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Re: Towing in the mountains: the routes near big bear lake
Hey all, Thanks again for the insights. Here’s the readout from my trip, for anyone following this convo for info Between the campground and this forum I had all 3 routes recommended to me for different reasons (the 18, 38 and 330). What I took from that was that there wasn’t one that I absolutely needed to avoid, so I just went the most direct to destination, which was the 18 Route starts fairly steep and stays that way for the first 10 miles, but it’s all 4 lane for the climb and there are a couple opportunities to turn back if needed. Plenty of turnouts too. I’m towing pretty heavy for my truck, so driving my RPMs and keeping it in the power band had me going 25-30 with my hazards on for most of the way up. Again tho, there’s 4 lanes so people could pass me and I felt comfortable the whole time knowing my truck could do it all day. As jdc1 mentioned there are some hairpin turns, but even at my length I could make them using only my lane After the climb it goes to winding single lane. Used the turnouts every 10 min or so to let traffic pass. Wasn’t bad at all. Btw, aerbus32 is spot on about the campground up there. Beautiful but super tight. Coming back down was slow going but no problems. Watch out for low hanging pines tho, got a fresh scratch on my front cap. Well If my rig can get up there, most others probably can. Can’t speak to the other routes but the 18 from San Bernardino was definitely viable. (Aerbus32 I will definitely get the Mountain Directory now that I have this trip as a good frame of reference)1KViews0likes0CommentsTowing in the mountains: the routes near big bear lake
Hey everyone, first post here Heading up to Skypark by Lake Arrowhead from San Diego. I read the other posts and see that the 38 is the easiest route up to big bear My question is whether it's worth it to go that far around on the way to Skyforest. It'd take me through Big Bear first, while the 18 would be a lot more direct. I'm pulling a 39ft keystone sprinter with a 2008 f350. Thanks for any advice5.5KViews0likes10Comments
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