TR: A weekend in Californias Gold Country
Yes it's another one of those working couple lets get out of Dodge weekends. Neither of us could remember the last just the two of us with no agenda weekender that we took so We figured it was time. ...
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monkey44 wrote:Buzzcut1 wrote:monkey44 wrote:
If any of you go up in that area, take the drive over Hwy 4 to Hwy 395 - and camp along the Carson River and beyond it. One beautiful drive, and plenty of NF dry camping pretty much all over that area.
Big Trees State Park is a good one, above Arnold on the west side of Sierras. It was once 'awesome', but is not so well cared for "due to budget cuts" they tell us. But the park itself is worth the trip, the hiking is excellent.
Carson River area , Hope Valley is great. this time of year the gate on Blue Lakes rd is probably locked so you will need a sno park pass to camp, don't forget the 8' tall red maker poles for not getting clipped by the snow plows
Yes, I was thinking more of other season than winter trips - in fact, Hwy 4 closes beyond Bear Valley after the snow hits ... they don't plow beyond the ski resort as far as I know ... unless that changed since we lived in that area. It's one awesome drive tho when it's open.
yeah but 88 is open year round to access the eastern slope area
