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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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Calisdad
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Jul 14, 2015
Thanks for another great trip report. Amazing that the gooseberries are just flowering up there and at 3000' they are all but finished. You must have a great constitution that you don't have to acclimate to the elevation.

Taking a trailer over Sonora Pass is not recommended. Every year people, even big rigs, get stuck. The tow fee and the ticket make it so not worth it. We went over in April and the weather went from hot to snow to dumping rain. It even was a burden on our 21' MH with a big Ford 460.

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