TriSum
Didn't see you out there (BIG place though)
I was mainly in the hills climbing. Maybe next time we can meet up ?

BlackandRed did you make it to Holister last week ?

 

Hollister was actually scheduled for this coming weekend. I'm not going. Friends from HS are getting together. Only happens about once or twice a year so I'm passing. Next weekend probably going to do a long ride out of Miami up to the northwest.

Some people are still going. It was a group I ride with. I can PM ya with the info on that group if you want.

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Pismo June 27. I'll bring Raptor, P700, VForce. Low tide near noon, Perfect!

 

Ya, send me the info thanks.......

 

Pismo 26th in the AM. Leaving here about 6. Will put me there about 8-8:30 am. 04 Toyota Tundra 4dr green. KFX 400. Probably trailer with 2 quads.

 

Usually park next to sand highway entrance.

 

Mike, we stayed at the Smith Fork Campground, pretty nice place I'm glad we went. Got a little windy on Sunday, otherwise the weather was great. We will be making another trip in July to show my San Diego buds the place. I'll post on here when we are planning on going.

 

Hey Bald Mike how was Hungry Valley Fathers Day????

 

Black&red, where did you get those forest service maps? I'd like to make sure i'm on legal roads up there. I stay off the roads that are posted street legal or closed. Thanks!

 

The USFS as their forest map online. It's devided up into each 7.5 minute U.S.G.S. quad as a link. Each quad then links to it's neighboring quad (unless it's on the edge of the map.) What I did with some is reduce it's size 75% and put them 2-up on a 8.5x11 piece of paper, folded over and laminated them. This results in handy maps that are 5.5"x8.5". I have a clipboard (memo size) I put on my Warrior and use these to navigate.

U.S.F.S. Sierra National Forest Map

When you bring up each quad, change the extension from .htm to .jpg to get just the map. Print that.

Example:

Fish Camp, CA Quad (Where Miami Motorcycle Trails is located.)

Just the Quad image

The forest map should be available from any fine map retailer. Or through the U.S.F.S. and/or U.S.G.S. One local retailer (that I know of, Global Map in Fresno) has the forest map. They also have all of the U.S.G.S. quad maps. But they are about 20"+ wide so they aren't very userfriendly on the trail. But they do show very good detail and include topographic information. Each quad is roughly 3.5 miles horizontally and 4-4.5 miles vertically. The blue lines (on these maps) denote the quad boundary. Or, if you look closely you can actually see the plus symbol in each corner that is the actual quad mark.

Supposedly you can get a good map at the North Fork office of the U.S.F.S.

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Forgot to mention. You should be able to operate on any road with a verticle wooden post. These are Level 2 roads. I haven't seen a definition of a Level 1 road. I'm guessing that's an actual trail. Level 3 and 4 roads are marked with a horizontal (most of them are now metal it seems) sign. From my observation the other weekend, Level 2 roads seem to be noted on the maps as double dashed lines. Level 3 & 4 Roads are double solid lines. This rule is denoted in some of the OHV material available from the U.S.F.S.

For example, on the Fish Camp, CA quad you will see 6S15 is a double dashed line and out there it is marked with a verticle marker. 6S24 is a double solid line and is marked with a horizontal sign. But in Miami you can ride everywhere (unless it's marked closed.) There are several trails that start on, end on or cross 6S24.

I'd like to at some point verify each and every road on the maps as to whether it can be ridden or not. I'd love to ride 7S02 for example, but it's a Level 3 road. It's pretty much passable only in a Jeep, or some other short wheel base, high ground clearance vehicle.

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