- Location
- Green Valley, CA
Myself and a group of friends were planning to Run El Camino Del Diablo trail in AZ the weekend of April 11th - 14th. Now, however, after procuring proper passes, we find out that we can't thanks to some sheep migrating or some such.
So, we got to thinking it would be nice to see Yosemite. The thing is, none of us want to go from 4 days of nothing but dirt and camping to 4 days of hotels in order to see Yosemite.
Are there any mild (like basically forest trails or fire roads) kind of routes that are available for exploration in the Yosemite area? None of us are looking for knarly rock crawling, in fact, the Jeep with the smallest tires of the group will have 30's on it, and the biggest tires of the group will likely be 35's (on a Ford pickup). Sure, there might be a 715 with 42s, but he is ok with being bored. There are going to be 5-7 vehicles (5 definite), with most of them being unlocked and on ATs. We've all got tow points front and rear, some have winches, we've got recovery equipment and tools, but minimal spare parts and none are looking for body damage.
We are looking for more of an expedition kind of trip than a hard core wheeling kind of trip. El Camino Del Diablo is like 130 miles of dirt. Something along those lines would be AOK.
So, do any of you guys know the area? I'm an Eastern transplant to So Cal, and while I've been to Yosemite, it was easily 15 years ago, if not more. So, not only do I have no idea of what can be found for a Jeep-based camping/exploration trip, but no idea even where to start looking.
And before you all go bashing me for going out in the wilderness without ever having been to that particular wilderness, we've got GPSs, compasses, maps, and always err on the side of caution. Also, a few in the group are very experienced with backwoods camping and survival.
So, with that in mind, any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks
So, we got to thinking it would be nice to see Yosemite. The thing is, none of us want to go from 4 days of nothing but dirt and camping to 4 days of hotels in order to see Yosemite.
Are there any mild (like basically forest trails or fire roads) kind of routes that are available for exploration in the Yosemite area? None of us are looking for knarly rock crawling, in fact, the Jeep with the smallest tires of the group will have 30's on it, and the biggest tires of the group will likely be 35's (on a Ford pickup). Sure, there might be a 715 with 42s, but he is ok with being bored. There are going to be 5-7 vehicles (5 definite), with most of them being unlocked and on ATs. We've all got tow points front and rear, some have winches, we've got recovery equipment and tools, but minimal spare parts and none are looking for body damage.
We are looking for more of an expedition kind of trip than a hard core wheeling kind of trip. El Camino Del Diablo is like 130 miles of dirt. Something along those lines would be AOK.
So, do any of you guys know the area? I'm an Eastern transplant to So Cal, and while I've been to Yosemite, it was easily 15 years ago, if not more. So, not only do I have no idea of what can be found for a Jeep-based camping/exploration trip, but no idea even where to start looking.
And before you all go bashing me for going out in the wilderness without ever having been to that particular wilderness, we've got GPSs, compasses, maps, and always err on the side of caution. Also, a few in the group are very experienced with backwoods camping and survival.
So, with that in mind, any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks
