Sierra Trek - Now Open

[Crawl2Camp]

 

 

Planning to sign up for this, as it’s been something I’ve wanted to do for a while.  Any recommendations on run dates for those that have gone before?  Fordyce is the main attraction but I know there are multiple days/runs as well. 

[Jetlau3]

I may join this year . Feel like have to do it once after running the Rubicon 3 times. 
 

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[Jdofmemi]

I got my registration in!

 

 

[AJK]

Too many people. I'll pass lol.

[Crawl2Camp]

Yeah I already signed up also; the wife and I will be there.

[Jetlau3]

6 hours ago, Crawl2Camp said:

Yeah I already signed up also; the wife and I will be there.

Which runs did you register for on which days ? 

[Crawl2Camp]

4 hours ago, Jetlau3 said:

Which runs did you register for on which days ? 

I signed up for Fordyce on Friday and then the Outer Limits on Saturday. Was about to pull the trigger on the River Run, but thought I’d mellow it out so the wife can get some seat time.  

[fiend]

I'm signed up for the Friday Fordyce run.  I aways sign up for the Saturday River Run but I always end up bailing.  This year I'll pre-bail and save the $30. 

[BHaner]

On 3/4/2023 at 10:11 PM, AJK said:

Too many people. I'll pass lol.

We should just do our own run...  I am not a fan of these big events either.

[AJK]

10 minutes ago, BHaner said:

We should just do our own run...  I am not a fan of these big events either.

I second Byron on this.

[Jdofmemi]

7 hours ago, BHaner said:

We should just do our own run...  I am not a fan of these big events either.

While I agree, the only way to be sure the water crossings are passable is to do it during Sierra Trek. 

 

They have an agreement with PG&E to lower the water flow for the event.

 

It's a long way to go only to find out the creek is over the hood, when you have 40s. 

[fiend]

Don and I did it by ourselves one year. Totally different experience.  But Sierra Trek is fun too. 

[Crawl2Camp]

17 hours ago, Jdofmemi said:

While I agree, the only way to be sure the water crossings are passable is to do it during Sierra Trek. 

 

They have an agreement with PG&E to lower the water flow for the event.

 

It's a long way to go only to find out the creek is over the hood, when you have 40s. 

This is what it all comes down to, especially this year.  There has already been chatter that they may actually have to move the event date this year, due to the massive/late snowfall the Sierra has been getting.  Let’s all hope that is not the case, but we will see.  It’s definitely a good thing to support Cal4Wheel.

[Jdofmemi]

15 hours ago, fiend said:

Don and I did it by ourselves one year. Totally different experience.  But Sierra Trek is fun too. 

Wasn't that the year that the dam and power station was under repair and the flows were low pretty much all the time? 

[fiend]

1 hour ago, Jdofmemi said:

Wasn't that the year that the dam and power station was under repair and the flows were low pretty much all the time? 

Yep. It’s been that way for a while. Historical flow data is available and can be used to predict a safe time to privateer the trail. But there is a crapshoot element if you’re coming from far away. 
 

https://www.dreamflows.com/graphs/yir.063.php