Dirt Devils Digest
May 2015
The Dirt Devils Digest
May 2015
A monthly publication of the Dirt Devils
http://www.dirtdevils.org/
Presidents Message:
May and June continue to be busy months for the club.
HDR is fast approaching register and join the fun.
The north rim run is right after HDR the views should be
breath taking.
We have an AAT June 13 followed by the very popular
John Bull run on June 27. John Bull is considered the
most difficult in the SB forest.
Get your gear together and bring it to the swap meet and
pot luck dinner on August 1st.
I encourage all members to get involved in land use
issues. Your voice makes a difference please get involved.
Government is run by those that show up. If the off road
community showed up there would be fewer restrictions.
Club dues for next year are due. Pay Emi:
Member $36, Associate $12
Optional: Cal 4 Wheel $45, CORVA $30
Did you see the article about Jesse May? Apparently, he
is the map whisperer read all about it at:
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/waze-659484-maps-
app.html
We now have Dirt Devil business cards to hand out to
fellow jeepers. See Mike Wallace.
Keep our trails open
Ray Kleinhuizen
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
1
Oh, Gilbert, didn’t mom tell you to be careful.
Run reports
3
Run Calendar
6
New Member
7
Guests
7
Club info
7
Cowbells
10
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3 - You are the spotter when someone needs help (you’ll
get a lot of exercise)
Chris’s Web site report
2 - You will get unwavering support from all drivers even
when you are hopelessly lost and confused.
Unique visitors
1 - You get to ride in front of everyone out of the dust
April
881
(this the only good reason to be a trail lead)
March
1012
February
925
Cal 4 wheel
January
1000
The Dirt Devils donated $300. Towards the raffle.
The most search engine referrals came from google
Jesse and Keith are looking for someone to chair HDR
next year.
The most club referrals came from:
Quadratec, Jeeps unlimited, Boulder Bars,
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
so cal car culture
Clear Creek National Recreation Area Bill Introduced:
Some interesting visitors were:
May 4, 2015 (Sacramento, CA). California Four Wheel
Vandenberg AFB; Broward County Public Schools;
Drive Association supports the reintroduction of HR 1838
California Department of Corrections; Navy Network
- To establish the Clear Creek National Recreation Area
Information Center; US Department of Labor
in San Benito and Fresno Counties, to designate the
Joaquin Rocks Wilderness in such counties, to designate
Mike’s ham report
additional components of the national wild and scenic
rivers system, and for other purposes.
DD Ham operators
We would like to thank Congressman Sam Farr (D), along
Scott Beggins
KJ6KBG
with co-sponsors, Congressman David Valado (R) and
Roy Chance
KK6RZW
Congressman Jeff Denham (R) for reintroducing the bill.
Paul Coursey
KJ6NNG
We look forward to working with House Leadership, and
Tim DeBolt
KK6TRM
the Natural Resources Committee and coalition partners
Chris Johnson
KK6SAJ
on moving this bill forward.
Dave Jones
KK6SAH
Linda Jones
KK6SAI
C4WDA has a long and rich history of motorized
Cheryl May
KF6WNG
recreation in the Clear Creek Management Area. From
Chris Slaughter
KK6TMR
1974 until 2009, the Molina Ghost Run was held in the
Mike Wallace
KK6SBC
CCMA. Many of our members look forward to the time
Rick Walter
KJ6NME
when the Molina Ghost Run can return to Clear Creek.
If you would like to show your support please contact
You too can be part of this group by attending a
your representative and ask them to sign on as a co-
Technician Class and passing the FCC exam. I have
sponsor of the bill. You can find the address of our
arranged a class for any Dirt Devil interested. The class
representative in the cal4wheel.com Action Center
will be held in Yorba Linda on Saturday June 6th and
About C4WDA. The California Four Wheel Drive
Sunday June 7th, the cost will be $65.00 which includes,
Association, Inc. (C4WDA) is the largest OHV group in
all books and materials needed. It also includes your FCC
the state of California with over 6,000 members.
test fee (test to be given on Sunday)
C4WDA works to maintain access to public lands and
promote responsible use of those lands. C4WDA is based
Top 10 reasons to be a
in Sacramento and has three districts to serve the state.
Dirt Devils trail leader:
C4WDA was founded in 1959 and has over 55 years of
service to the OHV community.
10 - You pick the trail (hopefully someone will want to
run it with you)
Contact: John Stewart, Natural Resources Consultant,
(619) 508-8840
9 - You pick the run start time and meet spot
8 - You write the run announcement
E-mail: jstewart@mac.com
7 - You pick the CB channel (duh 4)
6 - You conduct the drivers meeting (best if done before
you start the trail)
5 - You carry the Dirt Devils club first aid kit (hopefully
you know how to use it)
4 - You pick the bathroom stops (more stops keep you
out trouble)
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spaced about a day's walk apart across the desert from the
Colorado River to Barstow. Mojave's guided the first
European and American explorers to visit California
Run reports
across the trail, and it was later used as a mail route to Los
Huntington Beach Off-Road
Angeles, and as a freight route from Los Angeles to
Performance Center Launch Party at Irvine Lake
supply the mines of Arizona and Nevada. Present were
Sunday April 19th 2015
Ray and Karen Kleinhuizen, Rod and Carol Abbott, Scott
Beggins, Chris Slaughter, and trail leader Pete Johnson.
The old river route was taken through Twentynine Palms
to Route 66 at Amboy, then east. Route 66 is closed past
Kelbaker Road due to washouts, so the convoy headed
north on Kelbaker to I-40, and then west to Goff’s Road,
where we exited the freeway to visit Goff’s schoolhouse.
At this site the original Lanfair Valley schoolhouse used
between 1914 and 1937 has been restored by the Mojave
Desert Heritage and Cultural Association, a non-profit
group founded by Dennis Casebier to study and preserve
the history and culture of the Mojave desert. This group is
an outgrowth of the Friends of the Mojave Road, which
Great turn out and thanks to all that came to promote The
was established in 1980, researched the original trail
Dirt Devils at the HB Jeep Performance Center Launch
route, and marked it from end to end with rock cairns.
Party. We spoke to numerous new off roaders about our
Without this work, I doubt we would be able to enjoy the
club and Cal4Wheel and invited many to our monthly
trail today. The schoolhouse has been restored to original
meeting. We made connections with HB Jeep and their
condition, and houses many interesting artifacts related to
new Performance Center Manager Todd Mac Donald he
the history of Lanfair Valley and the East Mojave,
was welcoming and really appreciated our attendance.
including its early homesteaders, mining and ranching
This could be the beginnings of a good relationship with a
operations, and military operations at the Desert Warfare
local dealer that sells roughly 60 new Wranglers a month
Training Center established early in WWII. Outside,
and are dedicated to Off Road performance and
many old vehicles, structures, and mining and ranching
education.
machinery and implements are on display in various states
Thanks again to all Dirt Devils that attended:
of restoration or non-restoration. Notable are the replica
Keith and Sandy
of the original Goff’s railroad depot, a couple of two-
stamp ore crushers (mills), and a newly restored ten-
Dave and Linda
stamp mill. While there, Chris renewed acquaintance with
Chris and Allison
his old friend Hugh Brown, who is Executive Director of
Mike and Laura
the Association, and Hugh’s wife. It was a pleasant stop,
James and Family
with lots of interesting history and machinery, evidencing
Janet J
lots of hard work put in by MDHCA volunteers. After the
visit, we proceeded to the Casino to hit the showers and
Chris S
chow down.
And non member Guests
Friday we left the Avi at 8 AM and hit the trail. The first
stop was to be Fort Piute, one of five military outposts
Mojave Trail Report -May 1 - 3
established at the springs along the trail between Fort
Mojave and Barstow to protect travelers and the mails
during the Chemehuevi uprising. The Piute outpost was
manned from 1859 until 1883, when a rail link was
completed. On the way to Fort Piute, Chris led us on a
short side trip to balancing rock, a Volkswagen-sized
boulder balanced on a house-sized rock. I wonder that this
rock has survived the juvenile temptation to push it over
and watch it roll, though I may be the only juvenile who
is thusly tempted. After visiting Fort Piute, we
backtracked to the alternate route up Piute Mountain. This
grade parallels the Cold War underground cable route,
On Thursday, April 30, a group of Dirt Devil’s met to
and is getting increasingly rocky, eroded, and gnarly. We
convoy to the Avi Casino for the Mojave Road run. This
rejoined the Mojave Road at the summit and continued
run follows the trail used by the Mojave Indians to travel
across highway 95 through the Joshua trees of Lanfair
to the coast, and leads between year-round springs that are
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Valley, and across the old Nevada Southern Railway
Sunday morning, after breaking camp and indulging
right-of-way to Rock Springs, contributing some pennies
nature’s call in the privacy of Pete’s Plush Privy, we hit
to the tin can tree along the way. Erosion in the gulley
the trail again, headed across Kelbaker Road and around
coming down into Watson Wash has turned it into an
Seventeen Mile Point toward the Cowhole Mountains and
articulation test, and Pete and opted for an easy bypass
Soda Lake, with a view of the dunes of the Devil’s
down Cedar Canyon Road to the spring. After spending
Playground to the south. Chris advised that there is a
some time at the spring matching the south wall rock
natural arch in Little Cowhole Mountain north of the trail,
formation to the rocks on an old photograph (the sand is
and after close scrutiny we found a small window in the
about five feet lower now), we decided to head straight
hills there.
for Mid Hills Campground off Black Canyon Road in the
Providence Mountains, as we had been leapfrogging back
and forth with another group of about fifteen jeeps, and
wanted to get to the camp first. This we accomplished, set
up camp, and settled down for chow, a campfire, and a
good night’s sleep. The temperature got down to the low
fifties at this altitude.
Saturday morning, we broke camp about 8:30 AM and
backtracked to Bert Smith’s cabin, which we had
bypassed the day before. After the rockhouse, we stopped
at Government Holes, where the windmill has been
Soda Lake was as dry as I have ever seen it, with a brown
refurbished and sports a new coat of bright red paint on
surface and patches of grass. After adding the customary
the gearworks housing. The “Group of Fifteen” was again
rock offerings to the Traveler’s Cairn and gaining the
in close pursuit, so we engaged the afterburners down
secret knowledge inscribed on the plaque there, we
Cedar Canyon Road to put some distance between us.
headed to the Granites on the west edge of the dry lake
This ended at Kelso Cima Road, where the “Ten Miles of
and entered Rasor OHVA, bounced up the rocky trail
Whoops” begins as the trail heads across the Kelso Wash
through Shaw Pass, through the deep sand of the Mojave
drainage. I don’t envy the folks who rode this in a wagon.
Sink, and into the east end of Afton Canyon, where we
Walking would be preferable. Here the Kelso Dunes
stopped for lunch under the 1938 railroad bridge.
become visible in the distance to the south, and Cima
Dome to the north. About eight miles into the whoops, we
diverted south to visit a mine on the eastern edge of the
Marl mountains, and then continued to Marl Spring,
which was very dry. On every visit, the arrastra is more
deteriorated. The brass placard is gone and it’s base is
barely there anymore. We then headed west again,
stopping at the mailbox to sign the register and visit the
frog garden. Karen added a very interesting basket woven
frog, with a little yellow frog in its mouth, to the
collection there. The troll garden is doing well there also,
with a demonic outpost being added under another Joshua
Here, contrary to previous runs, we were serenaded by the
aways off. It looks like a “sports celebrity” and jeep
passing of three trains, two headed west and one headed
garden are also being started, although there are only two
east, all within about ten minutes. There must be a
jeeps there at present. We need to increase the jeep
loooooooooooog siding not far east of the bridge. After a
representation. After the mailbox, we diverted north to the
pleasant lunch (temp about 80° with a little breeze), Chris
Lava Tube and Aiken mine. The tube has caved in a bit
led us a short distance off the south side of the wash to T-
more, but is still dark and cool inside. Some trip I will
Bone Albright’s grave, which we pondered awhile (some
remember to bring a flashlight up the hill from the
research needed here) before returning down into the
parking area. We met a group of pickups and such playing
wash. We passed the buried boxcar and Chris led another
at Aiken, and then headed back to the Road and continued
foray up a slot canyon. This got dark enough to need a
west a bit to Indian Springs Trail, where we headed north
flashlight, and is nowhere I would want to be in the rain.
and up a box canyon in Black Tank Wash that Kevin
Plenty of evidence of the mud and gravel walls caving.
showed us a few years ago to camp for the night. Here the
hawk’s nest where a mother hawk guarded her chick
during a previous camp has been taken over by a crow
and her hungry chick. The crow is a lot noisier. Chow
down, campfire, and shuteye.
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Adopt a trail
Roger went to the Adopt-a-Trail meeting in April we now
have to put together a maintenance plan. It was always
required but Greg took care of it. With the size of the
program, he can no longer do it. Now need before and
after pictures for trail work. Greg wants GPS coordinates.
Alot of the money is from grants and he needs to prove
that the work is actually being done. Ray sent a roster in
of the people on the trail and noted to Greg that the plan is
being worked on. Greg said he would like a bypass built
at the waterfall for motorcycles, ATC’s and side by sides
We continued up Afton Canyon, past the Arbuckle Mine
possibly following the old road, on the south side. The
high on the south wall, and through the two Mojave River
plan needs to be submitted this month.
water crossings. The water here was higher than I have
April 25th
seen it, and one jeep got wet floorboards. We left the
six jeeps, picked up 3 and half bags of trash, more than
canyon at Afton Campground, headed out Afton Road,
normal.
and aired up at the freeway at Dunn, the end of 138 miles
of dirt.
Current hours - 192
No injuries, no damage (one interior mirror fell off), no
Humor
cowbells, no breakdowns (except for a loose battery
cable). Nothing but good trail, good camps, good friends,
A husband went to police station to report his missing
and good times. It is enough to make one want to sing.
wife:
Pete Johnson
Husband: I've lost my wife, she went shopping yesterday
and has not come home.
Corral canyon
Sergeant: What is her height?
Within the first five minutes, Gilbert got the first cow bell
Husband: Oh, 5 something . . .
and put his vehicle on its side. A couple of guests came
Sergeant: Build?
by with a full-size Chevy pickup. They broke an axle but
were able to get off the trail. After lunch, Josh, Gilbert,
Husband: Not slim, not really fat.
Frank and Cort did the Bronco Peak Connector. The rest
Sergeant: Color of eyes?
went up Bronco Peak the regular way. Mike high-
Husband: Never noticed.
centered and got the second cowbell. Mike says he
Sergeant: Color of hair?
deserves the cowbell cause the winch was on the truck,
but he states he drove off without its help. They got to the
Husband: Changes according to season.
top and could hear Josh's group on the radio, they
Sergeant: What was she wearing?
continued down the back side. The trail was a bit rougher
Husband: Dress/ suit/ blue jeans -- I don’t remember
than prior years and since the parts beyond are even
exactly.
worse, they decided to turn around go back down the
Sergeant: Did she go in a car?
other side. When going back up the hill, Danny got
himself in a bit of a predicament. He saw nothing but sky,
Husband: Yes.
so he let out the winch and Pete grabbed it and pictures
Sergeant: What kind of car was it?
were taken. Danny kept going and the Jeep came down
Husband: 2006 Jeep Wrangler unlimited , a new
without incident. No cowbell for Pete winching Danny.
terra flex 3” lift, a Rock Hard roll cage, a Genright front
Got back to camp at 5. Josh's group found the first
bunper with a Warn Zeon 12 series winch mounted on
obstacle on the Connector tough. Got to the Gatekeeper
front, BFG 37” mud terrain tires, painted black with
and decided not to do it and went back down. Went
flames, an on board air system, a Golen Stroker Motor
around to meet the other group on the backside and heard
putting out 300HP, a six speed manual transmission,
the other group but did realize they turned around. Went
hydraulic steering, an Atlas transfer case, Dyna Trac
on up the hill. Got to one part, Josh needed went strap
axles, Fox coil over shocks, Master Craft Baja seats, 3
himself out. Meet up with another person who suggested
scratches on the drivers side and 2 scratches on the
a different line. Ran the winch line off the other Jeep.
passenger side but no dents. At this point the husband
Josh starts climbing and sees all sky. Went to the top and
started crying...
it started to go. Everyone was yelling. The winch goes
Sergeant: Don't worry sir…….We'll find your Jeep.
tight and the other guy says to slacken the winch and Josh
was able to get through.
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23rd - 26th Jeepers Jamboree
Run Calendar
31st - 2nd Jeep Jamboree
http://www.jeepersjamboree.com/ Dave Jones will
Adopt a Trail meeting place
represent the Dirt Devils on the 31st
8:30am at Rocky’s Roadhouse
32150 Hilltop Blvd Running Springs, CA 92382
August
next to the 76 gas station
1st Swap meet and pot luck dinner
1pm dinner at 4pm
May
details to follow
Speedway racing
At Ron & Emi Webber’s house in beautiful Modjeska
Canyon (near Irvine Lake).
The 47th season of Costa Mesa Speedway
Drive a pick up truck with your spare parts, camp gear or
motorcycle and side car racing started up.
just yourself; bumpers, lights, wheels & tires, gas tanks,
for details go to www.Costamesaspeedway.net
roof top, alternator, drive shafts, axles, battery box,
22th - 24th Hi Desert Round up CAL4WD
suspension parts, springs, straps, etc.
event.
2nd all 4 fun http://www.a4fun.org/
http://www.cal4wheel.com/hi-desert-round-up
4st club meeting
Slash X Barstow CA
6th
- 9th Sierra Trek near Truckee CAL4WD event.
Dirt Devils will be leading Devils Loop Trail
http://www.cal4wheel.com/events/sierra-trek
23rd - 25th Devils Loop trail (M)
HDR Cal4Wheel event - Danny W.
30th - June 6th North Rim run (M)
Run leader: Ray Kleinhuizen
June
2nd club meeting
6th & 7th Ham radio class
If you were not at the Meeting on Tuesday evening and
want to attend the HAM Class on June 6 and 7 please
send me your mailing address so I can send you the sign
up flyer. Space is extremely limited and is open to Our
Club exclusively until May 15. Don't delay.
15th 4x4 Big Bear Clinic (E/M) - Mike
13th Adopt A Trail - Lead TBD
22nd Adopt A Trail - Roy
19th - 21st Forest Fest Big Bear Father’s Day weekend
register is open and generally fills up fast, if you are
September
interested register online at
1st club meeting
http://ie4w.com/page10/index.php
4th -
7th High Sierra Poker Run CAL4WD event.
27th John Bull (D) - Josh
near Shaver Lake
a Blue Diamond trail
11th - 13th Sherman Pass (M) - Danny W.
19th Adopt A Trail - Josh
July
Last Saturday of September Adopt a Trail BBQ
7th club meeting
10th - 13th Bishop Ca. trails - Ray
October
Easy run on Saturday up the White Mountains then will
do a harder one after.
6th club meeting
24th - 26th Adopta Trail overnight camp at tent peg
3th & 4th Off Road Expo Pomona
campground Big Bear
6th Monthly club meeting
run Leader Roger.
16- 17 Operation Desert Fun
17th Miller Jeep Trail (M) - Pete
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24th Adopt A Trail - Lead TBD
Marie Callenders. 5711 East La Palma Ave., Anaheim,
CA 92807, 714-779-0600
November
Club officers
3rd Monthly club meeting / run planning 2016
President: Ray Kleinhuizen
6th - Black Canyon (E) - Ray
kkfusedglass@roadrunner.com
12th - 14th Panamint Valley Days (PVD), Cal 4 Wheel
Immediate past president:
event
Jesse May: jemay.xj@gmail.com
Vice President: Mike Wallace proudpop80@gmail.com
December
Secretary: Cheryl May: jemay.xj@gmail.com
1st Monthly club meeting
Treasurer: Emi Webber: emiwebber@hotmail.com
5th Cleghorn (M) - Joel
Web Master: Chris Slaughter:
webmaster@dirtdevils.org
New Member
Adopt a trail chairmans:
Rod and Carol Abbott
Roy Chance: rchance@aol.com
Roger Mauer: rogermauer@gmail.com
Guests
Newsletter: Ron Webber: ronjp@outlook.com
Shawn Hennessey
Hospitality: Emi Webber: emiwebber@hotmail.com
Dave Mauer
Safety Committee: Bill Smith:
Rob Hill
Run Coordinator: Rick Walter rick03tj@gmail.com
Emergency response team coordinator: Rick Walter
Scott McClain
rick03tj@gmail.com
Dave McGarvey
the emergency response team makes themselves
Karen Hykuis visited us from Redondo Beach and
available to help with our adopt a trail Dish Pan.
members of “The Rough Wheelers”
CAL4 wheel reps: Jesse May and Keith Graham
Jim Leamon visited us from Redondo Beach and
members of “The Rough Wheelers”
Club membership
Andrea and Rob Fredenthal putt around in their ’97
Membership dues:
Cherokee XJ. They have made a few modifications
Dirt Devil annual club dues
$36.00
including 32” tires. Andrea said in her previous life she
Spouse
$12.00
worked at 4 wheel parts. Now she wants to go and see
CAL4WD annual dues
$45.00
what all the excitement is about.
CAL4WD permanent member
$675.00
Kirk Ferris
CAL4WD permanent member 12 installments
$56.25
Josh Reiter
http://cal4wheel.com/
Ken Jackson
Al Ramsden
Accessories
Mike Ramsden
Available at the regular meetings, see Emi Webber.
Ramon Del Toro
Dirt Devil Stickers: $15.00.
Marcos Del Toro
Short sleeve shirts: $15.00
Eric Yoshioka
Long sleeve shirts: $18.00
Sweatshirts: $30.00
Don Sunkin
Hats: $20.00
DD logo magnets available in various sizes for
Club info
$4.50 to $13.50 each.
Meeting Place
First Tuesday of each month,
6:30pm for Dinner & 7:30pm for the meeting at
just east of Imperial Hwy and north of the 91 Fwy.
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Awards
Run report template:
Run name:
Run leader:
Date:
Number of rigs:
Participants:
Members:
Guest:
The story:
Weather:
Cow bells earned:
Run announcement template
CAL 4 Wheel Drive, new member award
Research and/or Pre-run the trail route.
Create and Post a Run Announcement
Newsletter advertising
When emailing the run announcement: Please, use the
words “Run Announcement” in the Subject line of the
$25 for ¼ page ad, for 3 issues
message, forward to the webmaster and newsletter editor.
$50 for a ½ page ad, for 3 issues
$100 for a full page ad, for 3 issues.
Date/Time and Place for the Run
A full page ad also gets a Web Link.
Description of Run
Difficulty Rating
First aid kit tracking
Run Type: Base Camp, Day Run
FA #1 (red, blue backpack)
Directions to Meeting Place.
Ray Kleinhuizen
EXACT Departure Time from Meeting Place
Mike Wallace
Required Equipment. Open dif ? Lockers?
Is RSVP Required?
Josh Bleijenberg
Ron Webber November 2014
CB Channel channel 4, if to much traffic then switch to 5
Ray Kleinhuizen July 2014
and so on.
FA #2 (Orange canvas bag)
HAMM channel 146.440
Camping Location/ Directions/ Details/ Facilities/ Fees.
Josh Bleijenberg
Access for motor homes?
Pete Johnson
Contact Information (Run Leader
Josh Bleijenberg corral cyn then handing off to Pete
Phone Number & email address)
Ray Kleinhuizen
Danny Ward
Day of the Run:
Josh Bleijenberg April 2014
Hold brief driver’s gathering before start of run. Include
Roger Mauer Feb 2014
special instructions.
FA #3 (Orange canvas bag)
Assign vehicle order if there are vehicles with open diffs.
Danny Ward
Have vehicle with locked diff in front & behind. (If
Ron Webber March 2015 Calico
possible disperse vehicles with HAM radios near the
Rick Walters July 2014
front, middle and rear of the line.
Pete Johnson April 2014
Ron Webber March 2014 Calico
Encourage drivers to learn the name of the person in front
and behind his/her vehicle.
Assign Tail Gunner Vehicle
After returning home forward to the newsletter editor a
Run Report and a few photos. subject line write
“Run Report”
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DD Trail Ratings
Adopt a Trail
Trail ratings are subjective and weather conditions over
the years can change a trail. An easy trail can become
The Dirt Devils Adopt A Trail is: Dishpan Springs Trail
more difficult after or during rain. The trail leader needs
(3N34)
to be the final judge of trail conditions the day of the run.
Dishpan Springs Trail can be found in the
If any part of a trail is difficult the trail is rated difficult. If
San Bernardino National Forest near Lake Arrowhead.
difficult sections have bypasses the trail may be suitable
The Dishpan Springs Trail is one of the toughest and most
for less capable rigs or less experienced drivers.
popular trails in the SBNF.
E - Easy (Black Canyon, Mohave Trail)
The West entrance:
M - Moderate (Devils Loop, Miller Jeep Trail)
2N26Y is N34° 16.198 W117° 08.258.
D - Difficult (John Bull, Calico)
The T6 Bridge:
N34° 16.106 W117° 07.745.
(E) Easy trails could include these conditions:
The East entrance:
Any dirt, sand or gravel road.
3N16 is N34° 15.663 W117° 05.116.
Gentle to mildly steeper hill climbs, mild rocky
Meeting place
sections and/or soft sandy sections.
8:30am at Rock Road House
Four wheel drive may not be necessary all the time.
32150 Hilltop Blvd Running Springs, CA 92382 next to
Pot holes or ruts that require high ground clearance.
the 76 gas station
Water crossings are up to 15 inches deep.
Suitable for full size vehicles.
Low gears may be required on hill climbs.
Recommend 4 wheel drive vehicle
Suitable for most tire sizes
(M) Moderate trails could include these
conditions::
Steep rutted and rocky hill climbs that require careful
tire placement.
Two to three foot ledges to climb and/or steep down
hill drop offs.
Rocky sections that can cause body or rim damage.
Water crossings might have rocks and could be
deeper then 12 inches.
Brush or cactus may touch vehicle.
These trails will require low range gears, high ground
clearance and 4WD.
Skid plates and body protection are recommended.
Minimum 33 inch or bigger tires.
Recommend at least one axle locker.
(D) Difficult trails could include these conditions:
Rocks as big as your tire to as big as your vehicle.
Hill climbs are steep and may require extended wheel
travel.
These trails can have long sections of large rocks that
require careful tire placement. .
Three + foot ledges to climb and steep drop offs.
Body damage is possible and brush may scratch
vehicle.
These trails will require vehicle modifications such as
suspension lifts, body protection and skid plates.
Minimum 35 inch or bigger tires.
Recommend front and rear axle lockers.
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Dirt Devils Digest
May 2015
Cowbells
Old logo green bell
Josh Bleijenberg Corral Canyon 4/10/15
Josh Bleijenberg Dusy Ersham Sept 2014
Brown bell
Tim Debolt Rattlesnake Feb 2015
Rick Walter adopt a trail 6/27/2014
Josh Bleijenberg Corral Canyon 5/4/2014
Little Blue bell
Gilbert at Corral Canyon 4/10/15
Chris Slaughter Grizzly
Rick Walter
The cow bell rules are: If you get stuck and are unable to
Mike Wallace
move under your own power and need the help of a winch
Mike Maneth memorial bell
or you get strapped from one of your fellow jeepers then
Mike Wallace Corral Canyon 4/10/15
you have earned the privilege of hanging a cow bell from
James Eddinger Claw Hammer 1/10/15.
your front bumper. You must leave the cow bell on the
Castulo Olivas
front of your rig until another Dirt Devil gets stuck then,
you can proudly hand it over. This starts at the beginning
and the end of the trail, not on the highway.
Old Logo Green
Brown
Little Blue
Mike Maneth Bell
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printed: 5/21/2015