TNF Grant Meeting – TONIGHT!
Posted: February 10, 2022 Filed under: Access, Maintenance | Tags: grant, TNF Leave a commentSorry for the late notice but I just found this in my JUNK folder:
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Feb. 1, 2022, NEVADA CITY, Calif. – The Tahoe National Forest will host a virtual presentation 6:30 p.m. February 10 for those interested in providing input on California OHV grant applications.
The Tahoe NF is preparing its annual application to the California Department of Parks and Recreation’s Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division. The annual application requests funding for trail and OHV facilities maintenance, law enforcement, education and safety, and OHV facility and trail planing.
The hour-long meeting will allow the public to learn more about the grant process and how to provide input.
The meeting will be hosted via Microsoft Teams (https://bit.ly/3s4GAx8). Those interested in attending do not need a Teams account to access the presentation.
“I encourage anyone interested in the OHV program to join in this presentation by the forest and district trail managers, and provide their ideas on these proposals,” said Trails Program Coordinator Joe Chavez.
The annual grants provide important funds for the Tahoe NF to develop and maintain trails and trailheads. This includes repairing winter storm damage, restoring trailside environments, covering patrol units, educating trail users and monitoring OHV areas.
When finalized, the grants will be available for public review and comment on the State of California’s website from March 8, 2022 to May 2, 2022.
Comments can be submitted during the meeting via the Microsoft Teams chat function, or via email to joe.chavez@usda.gov.
Comments can also be mailed to the following address prior to February 24:
Joe Chavez, Forest Trails Program Coordinator
Tahoe National Forest
631 Coyote St.
Nevada City, CA, 95959
Updated email address
Posted: February 10, 2022 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: contact, email Leave a commentTheOtherRubicon@charter.net is the current email address for this website and should now be working.
My apologies to those of you who have tried to email me recently and were unable to do so.
If you have questions or comments about the Rubicon or the content of this website, please let me know.
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Rubicon Ronin
Reno Off-Road and Motorsports Expo: March 23rd-27th, 2022
Posted: January 26, 2022 Filed under: Maintenance | Tags: answers, expo, maintenance, meeting Leave a commentIt’s on again. For the last two years, the Reno Off-Road and Motorsports Expo has been cancelled due to covid concerns. All signs point to the show actually happening this year at the Reno Convention Center!
https://www.lockettshows.com/off-road-and-motorsports-expo
The show is actually five shows in one: Off-Road, RV, Boat, Home and Pet shows. One ticket, five shows.
I will again have a booth with the Lake Tahoe Hi-Lo’s at the show to talk about everything Rubicon Trail. Here’s a shot from 2019:
I think this is from 2018:
Here’s the twist for 2022. The plan is to hold a meeting, Saturday morning starting at 9am, to talk about the Rubicon Trail. Entry to the Rubicon meeting will be free. I believe that a ticket to get you in to all five shows is only $10.
I first planned this meeting for 2020. But then covid. Since then, I’ve become burnt out on sitting on boards and organizing meetings. Now it’s 2022. El Dorado Couty has stepped up to take the lead on making this meeting happen. All of the governing agencies have been invited. User groups have also been invited. Local clubs should be represented. There has been a list of questions and topics for discussion presented to El Dorado County. Hopefully, all of our questions will be answered.
My assumption of how things will go at the meeting…
-Introductions of presenters
-Explanation of how and by who the trail is managed
-Explanation on how trail maintenance is funded
-Maintenance: who, what, when, where and how
-Possible projects
-Current issues
-Questions and Answer session
Hopefully, we will get all of our questions answered.
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Rubicon Ronin
Holiday Travelers on Rubicon
Posted: January 17, 2022 Filed under: Access, Travel | Tags: snow, stuck, winter Leave a commentAfter being stuck at home for more than a week, I finally ventured out to the Tahoma trailhead. Although I had no intension of driving out on to the trail, I brought the Jeep just because. The rig stuck on the trail with four guys in it were happy I did.
The neighborhood looks much better:
The berm is very doable and only a few feet tall:
But these guys needed help:
They had barely started up the first incline and got off of the compacted snow of the ruts and stopped.
A few gentle tugs backwards and they were free. I unhooked to get more distance between us and they almost drove out. They needed another tug or two to finally make the pavement.
The trail looks well-travelled but make sure you go prepared. As long as I was in the ruts, I felt very secure. When I got out of my rig, the snow off to the sides was obviously not firm enough to drive on.
The Sno-Park at Blackwood Canyon has been plowed out but remember, this is closed to wheeled vehicles until June 15th.
Be safe, be smart, don’t go alone, be prepared to spend the night.
Enjoy!
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Rubicon Ronin
Education time
Posted: January 7, 2022 Filed under: Maintenance | Tags: improvements, rig, vehicle, wrenching Leave a commentOkay, only the first half of this video is worth watching but I don’t have the skills to edit it. I wish someone could now add the articulation angle (pun intended) to this to really teach people how to build their rigs for the trail.
The order of improvements show in the video is not the order I would do them to my rig. And of course, there needs to be a balance.
I’m still driving a 2-door Wrangler. On Fordyce last year, I needed a line on my bumper to keep the front end down climbing one obstacle. The longer JL’s probably didn’t need that tug, don’t know if the 4-doors were getting high centered.
What I don’t want to give up is the mobility of the short wheelbase 2-door. I love that I can turn so tight on the trail, allowing me to take the line I want. My TJ turns so much better than my old CJ-7.
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Rubicon Ronin
The 'Other' Rubicon 