Cleghorn Run - Sat. July 22

***uphill*** · 07-14-2007, 05:20 AM

I'm tired of watching the photos of everyone who went to the Summit having fun. Oh, it looks GREAT and I'm envious. I should have gone. I really should have.

However there are still a couple of us who didn't go. THERELAXER and I have been talking about a Cleghorn run Saturday morning, July 21 at 9:00 am.

NOTE THE EDIT - JULY 21, NOT JULY 22

LEG 1 - I-15 @ Cleghorn Road Exit to Lake Silverwood. (Maybe take a lunch break on the summit overlooking Silverwood since the lake is always packed)

LEG 2 - On to some Big Bear Lake trails. I'm going to do a pre-run recon one day this coming week and check out write-ups first hand. Those that want to continue on to LEG 2 can, for those who don't, LEG 1 will end around noon.

If you're interested, PM me or respond here and I'll get back to you.

This isn't any sort of club get-together. Just a romp in the hills for whoever wants to come.

**DominicG** · 07-14-2007, 09:41 AM

stick me on the maybe list.

i have to drop someone off at the airport sat. but dont know if its early day or afternoon.

thubub · 07-14-2007, 10:35 AM

Put me on the "I am going, but I have a wife and 4 daughters, and crap happens in a millisecond around here list". For right now I am going, sounds like a blast.
You might want to keep checking with the Forest service, they have been thinking about limiting or closing the trails around Big Bear and such due to the extremely dry conditions up there. That much said, I am looking forward to going on the 21st. TH

cantdrive55 · 07-14-2007, 10:43 AM

How difficult is the trail? This would be my first real trail run...don't want to get in over my head.

***uphill*** · 07-14-2007, 11:13 AM

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cantdrive55 previously said:

How difficult is the trail? This would be my first real trail run...don't want to get in over my head.

The advantage of Cleghorn Road is that there is the "road" which is a graded dirt road that you could negotiate with a passenger car. There are also 4x4 bypasses that are fun to run in the FJ. If you're uncomfortable with a rougher portion of the bypass, you can stay on the "easy" road for a hundred meters or so untill the bypass crosses it again. Everyone has to start somewhere and this provides a way for you to pick and choose (to some extent) which trails you want to attempt. In this way a group can trail together and not necessarily all go over the rough spots. The last time I did it, a novice driver in a 4x2 made it ALL THE WAY on the bypass roads without suffering any trail damage. So it's not a horrible trail. On the same run, RICOVERDE's FJ scraped the side of a rock wall and he had some paint transfers and a dent on the left rear of his rig. This was Rick's second time down Cleghorn in as many weeks and he picked up trail damage.

Some drivers air-down for Cleghorn. I don't because I don't think it's necessary and pending the arrival of the new beadlock rims from Walker Evans (on order through All Pro) I am running on stock crap Bridgestone tires and stock FJ rims.

That's about all I can tell you.