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Step Cal Desert Run

Event Details

Time: March 24, 2011 at 6am to March 27, 2011 at 7pm
Location: Last Chance Canyon
Website or Map: http://mapq.st/fEwxKi
Event Type: trail, stepcal
Latest Activity: Mar 28, 2011

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Event Description

Desert Camping, Trails and Mine Exploring.

We will be leaving Lompoc Starbucks, 1436 North H St, Thursday March 24th at 6AM and heading to Mojave. We will meet up in Mojave (location to be determined) at 10AM then head into Last Chance Canyon to set up a base camp, do some trails, exploring and hiking. We will head home Sunday, Mar 27th.

Everyone is welcome to join us. This will be a primitive camp with no toilets or showers.

Guide Books:

Southern California Backroads & 4-Wheel Drive Trails

Trail #70, page 241, rated Moderate

California Trails Central Mountains Region

Trail #23, page 139, difficulty 5, scenic 10

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Comment by CentralCalFJ on March 21, 2011 at 5:29pm: Gringo, you will be missed! Bryan, we will drive the route out on fri or sat so you can plan it for sunday.

Comment by gringo on March 21, 2011 at 5:01pm: hey guys, I regrettably have to withdrawal from this run, I thought I would be able to get the time off from work but found out today that I have to work Thur-Sat. If anything changes I'll head out there, looks like the rain probably won't be much at all.

Comment by NyNomad on March 21, 2011 at 4:33pm: is getting back on the main highway easy for my early morning wake up sunday morning to Fontana?

Comment by CentralCalFJ on March 21, 2011 at 3:46pm: Wes, glad you won't melt! We are going South on the 101 to the 126 towards Santa Clarita to the 5 south to the 14 north to Mojave.

Comment by Wes crawford on March 21, 2011 at 3:33pm: Dave what way are you going to get to Mojave so we can meet up somewhere on the way. Coming rain or shine im not afraid of a little water.

Comment by CentralCalFJ on March 21, 2011 at 9:43am: Great map of the area, print it and we can use this as a reference for anyone coming up late:

http://www.deathvalley.com/exploring/rover/lastchance.pdf

This is a good map with waypoints of the entire area, go to the last two pics for the Google Maps:

http://www.dunechasers.com/trip_report.asp?trid=7

Comment by NyNomad on March 20, 2011 at 3:16pm: i'm going broke buying stuff for this trip!

Comment by CentralCalFJ on March 20, 2011 at 10:03am: The weather report has decreased the chance of rain in the area since yesterday. 30% Fri, 10% Sat, 30% Sun. http://www.weather.com/weather/extended/USCA0938?par=yahoo&site...

Could keep dropping, looks like Sat will be great but that could change daily also. Try to look for the positive 70% 90% 70% for no rain.

Comment by CentralCalFJ on March 20, 2011 at 9:56am: We are going rain or shine. I have been on trips where the weather changes often, rain is on and off and we have had a great time, even wheeling in the rain to get places. There are a lot of roads, trails and things to do up the 395 also.

Give me a final headcount on Wednesday of who is going please. Travis and I will be in my FJ, we hope to have at least one other FJ with us, someone who will not melt if they get wet!