Trinity Alps - Friday Ride June 18, 2010

[ZREX MIKE]

The title of this whole outting is "Trinity Alps".........and yet we have missed some of the most spectacular mountains in our other two rides. With Tyler's permission, I propose a loop through the northern section and a little exploring; 228 miles of riding. I have not ridden the path from Callahan west until it meets the Salmon River, and it looks like something we need to do. Now I have been known to end up on a gravel road or two, but according to Google Map this is fully paved. There is a small stretch of "fire road" west of Cecilville, but I think it's worth it.

So in keeping with our tradition for this weekend:

1. The ride will leave at 8:00am sharp from the Victorian Inn parking lot.
2. Make sure you have already had breakfast and bikes are topped off before 8:00am.
3. Lunch in Willow Creek.

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[Redcliff]

You read my mind as soon as the temp. rises and the sunshine I'll go do a test run. I will be at 8:00 sharp with a full tank of gas. :grin:

[rxrated]

Mike I COULD be wrong but I think the road to Sawyers Bar is the one we went on a few years back ..Went up about 10 miles and still climbing, stopped and came back..Occasional sections of the one lane ( which is all there was ) just gone of the side of the mountain :wow:

[ZREX MIKE]

Yep, and we turned toward Sawyers Bar before retreating. Since then, I've been all the way across the northern road that ends in Etna. From Sawyers Bar to Etna is BIG FUN!!!! :thumbs: But I've never run the section from Callahan to Cecilville and then on to HWY 96.

[rxrated]

Well....No time like the NEXT time :)!

[green12]

Can we do that ride saturday? so I can go home sunday?

[triton]

Can we do that ride saturday? so I can go home sunday?

thank you for the request, i was thinking it.

or swap the sat ride with sun and i'll just keep going south. not before lunch at the samoa cookhouse :)

but i'd ride just the way its planned :)

[Redcliff]

I have no problem mixing up the ride routes. Which way are you guys planning on taking home?

[green12]

My plan is hauling two bikes up on my trailer. Red one for the track green one for a ride. Hoping to bring kid's RZ350 and have him do track. I may haul a bike for Puffman. Puffman may do track day. Might bring the wife. She'll have enough and want to go home Sunday morning. So will Puffman. my kid will be bored too if the track bike isn't available for a saturday ride.

[triton]

i plan to ride to sf from encinitas on the 16th

coast road, then inland to w-ville on the 17th. route tbd

trinity ride 18th/19th/20?

follow my bread crumbs back to sf.

on to encinitas 21st or so, got family in sf.

may try to hook up with some bay area hoolies. tbd

[Redcliff]

Saturday ride stays as the Coast route. Friday & Sunday rides have been adjusted.

[mudnducs]

Is gas at all scarce on any of these loops?

[rxrated]

Is gas at all scarce on any of these loops?

Tyler always has a bit extra :grin:..
It can sometimes but during the day it shud be ok..

[green12]

I may take my wife and kid to the track day/rally. They will have to stay at the motel when I ride. They could follow along in the truck and haul gas. slight delivery fee.Could also pull the trailer for Rich's Husky.

[mudnducs]

I may take my wife and kid to the track day/rally. They will have to stay at the motel when I ride. They could follow along in the truck and haul gas. slight delivery fee.


Could also pull the trailer for Rich's Husky.



see that's just mean.....but it's funny....:laff:

[ZREX MIKE]

Is gas at all scarce on any of these loops?

This one is probably the most gas station scarce. I know there is gas in Orleans (135 miles). If that is too far, you could top off at Trinity Center (30 miles from Weaverville).

[mudnducs]

:beer:

[green12]

I mentioned it to the wife. She seemed unreceptive to the gas plan. :bitch:

[shered]

If you need a chase car for this ride then count me in.

[green12]

can my old woman ride along?

[Redcliff]

Gas??? You got gas guzzlers, I won't be needing gas for oh about 200 miles. :nana:



:laff:

[green12]

I think I can go that far ..... at 55

[shered]

can my old woman ride along?

NO. :stpoke: :slap: :laff:

Absolutely positively I would love to have the company! This is an open invitation to any other women that would rather cage.

:bd:

[ZREX MIKE]

If you need a chase car for this ride then count me in.

You know there are sections that are not "car friendly". Right?? I know I'm speaking to the local, but want to make sure there are no surprises. Gas is not going to be a problem..................................unless the gas stations run out of it. :laff:

[shered]

You know there are sections that are not "car friendly". Right?? I know I'm speaking to the local, but want to make sure there are no surprises. Gas is not going to be a problem..................................unless the gas stations run out of it. :laff:


I'm not a local to that area. Callahan to Somes Bar is the unknown, we'll go do a prerun just to scout it out and check the road conditions.

[rxrated]

I'm not a local to that area. Callahan to Somes Bar is the unknown, we'll go do a prerun just to scout it out and check the road conditions.

Better do it on bikes :wow: other wise if you meet someone one of you will do some backing up :)

[mudnducs]

...

Gas is not going to be a problem..................................unless the gas stations run out of it. :laff:


now see.........did you haaaave to say that? Now I'm gonna worry. :laff:

[danll]

I will be joining ya all on the Weaverville ride/gathering as a guest of Justzrmark. No i don't have a ZRX (but i did sit on one once). I see there are some questions about the Callahan/Somes bar section of Fridays route...and that Redcliff may preride it. Anyway much of it appears to have been recently resurfaced according the post below that i found from another site...date of post is 10/21/06 Very nice section of HWY 3.
At Callahan we headed west on to the Cecilville rd. This section all the way to Cecilville has fresh pavement from last year. Really nice ride !
Just past Cecilville the road turns into what I call "single track". This is a one lane highway for quite a while. Most of the pictures and video were taken in this section. Beautiful country !
Met a rider from Washington state out there too..........big smile on his face !
We took it really easy and enjoyed the scenery and even did some Salmon watching. We spotted a few in some of the deep holes in the Salmon river.
From the Cecilville Rd. we turned south on HWY 96 for
Many eons ago i used to live/work in the Eureka area...will be nice to do a return visit, plus meeting some of the folks that Mark references...see ya.

[rxrated]

Be glad to have you along ..

[shered]

Dan, I've got you added to the Attendance. Look forward to meeting you've got to be ok if you're a friend of Mark. :thumbs:

[Ben Zeppa]

My mother-in-law lives in Etna and last year my brother and I did some exploring along 96 and the Somes Bar road. There was a lot of construction on the Somes Bar and it was really narrow in some places. Gas along our route WAS a concern and we only found gas in one small town near Happy Camp I believe. All that was there were a couple of pumps and you had to have a credit card to get any gas. One pickup driver traded me cash to use my card to get some gas. Somes Bar road was interesting but I would not do it again. It was not THAT interesting. There are plenty of roads in the area that are much better and that have some facilities when you need them.

[bearlout]

My trike can haul about 15 gal extra of gas
if needed..........

and still have room ^p





:kwick:

[shered]

My trike can haul about 15 gal extra of gas
if needed..........

and still have room ^p





:kwick:

John are you gonna be my sweeper? :rockon:

I'm getting more mileage on the bike, getting more comfortable but there is no way I can do 280 miles. So I'm thinking I'll putt along 299 and meet you guys in Willow Creek for lunch. Anyone else want to tag along on a slower pace, shorter route?

:thumbs:

[Redcliff]

Looks like the weather is going hold this weekend. We're going scouting.

:ytrap: