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Gold Lakes is a beautiful location with some great opportunities for wheeling, assuming you wait for all the snowfall to melt! There is a great set of campgrounds around the back side of the lake via an off road trail (see video). The trail itself doable by most stock 4x4s but be prepared for some slow going and some bumps and potential bruises if your vehicle is totally stock. This is not a trail for a hybrid style SUV or an AWD vehicle (aka Subaru)…you will need a 4WD system with a locking center differential…or a buddy willing to give you a tow now and again.
I made it through with the teardrop just fine :-)
I made it through with the teardrop just fine :-)
My original plan was to meet up with the Norcal FJ group (www.norcalfjs.com) for our annual camp Wampler ride home(http://www.wamplerfoundation.org/). Essentially we help out with transportation back to an easily accessible bus pick up site from the camp. It’s a fun chance lend a hand for a good cause.
Due to all of the snow this year the camp was cancelled, however some of us still wanted to head up to the amazing area. Unfortunately the road that goes through the camp was covered with a fair amount snow so none of the trails that we wanted to go on were accessible.
All in all a great little trip!
