Family Jeeping since 1957

March 17, 2007

This year’s Snow Run turned out to be one of the best runs in a long time.
The weather was perfect, the turn out was great and we even encountered snow.
The group gathered at Denny’s for a hearty breakfast before heading into the mountains.
There were a total of 11 rigs, 18 adults, 3 children and 3 dogs.
Jim & Vicki D lead the group and were accompanied by Scott & Laura V, Lee & Marla D, JP & Carole P, Glenn R, Tim W with Tom M riding shotgun and Marie D with Gary K covering the back door. We had three prospective members, Scott A, Jacque Y and Jeremy L.
Scott V’s coworker Tim & Jessica joined us for the day in their Toyota.

We exited I-80 at Elm St in Auburn and traveled along SR-193 to Georgetown. We made a quick stop, well maybe not that quick, for gas and munchies and headed east on Wentworth Springs Rd.

We stopped at Stumpy Meadows Reservoir for a quick visit to the outhouse.

We finally found some snow near Uncle Tom’s cabin and got to put it into four-wheel drive.
We had the opportunity to clear some fallen trees along the way.

Scott A has been four wheeling for years, but this was the first trip for his 2006 Rubicon.
Glenn R was also out with a virgin; he had his new 2007 Wrangler Rubicon.
This was also the first time in snow for Jacque Y.

Glenn assisted Jacque by providing coaching as she learned how to four wheel in snow. Everyone was having a good time, especially Tim, who could not resist the temptation to fish tail in the snow and break up the tracks the rest of us were trying to follow.

We made it all the way through Wentworth Springs Road to Ice House.
We stopped for lunch at South Fork.

After lunch our group split up. Some of the club members had to get back in time for the corn beef and cabbage dinner at Tex's. 

This left six from the original group and we decided to try to make it to the Wentworth Campground. Tim and Tom led the way, which was a mistake. When we turned off Ice House Road and back onto Wentworth Springs we encountered even more snow. Once again Tim began spinning his new tires and broke up the tracks in the snow. This made it a lot harder for the stock and slightly lifted Jeeps following behind Tim. We got as close as one mile to where the pavement ends and the real Wentworth Springs Trail begins. The snow was a lot deeper and because of the warmer weather we would sink up to our axles. Although Tim wanted to keep going the rest of us convinced him it was time to turn around.

On the return we took Ice House Road to Highway 50 since it was plowed.

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