Argus and Panamint Ranges Random Tracks
Monday, 07 November 2011 00:00
Author: Administrator
As part of our ongoing efforts to just go look and see what is there, a couple of us headed out to the Argus Range and started heading up trails to see what was there. We had some great weather and the desert greeted us with fantastic views! It was a small run but a fun one.
The Argus range is situated between the Coso Range and Panamint Valley north of Trona. We met in Trona for our trip and headed north and then off the pavement and poked around. We found many old mines and some town sites and climbed around to look at it all for many hours. Then as it got later, we thought about camp and headed across the valley into the Panamints. We again explored for a while before settling in for then night. We even did a night hike in search of gold! In the morning we headed south and home after a very fun adventure.
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October Fun in Steele Pass and Saline Valley Monday, 24 October 2011 00:00
Author: Dusty Roads
The club made a October trip to Saline Valley via Steele Pass with some excellent side trips along the way! The weather was perfect for a trip to this beautiful part of the desert. Swansea Grade to Cerro Gordo! Thursday, 08 September 2011 20:04
Author: Popcorn
July 31, 2011 – The original plan called for a good sized group to go up to Monache Meadows. A few other groups had plans to go that way as well and it may have ended up a crowded weekend! However, Mother Nature had other plans for just about everyone as large storms moved into the Sierras and flooded many campsites all the way down into the Owens Valley. Knowing this was coming we changed our plans to head up into the Inyo Mountains. Even then, a few of us got tied up in the flooding near Whitney Portal and down in Owens Valley. Kirk and company nearly got trapped at Whitney Portal while Dennis bivied in the Alabama Hills, the first high ground he could find. John rolled into Lone Pine Saturday morning with his buddy Dan dry and happy! We met up at the Movie Museum in Lone Pine and then headed up the Swansea Grade with a stop at the top to visit the Burgess Mine. After lunch part of the group relaxed and climbed the nearby hills while the rest headed over to climb New York Butte. The views from New York Butte (10,668 feet) into Saline Valley were amazing!!! The storms were pouring over the Sierras and across Owens Valley so we rushed back and made it just in time, then headed to camp! It rained for much of the evening but the night was perfect and all slept well. In the morning we headed to the Salt Tram and then to the old but very well preserved mining town of Cerro Gordo. We got a great tour from the caretaker there and dropped off a few gallons of water, as we’d heard it was needed. After that we headed down, visited a few mines and then back to the pavement! A great trip!
New Bylaws for a Streamlined Club and More Fun! Thursday, 09 June 2011 09:05
Author: Dennis
06/09/2011 – The Southern California Tacoma Club has ratified new bylaws in hope of simplifying the management of the club and making it easier for those who want to be a part of it to join. Voted in today, these bylaws are considerably shorter than the previous versions, less than one third as long in fact! They remove such things as waivers, the former onerous requirements for membership in the club and the previously tedious paperwork involved in creating runs. None of that was about fun, so it is gone! How simple is it? Well, first know that the club is open to all makes and models of 4X4s, and anyone that wants to enjoy the fun! Under the new bylaws one just needs to show up for a run, ask to be in the club and after a vote, they are in! The dues for the club are just those to cover the cost of the individual’s membership in the California Association of Four Wheel Drive Clubs, and if you are already a member of that organization, then sometime during the year, we just sync your dues with ours and that is it. There are no other costs associated with being a member in the club. Becoming a member is easy! The California Association of Four Wheel Drive Clubs is one of the organizations working to keep our trails open and our hobby here for generations to come to enjoy. Everyone who is out on the trails in California should belong to this organization! Every club should be a member club. The Southern California Tacoma club has been a member of California Association of Four Wheel Drive Clubs since our little club started. Come help us support this fine organization! Runs now have no required paperwork and, as before, anyone can propose and organize one. In fact, we welcome such input and help! We have all kinds of runs, from hard to easy, in the local mountains and deserts and in more distant areas. Often we go to places where experience leaders take the group on a planned run but we sometimes just go explore things we have not seen yet. We encourage all kinds of outdoor fun, wheeling of course, but also camping, fishing, hiking, and anything you want to do. If like the outdoors, the Southern California Tacoma Club is the place for you! The Southern California Tacoma Club’s new bylaws make having fun easier for everyone. We hope that you’ll come join us! |
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