of them will join in the conversation.

I don't have any favorite trails. Get a map and compass or a GPS and know
how to use them. Trails are everywhere and many are not on the trail map.
Conditions should be favorable now ... could see rain, snow, mud or dust at
any time. Plan for it to be cold and hot. Carry tools, food and water.
Plan to sleep on the trail if necessary ... in case you get lost. Scared
yet?

Here is a Google search link that might help
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://makeashorterlink.com/?N54A22376" target="_blank">http://makeashorterlink.com/?N54A22376</a>

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Clear Creek?
   > > >
<font color=brown>   > > > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.ca.blm.gov/hollister/clear_creek_management_area.html</font" target="_blank">http://www.ca.blm.gov/hollister/clear_creek_management_area.html</font</a>>
<font color=brown>   > > > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.salinasramblersmc.org/clearcreek.htm</font" target="_blank">http://www.salinasramblersmc.org/clearcreek.htm</font</a>>
Yes, riding at Cleer Creek can be easy or daunting, depending on you.
It is big. People do get lost there but if you pay attention to the
trails (major trails are pretty well marked) you should have no
problem. Rain is expected this weekend which will make things great.
Bring extra warm clothes, goggles, etc. AMA runs a big national enduro
here every year which should indicat the calibre of riding to expect.
Bring a couple of friends, good riding equiptment, some firewood and
water and have a good ride. I might be there this weekend.
Alan



   > > >
  > > Sounds good. Hows the riding there this time of year? Do you have any
  > > "favorite" trails there that we should make sure we hit?
  > >
  > > Thanks for the info
 >
 > There are others in RMD that have much more experience at Clear Creek than I
 > do ... hopefully some of them will join in the conversation.
 >
 > I don't have any favorite trails. Get a map and compass or a GPS and know
 > how to use them. Trails are everywhere and many are not on the trail map.
 > Conditions should be favorable now ... could see rain, snow, mud or dust at
 > any time. Plan for it to be cold and hot. Carry tools, food and water.
 > Plan to sleep on the trail if necessary ... in case you get lost. Scared
 > yet?
 >
 > Here is a Google search link that might help
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://makeashorterlink.com/?N54A22376</font" target="_blank">http://makeashorterlink.com/?N54A22376</font</a>><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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alan.DeleteThis@redshift.com (dirtfirst) wrote in message news:<414c5e4c.0311051640.bda7d2d.DeleteThis@posting.google.com>...
 > Clear Creek?
   > > > >
<font color=brown>   > > > > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.ca.blm.gov/hollister/clear_creek_management_area.html</font" target="_blank">http://www.ca.blm.gov/hollister/clear_creek_management_area.html</font</a>>
<font color=brown>   > > > > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.salinasramblersmc.org/clearcreek.htm</font" target="_blank">http://www.salinasramblersmc.org/clearcreek.htm</font</a>>
 > Yes, riding at Cleer Creek can be easy or daunting, depending on you.
 > It is big. People do get lost there but if you pay attention to the
 > trails (major trails are pretty well marked) you should have no
 > problem. Rain is expected this weekend which will make things great.
 > Bring extra warm clothes, goggles, etc. AMA runs a big national enduro
 > here every year which should indicat the calibre of riding to expect.
 > Bring a couple of friends, good riding equiptment, some firewood and
 > water and have a good ride. I might be there this weekend.
 > Alan
 >
Yep, Clear Creek is a fun place. Tons of little trails everywhere that
aren't on the map. It can be treacherous at times, but just be careful
and use common sense and you'll be fine. Lots of asbestos there ("Oh,
but don't worry; it's the short-grained variety!" riight...) so it's
not a good idea to ride when it's dusty. Oh, and there is a SuperFund
site there, too. Lots of old mercury
mines here and there. The national enduro is called the Quicksilver in
their honor.

If you go, let us know how you like it.

Tami-
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WoodsChick wrote:
 >
 > If you go, let us know how you like it.
 >
 > Tami-
 >

OK - but it will be brief.
The main purpose of this trip was to deliver a motorcycle to a friend.
I live just outside of Sac, and he lives in SoCal. He has only ridden
dirt bikes a few times and several years ago, but wanted to get back
into it. We got to clear creek Friday afternoon and just headed up the
first trail that we saw. That was our first mistake - it was an
intermediate trail (a little tight and a little steep), proved to be a
little more than I should have taken him on the first time out. As soon
as it met up with an ATV trail, we took it for a while so he could get
more used to the bike and riding in the dirt again. After a while, it
was getting dark and had some intermittant rain, so we followed the sign
to the staging area. This was a jeep trail, but was quite steep in
places, and he struggled going down. We made it back to the truck -
later on the cell phone he told his wife that I was trying to kill him.
The next morning was perfect riding weather, and we checked out the
map and decided to stay on the wider stuff today. He seemed to be
getting a lot more comfortable on the bike. This would have been a
downer for me (I like tight steep stuff), but every so often we would
come across a "hill farm" that I would play on to burn off my "climbing
anxiety". It started to rain around noon, so we stopped to eat a
protein bar and beef jerky. The forcast on Friday said that Sat should
be cloudy morning, sunny afternoon - they got the cloudy morning right.
We waited for a while and the clouds got heavier and the rain got
worse, so we packed it up and headed home (we both needed to be home by
a decent hour anyway).

All-in-all, I liked the riding area. It looks like you could ride there
several days and keep finding new trails. Everytime we got on a ridge,
you could see 2 or 3 more ridges with trails everywhere. I didn't see
anything very tight, but then I was kinda trying to avoid that anyway.
I did really like the climbing areas that you could just go and have fun
on. I could see that it would get really dusty there, but we had just
had enuf rain to keep the dust down but still have no puddles.

Thanks all for the suggestions.

Michael


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