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California mountain madness, feb 16-19, 2023

TalleyHo

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Hello All,

Would any of you be interested in a get together in the Central Sierra's of California? More specifically China Peak/Huntington Lake area next winter. Sometime in February?

There is no way it will be near as cool as what Pontoon Princess puts together and is not meant in any way to detract from her event. I have received her blessing on this.

The trail system in our area would allow us to gather in one spot and have access to 50 plus miles of trails with elevation changes from 5,500 to 10,000 feet at the top of Kaiser Pass.

If this gets any traction I would start discussions with the usual suspects here to try to get something planned.
 
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Pontoon Princess

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California mountain madness - 2023

CMM2023

I will be there, love the idea, great location, go for it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

get busy and find the coolest old lodge to stay at, maybe a 3 night event, fancy Nancy trail cafe will be open, and my guess you will have about 20 some cats, old grouser award will be made at "California mountain madness 2023", CMM2023, and pretty sure BSGzilla will be making its debut, if you get all the info together by the end of April, bet you will have all the rooms booked by end of May 2022,

lets make CMM2023 the best trek ever!!!
 
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sno-drifter

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Looks like a great trip. Last time I was to Kaiser Pass was 2014. I'm in.
Maybe skiing At China Peak too?
 
Pontoon Princess

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Gannon said:
Interested in the dates!
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oh oh oh , Gannon, this is your formal invitation to come to California mountain madness - 2023, as winner of "old grouser of the Year - 2022",

you are required to create the award for "old grouser of the Year - 2023" must be made of old tucker grouser parts,

no excuses, you are a member of the tucker mafia

already know of 3 if not 4 fresh restorations that will be making their first time on the snow at CMM2023

and sweet one, chadster, bsgzilla dude, your machine will be attending CMM2023, all you have to do is show up...
 
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I would absolutely love to come to this but the logistics of trying to borrow a cat from TLBFT and get there would be VERY difficult! Maybe we could just fly in? Would hitchhikers be allowed?
 
TalleyHo

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So... California Mountain Madness 2023 is officially a thing. Thank you Pontoon Princess for coming up with the name!

We have a date set and a place that will take us. It's a bit rustic but I think really cool for what we want to do.

Date set for Thursday Feb 16 check in Sunday Feb 19 check out. The Tamarack Sierra Lodge is going to be base camp. http://thetamaracklodge.com Though they only have 7 rooms in total, they have all been reserved for us. If we run out of rooms due to more interest I will work on overflow locations.

They have kitchenettes (no hot plates in the rooms) and 2-4 beds each. May wanna bring bbq's etc for cooking, they do have microwaves.

Food is available at China Peak Resort a few miles up the road or several restaurants and grocery store in Shaver, 13 miles back down the hill. I am going to host a lunch or dinner at our cabin which is shown by the blue flags in the picture. Not sure what day yet. If anybody wants to snow camp they are welcome to do so on our property. (If interested message me). My family and I will be staying at our place (rustic as well) to allow another room for others at the lodge.

We will have the parking lot to ourselves for tow rigs. And I believe we will be able to park along the road leading to it, should we need.

Access to trailhead is literally around the corner. There are trails that go from the lodge all the way around up and around Huntington Lake and down to lookouts over Shaver Lake. If we want to we can head up to the top of Kaiser pass as well. Most of the areas on the trails (except for Kaiser) have cell service which is handy.



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The trail system is extensive. https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5245572.pdf

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The snow conditions can change over night. Though the Forest Service does their best to get the main trails groomed it doesn't always happen. My plan is to get up a day or so ahead and knock down deep powder if necessary. We have had 6-8' dumps over a day or so. Hopefully wont have to so we can all enjoy some powder. Just a heads up. Many areas are indeed snowmobile trails. Though they have 20' right of way, there are areas of cross slope and incline. I would best describe the trails as mild jeep trails.

Couple of pics of the area:

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This is a dumping that occurred over night. Just giving example of what some February's look like.

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More info to come.
 
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Pontoon Princess

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I would not think twice about signing up !!!!

it about time "the snow cat jamborees" headed to California and this is a great place to have one, thank you Kenny T

again, sign up now, do it quickly or you will be more than wishing you had, this may be one of the best snow cat adventures

make your reservation now

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make your reservation now

please.....
 
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TalleyHo

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For those that are coming from other states.

California does NOT require you purchase a temporary permit for your machine as long as it is has a valid sticker from your home state. Maybe we do some things correct???

Please see the following link to make your own judgement.

ohv.parks.ca.gov

Nonresident OHV Use Permits

Nonresident OHV Use Permits
ohv.parks.ca.gov ohv.parks.ca.gov
 
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TalleyHo

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The rooms at Tamrack Lodge have been fully booked. Which is great! The people that manage it have two other properties they manage as well and are taking reservations now at the property they have in Shaver. 13 miles from trail head. So it sounds like we will be utilizing two properties for the event. I will work on a spot for those that don't want to haul their machine back and forth to leave over night if they wish.
 
Cidertom

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under 90 days now. any updates? I pinged california about non res permits, and got back a "they haven't even been printed yet" we're understaffed.....
 
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1boringguy

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Saw this the other day. Just over the hill. The China Peak summit cam doesn't look like much snow yet. But 90 days can make a big difference.

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1boringguy

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25-30 Feet 😁

"Our base elevation of 7,000 and peak of 8,700 feet ranks among the highest in the state, which an average snowfall similar to many Tahoe resorts at 25-30 feet." - China Peak
 
TalleyHo

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Hello All!

We had a pretty good storm a few weeks ago of 3-4 feet. It has turned into a good base of around 1' and dense at what will be our base elevation of approximately 7000'.

Beginning next Thursday weather report is showing good indication of snow for a week or so straight.

I will be posting more updates as we get closer to the event.

If you all have questions please ask away.
 
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