10/27/2012 - Sherman Pass Jeep Trail
Sherman Pass Jeep Trail (33E48) in Sequoia National Forest is located approx 3 hours north of the LA metro area. The trail is rated "most difficut" via USFS ratings and rated difficult in the Charles Wells guide to Northern California Backroads & 4 Wheel Drive Trails (trail #68). Being its a difficult trailI would reccomend a lift at a bare minimum and sliders / diff guards would be handy as well. Not recommended for stock vehicles. That being said the plan is to be on trail by 10:00. The trail head is approximately one hour north of Kernville. We will take the Sherman Pass Jeep Trail (33E48) north to the junction of North Meadows Pass Road (33E29). We will take this road south to the Embree Cabin / Mine. After exploring the area and possibly having lunch we will back track up 33E29 to a spur road and head up to the top of Sherman Peak (elevation 9909) and take in the views before heading back to 33E48 and continuing on. We'll take 33E48 to the end and then head back down to pavement via 21S28 to 22S41. Total time on trail should
be around 4-5 hours.
10/28/2012 Lake Isabella to Jawbone Station OHV area
For those interested in taking the senic route home out of the mountains on sunday instead of pounding pavement We are going to basically run the trip #71 in the Charles Wells guide to Northern California Backroads & 4 Wheel Drive Trails. This starts just south of the town of Lake Isabella along Bodfish-Caliente road. We'll head east up the hill on Saddle Spring Road (27S02) eventually topping out near Piute Peak and the starting our decent from the forest down onto Jawbone Canyon Road to the Mojave desert below. This trail is rated easy and should be drama free. Just a nice deversion from pavement on the way back home. Total time to run this leg should be around 3 hours according to all the reports i have read.
Since this trip will take place at the end of October in the High Sierras the weather could vary from warm to pretty cold. Please pack accordingly, remember layers work best as you can add or take off clothes as conditions change. Even though it will be a bit late in the season we may run into some fall colour still lingering at those elevations as well.
The plan is to leave the LA area after work on friday evening from Pasadena and make it up to Kernville by around 22:00 give or take. I can provide a place to stay for a limited amount of people. I just need to know how many people will be attending a couple of weeks in advance so we can sort out accomodations. There are plenty of campgrounds and hotels in the area for anyone that wants to head up early on friday. Its the off season so availability should be no
problem. For anyone that cant make it Friday night the plan is to leave Kernville around 9:00 Saturday morning to make it to the trailhead by 10:00. Pot luck BBQ to follow the trail run back in Kernville, people are welcome to hang out and unwind after a day on the trail. Planning to leave Kernville for Lake Isabella around 11:00 Sunday to do the run up over the mountain to Jawbone Station and then back to the LA area.
http://www.sclr.org/calendar/event/103-sherman-pass--lake-isabella-to-jawbone.html
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