yeah, on that. the western one was doable in my rig. stock xterra with 32s and a 2" Body lift. i declined to pass though on the muddy section cause my tires are worn out BFGs. a guy in a 4runner came up it no problem, he was on 33s or 35s. the one above the water crossing... sucked. a lot. but i made it up. But I also wouldnt do it again. what a fucking ordeal. I sheared a leaf spring on butler main somewhere and tried to find another way out. I saw a lot of gates. eventually went back through the river in the sunlight. FYI, there are enormous tank traps all over the other entrances and exits, covering what I assume were bypasses.
i'm heading that way this weekend as well. probably tomorrow morning, planing to camp somewhere east of bear/diversion. is there a way in from blueberry flats? i always drive past it but only saw motorcycle and atv trails. the gate's either been closed, or open with a white truck parked next to it.
i'll be in a yellow xterra. spare tire on the roof. light bar in the front, with my dog riding shotgun. will be on the lookout for two zuki's saturday and sunday.
^^^ this is the good shit right here. think someone posted it on this forum. totally worth the 14 bucks or whatever. super easy that it lets you switch between different map providers, and the backroads mapbook, is basically the equivalent of the CanMatrix layer in this one. offline satellite imagery from the ESRI layer is what got me through many unmaked roads.
so i couldnt resist, and made a run up there tonight after work. the technical parts, you just gotta him them right, look WAYYYY worse than they actually are. made it to the damn. next time i'm determined to check out that water crossing, and if possible, head to leechtown by vehicle.
a heads up for anyone attempting it, it took us about an hour to get from the beginning of forebay road, to the damn at Diversion, including airing down, and stopping to scope out lines on the technical parts. also, the maps dont really do it justice. the size of those lakes man. they're huge. give yourself time.
last time i went up to check the snow level and pulled over for a piss, and these two trucks coming up behind us. thought it was a good sign, other people out here. waved. then i saw the refrigerator in the back of his raptor. if you can afford a raptor you can afford a dump run. I shoulda got the plates, i would snitch so hard on that shit. I try to take a bit of trash with me each time i go anywhere. usually it isnt so bad, but i havent been all the way to the reservoir you're talkin bout yet. if there is a cleanup run, i'm 100% in. that sorta good will goes a long way.
yeah, on that. the western one was doable in my rig. stock xterra with 32s and a 2" Body lift. i declined to pass though on the muddy section cause my tires are worn out BFGs. a guy in a 4runner came up it no problem, he was on 33s or 35s. the one above the water crossing... sucked. a lot. but i made it up. But I also wouldnt do it again. what a fucking ordeal. I sheared a leaf spring on butler main somewhere and tried to find another way out. I saw a lot of gates. eventually went back through the river in the sunlight. FYI, there are enormous tank traps all over the other entrances and exits, covering what I assume were bypasses.
i'm heading that way this weekend as well. probably tomorrow morning, planing to camp somewhere east of bear/diversion. is there a way in from blueberry flats? i always drive past it but only saw motorcycle and atv trails. the gate's either been closed, or open with a white truck parked next to it.
i'll be in a yellow xterra. spare tire on the roof. light bar in the front, with my dog riding shotgun. will be on the lookout for two zuki's saturday and sunday.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.atlogis.camaps.free
^^^ this is the good shit right here. think someone posted it on this forum. totally worth the 14 bucks or whatever. super easy that it lets you switch between different map providers, and the backroads mapbook, is basically the equivalent of the CanMatrix layer in this one. offline satellite imagery from the ESRI layer is what got me through many unmaked roads.
so i couldnt resist, and made a run up there tonight after work. the technical parts, you just gotta him them right, look WAYYYY worse than they actually are. made it to the damn. next time i'm determined to check out that water crossing, and if possible, head to leechtown by vehicle.
a heads up for anyone attempting it, it took us about an hour to get from the beginning of forebay road, to the damn at Diversion, including airing down, and stopping to scope out lines on the technical parts. also, the maps dont really do it justice. the size of those lakes man. they're huge. give yourself time.
^^^^^^^^this x1000
last time i went up to check the snow level and pulled over for a piss, and these two trucks coming up behind us. thought it was a good sign, other people out here. waved. then i saw the refrigerator in the back of his raptor. if you can afford a raptor you can afford a dump run. I shoulda got the plates, i would snitch so hard on that shit. I try to take a bit of trash with me each time i go anywhere. usually it isnt so bad, but i havent been all the way to the reservoir you're talkin bout yet. if there is a cleanup run, i'm 100% in. that sorta good will goes a long way.