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profdant139
Explorer II
Jul 10, 2015

Trip report: boondocking in Sonora Pass in a trailer

We just got back from ten days in the Sonora Pass area of Northern California. Despite the 26% (!!) grade and the hairpin turns, we had no trouble going either up or down, and we were also able to to...
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reasley
Explorer
Jul 13, 2015
The road into Leavitt Lake has always been a high clearance 4x4 road. The torn up road is due to people with 2 wheel drive trying to get up there. I've pulled several vehicles out of that dry creek bed about half way up, who had high centered themselves.

Every fall the area is inundated with hunters. My off road club spends time every year cleaning up their hunting(boondocking)camps.

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