Big Bear Test Run and Ride Report
Met up with some ATV riders. That dust up ahead is Shahin and Eric dealing with them. The dust was thick behind the ATV
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-Calvin
Highway 2 is closed and there is no dirt route around it with wilderness areas on both sides of the 2. From the Mill Creek station we routed down Angeles Forest Highway to Mt. Emma road and over to Big Rock creek to get back up to the 2. The ride up Big Rock creek was actually pretty cool. Never ridden that before.
Staging at the bottom of Big Rock Creek.
Here we go.
The ride.
Standing up and riding on the wrong side of the road.
We were a lawless motorcycle gang with a plan to keep doing this for two days straight. 
Staging at the bottom of Big Rock Creek.
Here we go.
The ride.
Standing up and riding on the wrong side of the road.
We were a lawless motorcycle gang with a plan to keep doing this for two days straight.
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-Calvin
Popping out on Highway 2 just south of the closure.
Big Rock Creek, Pinyon Ridge, Highway 2 and the Pacific Crest Trail. The confluence. The big thrill on this ride, for me, was getting out of the Drinkwater, Rowher, Lake Hughes and riding on some brand new trails. Here, at Pinyon ridge, was the start of the adventure in a whole new area with trails I had never ridden before. BTW on this ride we were following countdowns SMTS route #1 parts 5 through 8. This route goes all the way down to Mexico and one of these days were going to ride the whole thing!!!!
Are my bars to high?
Big Rock Creek, Pinyon Ridge, Highway 2 and the Pacific Crest Trail. The confluence. The big thrill on this ride, for me, was getting out of the Drinkwater, Rowher, Lake Hughes and riding on some brand new trails. Here, at Pinyon ridge, was the start of the adventure in a whole new area with trails I had never ridden before. BTW on this ride we were following countdowns SMTS route #1 parts 5 through 8. This route goes all the way down to Mexico and one of these days were going to ride the whole thing!!!!
Are my bars to high?
-Calvin
From Wrightwood we hopped down to hwy 138 to go south a couple miles for the start of the next dirt section. Turns out highway 138 is closed
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Here are my pictures, I resized them for the web to make them load faster so the picture quality is a little lower 
sorry it took so long to get them uploaded 
http://www.castaicdualsportriders.com/r ... 17-07.html
sorry it took so long to get them uploaded http://www.castaicdualsportriders.com/r ... 17-07.html
From here I led the group on a couple of wrong routes and finally stumbled onto the trail we were looking for. GPS is great! We never would have found this stuff navigating by map.
Sand! I was a little stressed with the camping gear on the bike but the bike handled really well. These dirt bags work amazingly well, maybe its carrying the weight low?
I-15 the alternate route.
Crossed the rail road tracks near Baldy Mesa.
Right around here I started having trouble with the gps. Turns out the ground wire had worked loose but we wouldn
Sand! I was a little stressed with the camping gear on the bike but the bike handled really well. These dirt bags work amazingly well, maybe its carrying the weight low?
I-15 the alternate route.
Crossed the rail road tracks near Baldy Mesa.
Right around here I started having trouble with the gps. Turns out the ground wire had worked loose but we wouldn
-Calvin
We road the twisty little section of hwy 138 from I15 over to lake Silverwood. Amazingly, slower traffic pulled over to let us by. At lake Sliverwood we took the broken pavement road off of hwy 138 around the north side of lake Sliverwood and got some nice views of the lake.
Eric putting some English on the shot.
I think this was the shot Eric was putting the English on.
Mark traveling along the route around Lake Silverwood. There was a lot of traffic on the dirt route around the lake. Once we cleared the lake there was no traffic on the rest of the ride to Lake Arrowhead.
A couple of shots of the ride from Lake Silverwood up to Lake Arrowhead.
Stream crossing just before Lake Arrowhead. Getting washed up for town.
On the way into Lake Arrowhead we stopped at the Malt Shoppe. Burgers were good, a definite stop next time we make the trip.
After dinner we gassed up and started looking for a camp site. As far as we know there is only one gas station in the entire town of Lake Arrowhead. Once out of Arrowhead we passed several gas stations on the highway on the way over to Green Valley.
Eric putting some English on the shot.
I think this was the shot Eric was putting the English on.
Mark traveling along the route around Lake Silverwood. There was a lot of traffic on the dirt route around the lake. Once we cleared the lake there was no traffic on the rest of the ride to Lake Arrowhead.
A couple of shots of the ride from Lake Silverwood up to Lake Arrowhead.
Stream crossing just before Lake Arrowhead. Getting washed up for town.
On the way into Lake Arrowhead we stopped at the Malt Shoppe. Burgers were good, a definite stop next time we make the trip.
After dinner we gassed up and started looking for a camp site. As far as we know there is only one gas station in the entire town of Lake Arrowhead. Once out of Arrowhead we passed several gas stations on the highway on the way over to Green Valley.
-Calvin
Camped at Crab Flats up above Green Valley. Campground was nice enough but our neighbors were running there generator until 9:00 at night.
Before we left camp we took a look at the gps. The power supply had been dropping out the day before and caused the feeble brain of the iPAQ to lock up a couple of times. Turned out the connection on the ground wire had worked loose.
The route from Lake Arrowhead to Big Bear was on major, commuter like, dirt roads. Here are a couple of shots of the route over to Big Bear.
Big line of jeeps.
Lined up to take there shot at this.
Before we left camp we took a look at the gps. The power supply had been dropping out the day before and caused the feeble brain of the iPAQ to lock up a couple of times. Turned out the connection on the ground wire had worked loose.
The route from Lake Arrowhead to Big Bear was on major, commuter like, dirt roads. Here are a couple of shots of the route over to Big Bear.
Big line of jeeps.
Lined up to take there shot at this.
-Calvin
Leaving Big Bear on the way to Pioneer town.
Trails were much rockier over here.
and more desolate.
We got stuck behind this jeep caravan for awhile. Gave us a chance to catch up on the pics.
These guys were truly inching down the trail
Cactus and pines.
and rocks.
The trails south of Big Bear where much rockier, slower, and more fun. We heard a report from riders coming up the trail that is was washed out down below.
Trails were much rockier over here.
and more desolate.
We got stuck behind this jeep caravan for awhile. Gave us a chance to catch up on the pics.
These guys were truly inching down the trail
Cactus and pines.
and rocks.
The trails south of Big Bear where much rockier, slower, and more fun. We heard a report from riders coming up the trail that is was washed out down below.
-Calvin
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