Ah man. I'm only able to make week day runs this summer. What about a day trip to the high lakes?
CK5
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Soo...Rubicon Trip 2017?
- Thread starter K85 Octane
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it's a possibility. I leave next week for three weeks so I won't be planning anything until I'm back and comfortable with my junk being trail ready.
H20 Toie
1/2 ton status
I heard that the Rubicon might not be open this year, they got so much snow
it's open and a few made it through as of last weekend.
I read this last month. Nothing sense.
Yesterday, May 22, 2017, the El Dorado County Parks Department closed the Rubicon Trail from Wentworth Springs Campground to the County Line at the north end of Rubicon Springs. The closure is due to the large volume of water on the trail, specifically the water depth at Soup Bowl, one of the monitoring areas outlined in Exhibit C of the 2012 Rubicon Trail Easement. The water there is several feet deep and more than 10 feet wide, which meets the closure criteria.
In the past, closures of this type occurred due to water depth at Winter Camp. The good news is that after the work done by Friends of the Rubicon and the County last season, Winter Camp is looking good…the water depth there is not enough to meet closure criteria.
It appears that the deep water at Soup is due to an ice dam at the outlet and that ice dam has caused the drainage to be clogged by debris. RTF has been talking to the County and working with them to formulate a solution as soon as possible. We hope that the trail will be open by June 1st.
John Arenz
President
Rubicon Trail Foundation
Yesterday, May 22, 2017, the El Dorado County Parks Department closed the Rubicon Trail from Wentworth Springs Campground to the County Line at the north end of Rubicon Springs. The closure is due to the large volume of water on the trail, specifically the water depth at Soup Bowl, one of the monitoring areas outlined in Exhibit C of the 2012 Rubicon Trail Easement. The water there is several feet deep and more than 10 feet wide, which meets the closure criteria.
In the past, closures of this type occurred due to water depth at Winter Camp. The good news is that after the work done by Friends of the Rubicon and the County last season, Winter Camp is looking good…the water depth there is not enough to meet closure criteria.
It appears that the deep water at Soup is due to an ice dam at the outlet and that ice dam has caused the drainage to be clogged by debris. RTF has been talking to the County and working with them to formulate a solution as soon as possible. We hope that the trail will be open by June 1st.
John Arenz
President
Rubicon Trail Foundation
that was fixed within a few days and the trail was back open.
some pics of the Tahoe side that FOTR posted on bookface
The downed trees have created a mess too.
Dang!
Ah man I bet that snow is horrible right now. Tree hole wheelin
Sure looks different from last August. The dust was miserable.
with a river running through it. Heard there is a 5' boulder in the middle of Cadillac hill.
brown buggers
Did you mean "brown boogers"? Took me a minute to figure out what you were talking about.
Ah man a bunch of people are going up this weekend
I just ran the trail in my blazer with a few buddies...it's open
Any pictures?
Unfortunately I don't know how to do that...lol
I think I got it figured out...need to upload more pics, here is one for now...
