WS4W Club Calendar
Plan to drive Kane Creek Canyon as far as Hamburger Hill as An In & Out.
Now rated easy as it was bulldozed or bladed recently.
Meet at Canyonlands Best Western, 16 S Main St, Moab, at 8:30am Sunday June 7.
Let me know if we should expect you to join us.
Thanks, Lester M Sendecki 970 964 4719
Leave from Down Town City Market 9am, air Down at the Training/Staging Area.
Montrose to Nucla is easy. 2 or 3 stops at overlooks. Lunch in Nucla City Park.
Nucla to Hiway 141 was Difficulty 4 the last time we drove it. Some great overlooks worth a picture.
Contact Lester S. (970-964-4719) with questions
Lester and Ruth plan to meet at the Best Western Motel in Wall, SD 9am June 19 & 20.
2 days of easy roads (When Dry). Some short walks.
Please let us know if we should expect you to join us.
Meet at the bottom of the off-ramp at exit 11(Mack) on I-70 west at 10:30am. We estimate about 2 hours from Montrose to exit 11. Plan to drive Baxter Pass, have lunch at the Pass and return to the interstate. Bring all the usuals (gas, water lunch, etc.). Contact Lester S. (970-964-4719). Trail rated a 2.
meet at the Holiday Inn in Green River at 9:00am. Plan to drive about 1/2 of Wickiup Loop and then connect to Cane Wash and return to exit 131 on I-70 in Utah. Trails rated a 2/3. Bring all the usuals – gas, water, lunch, etc. Contact Lester S. (970-964-4719).
Saturday, July 25th Lester and Ruth plan to drive Last Dollar Road. Meet at South City Market at 9am. We plan to go into Tellluride for a later lunch and then come home on pavement. A shorter easy day.
Sunday, July 26th Lester and Ruth plan to drive Mineral Creek to the intersection with North Fork Cutoff, turn south on County 568 to Animas Forks. Lunch in Animas Forks, then on to Silverton and home on pavement. Meet at the Ouray Visitors Center at 9am. If you join us for this trip, bring lunch as well as water and snacks.
Tuesday Sept 8th, St George Jeepers are driving a trail on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon called Buck Farm Point. We expect to join them. They do accept guests, no SignUp sheet required. The St George trip will leave from Jacob Lake Inn at 9:30 AM Utah Time and is rated a 2.
Wednesday the 9th and Thursday the 10th we will be running Jumpup Point and Saddle Mountain Road, both trails on the North Rim. We will be staying at Jacob Lake Inn.
If you are interested in joining us on the 9th and 10th, plan to meet at 9:00 am near their gas station with all the usuals.
All trails are rated as easy. However, we have not done Saddle Mountain or Buck Farm Point before and it has been many years since we did Jumpup Point.
Any questions, please contact us.
Lester Sendecki
rlsendecki@yahoo.com
Destination: Bodie CA State Historic Park.
Leave Bishop, CA Best Western 8:30am California Time Tuesday September 22. Plan to drive the slightly longer unpaved road into Bodie. Probably use the whole day if the Ghost Town is as interesting as we have been told. Have wanted to tour Bodie ghost town for years.
Wednesday, Sept 23, Same time & Place to meet & leave. Drive Silver/Wyman Canyons, 27.5 miles long, About 5 hours. Rated Easy. Start is about 15 miles from Bishop. Plan to take a side trip to a bristlecone pine forest.
Thur, Sept 24, Same time & place. Drive Sand Canyon or Buttermilk Country. Both half day trips, about 4 hours each, rated Moderate/Easy. Both near Bishop. Have not decided which to drive yet; one is an in and out, the other is a loop.
Based on advice of friends who have been there, we will drive Tioga Pass (paved highway) out of Lee Vining into Yosemite Park a little ways the other half of Thursday.
Please let us know if you will join us for any of this trip. All of this is new area and new trails for us. All of these will be full day trips; you’ll need a full tank of gas, lunch, water and snacks.
Lester S. rlsendecki@yahoo.com