What's going on in SoCal Thread

I went up there today, I couldn’t make it the day you went. It was pretty nice after the rains and all, iced over ponds in the middle of the trail, mud, did I mention how i hate mud.

 

Very cool, the trail seems to have gotten a little tougher (not hard) but fun. I like mud just not the clean up lol

 

Happy new year 4runner fam!

 

Is there still a meetup on Last Fridays? New to forum in the Irvine area.

 

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Good evening all, I’m thinking of heading up to The Holcomb Valley Trail tomorrow morning Anyone know if it’s open or if chains are required? Thanks!

 

@JARVIS

 

Too bad I'm not around but this might be a good meetup to have fun with the AWD folks. Love to see your 4Runners on YouTube..
Sunday 3/7/2021 at Gorman / Hungry Valley SVRA 4x4 Practice area at 9am.

 

Any info on SoCal meets or trail runs coming up? Recently tried the Facebook thing again joining a local 4Runners group and was quickly reminded why I got off it years ago. A bunch of ‘my dick is bigger than yours’ pissing matches.

 

Happy Easter everyone!

 

You too.

 

The seasonal closure ended for many local national forest fire road on May 1st. Those lock gates are now opened. Mount Pacifico today, only 2 wheel drive but very nice.

 

The heat is currently "going on in SoCal". But if you can get to higher elevation it is 20-25 degrees cooler. Just camped in Holcomb Valley, Big Bear for four nights to escape.So nice!

 

I love Holcomb Valley! Great place to camp at

 

I am new to the forum and live in the South Bay area just south of LAX. I am going up to Lake Arrowhead at the end of the month. Anyone have recommendations for areas/trails to check out around either Lake Arrowhead or Big Bear?

 

Welcome! I’m also in South LA (Willowbrook). 3n16 and 3n14 are the trails you’re looking for. Look up trails near fawnskin, and Holcomb creek. Unless your rig is built like a rock crawler I’d stay away from John Bull (trail). I’m pretty sure I have some saved offline Gaia maps (gpx files I believe) that should be easy to follow. There’s so many trails up in the big bear area. Let me know if youre ever down for a day trip. Looking at heading out to Gorman /Hungry Valley OHV soon too.

 

the pilot rock truck trail is accesible from arrowhead. There's a bunch of trails if you look on maps. Pilot rock is not strictly on road vehicles though. there were a lot of side by sides when i was there. It's neat because you can bypass the hard stuff if you want.

I didn't do the whole thing because of time so I'm not sure how it is as you get closer to silverwood lake.

https://goo.gl/maps/9VfCWJ3kXBiNNPoJA

I started the trail there and drove into the main trail. It's nice up there, nothing too hard.

 

Thanks, this is great info! Yeah, I am definitely interested in doing some offroading so let me know when you are making plans.

 

Thanks, nothing too hard is definitely my speed. I will plan to check these trails out!

 

Socal! From up north in the Bay Area, but making a trip down to Carlsbad this weekend. Any good trails nearby? TIA

 

I don’t know much around Carlsbad, but If your coming down to SoCal, check out Cleghorn & Anza Borrego,

 

Thanks! Yea I wanted to hit Anza, but ended up doing Berdoo Canyon over the summer. Might be worth it to try and get there this time around

 

There’s a fair amount of trails you can get to in about 45 mins…otay mountain truck trail, corral canyon, black mountain truck trail, Palomar mountain, Fred canyon, bear valley, black canyon are a few I can think of off the top of my head

 

Sweet, thanks! I’ll look these up

 

Palomar seems to be the closest to me, would you recommend Nate Harrison Grade or Palomar Divide Road? Any others that are less fire-roady?

 

Corral canyon should have some fun stuff. Maybe oriflamme canyon? It’s past Julian a bit and ends in borrego

 

I'd seen a post somewhere on FB where someone hosted a toyota swap meet or something of that nature. An event where everyone is welcomes to come, bring their used unwanted parts and try to sell or give to those who needs. Sort of like a cars and coffee and swap meet all in one you could say. Would be a great idea if someone's willing to organize it in So Ca. somewhere.

 

I’m over in campo if any of you come this way. Always willing to get a few scratches to learn. I know nothing.