Ghost Town Loop - Bodie

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Permalink Reply by JagyPNF on July 15, 2014 at 5:47pm

ive driven down the dirt road to Bodie. but i never did the loop. i would think its just a dirt road or something.

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Permalink Reply by Dseven (iain) on July 15, 2014 at 5:56pm

Yeah, sounds like that, pretty much.

http://www.off-road.com/trails-events/trails/offroad-travel-bodie-g...

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Permalink Reply by Shane on July 15, 2014 at 6:50pm

Yeah I was thinking the same thing, didn't know if there was anything unexpected or different routes you get split off to. Seems like it would make for an easy weekend trip. 

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Permalink Reply by Yose FJ (David) on July 15, 2014 at 7:15pm

I haven't done the Bodie to Bridgeport route yet. I have done the road heading south out of Bodie to Pole Line Road heading back to Lee Vining. Just a dirt road, well graded. Nothing special. Much like the road off 395, only longer.

I have also gone from Bodie east up over the hill to Hawthorne, Nevada during the 2013 Ghost Town tour.
http://www.fjcruiserforums.com/forums/planned-expeditions/158669-20...

On the main road out of Bodie to the north toward Bridgeport, it started out as a really good graded road, and got narrower as we went up into a canyon, single lane in some places as I recall, but all easily passable.

After we turned off it to go east over the hill, there was only one spot that was a little sporty due to a washout, but I was fine in my stock suspension. There were 2-3 cool places we stopped along that road.

Check the trip report in the blue room site above. The night before Bodie, the folks camped near Lee Vining and they seemed to really like it. (I met them on the road into Bodie the next day as they headed there.)

It would be fun to do the Bodie-Bridgeport route someday. Write something up afterward to inspire me! ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Shane on July 21, 2014 at 10:25am

Thanks Yose this is some good info. Still haven't worked out all the dates yet but this looks like it could be a fairly easy cool tip! 

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Permalink Reply by tsy87 on July 17, 2014 at 8:21am

I've been wanting to check that place out!

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Permalink Reply by lockjaw23 on July 18, 2014 at 8:18pm

Just took this route over the 4th with a member from the Vegas FJs. Took Masonic rd to Chemung mine, Masonic and on to Bodie. Full day trip. Also hit the Log Cabin Mine above Lee Vining which is a must see. 

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Permalink Reply by Shane on July 21, 2014 at 10:25am

Did you guys camp anywhere?  

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Permalink Reply by lockjaw23 on July 21, 2014 at 6:15pm

He and his wife had room at June Lake so i just "camped" in the hotel parking lot. There is some camping at Masonic off the main road down by the stream, never camped there but it looks like a nice area and would break up the trip so you are not driving all day. I've also camped at Lundy Lake which is nice. June Lake is more commercialized but they do have a brewery that just opened up which i recommend also.

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Permalink Reply by Shane on July 24, 2014 at 2:08pm

Great thanks for the info. Haven't been able to lock in a weekend to do this yet, but going to work on fitting it in this summer. A brewery is always an added bonus!!! 

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