Nevada Backroaders

Okey Dokey, after crossing off numerous dead end trails I found one that will work. So here it is:

Where:

Mt. Irish

Meet:

8:00 AM, roll at 8:30 AM Saturday 6/26/10. Meet at the R Place Shell Station in Ash Springs, NV. It's 98 miles from Las Vegas on US93. 7 miles north of Alamo, NV. Take I-15 north like you are going to Mesquite or Utah and take exit 64, which is the next exit after Apex (exit 58). It will be marked with town names like Alamo, Ely, Caliente. There's a new Love's Truck Stop on the west side of the highway. Figure about a 1 1/2 hour drive from the Spaghetti Bowl.

Trail:

We'll go to the Mt. Irish Petroglyph site, the ghost town of Logan, the mill and town site of Crescent, and the Rosario Mine. The Irish site is considered one of the best collections of rock art in southern Nevada. The trail is very easy, I rate it a solid 1.5 due to the fact it has some mild rocky sections and a one lane summit at Logan Pass. But a 2 wheel drive high clearance vehicle can do the trail. In fact I passed 2 while up there. It's also semi short, so we'll have lots of time to explore the 3 'glyph sites and town ruins. But as always, bring lunch and other necessities. Plan on having some protection from exposure to the sun as well.

I shall put up another post with info for lodging/camping for anyone interested.

Some pics I took while exploring, unless you don't like spoilers, then don't click:

The Southpaw Mine in my pics will not be on the agenda due to it's remoteness from the rest of the trail. I tried to tie others in, but the area is very over grown and rough, and due to it's age (mostly mined in the mid to late 1800's) there's only a couple of spots worth going to. But anything you might want to know about it I can tell you.

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All Jeep trails had to first be Scouted.

1978 IH Scout II Lifted, locked, blah,blah,blah.
2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee, Her car.
1992 Ford F350 XLT 4x4

Forgot:

The Love's Truck Stop runs about average of Vegas gas prices suprisingly. IIRC it was 5 cents more than around the corner from me the other day. There's a Sinclair in Alamo, and a Shell in Ash Springs. There's also a dump truck stop in Alamo. I mean it's a dump, not just for dump trucks The Sinclair and Shell are suprisingly close in price usually, though the Sinclair is usually a cent or two cheaper. There's also a full sevice grocery store in Alamo at the gas station. The station we are meeting at does have a grill and can make stuff along with what they have already have premade.

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All Jeep trails had to first be Scouted.

1978 IH Scout II Lifted, locked, blah,blah,blah.
2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee, Her car.
1992 Ford F350 XLT 4x4

Count me in!!! I'll be there!

I'll be there. I love this area! Maybe a side trip to the Little A'Le'Inn in Rachel if time allows after the run.

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"Wizard Tom"

"Zeek, I don't think we're in Kansas any more"
"If I only had a brain"

I hear Idget likes his Alien Burgers real juicy.

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All Jeep trails had to first be Scouted.

1978 IH Scout II Lifted, locked, blah,blah,blah.
2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee, Her car.
1992 Ford F350 XLT 4x4

if you have the gas and time I really encourage everyone to get out there.

it's really a fantastic place to visit.

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ɹǝʌo ǝɯ ןןoɹ sıɥʇ pɐǝɹ uɐɔ noʎ ɟı

We will miss this run due to a Colorado trip. Missed last month because we were in Idaho. Setting sights for Ely in July.

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4x4s
94 YJ
06 Dodge Ram 2500
12 Tacoma

We are looking forward to this run. See ya there! Chris

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2011 JKU Rubicon "QuickSilver". Rock Rails, 4"Lift & 33's.
NBCC
NBMC
NBSC
NBOFC
NBORV

Sorry, unavoidable: I won't be able to attend this run. Family emergency in Oklahoma. Someone will be at the run to represent NVBR officers. Wish me well.

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"Wizard Tom"

"Zeek, I don't think we're in Kansas any more"
"If I only had a brain"

Hope all is well , Tom

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1994 jeep yj wrangler-"d.d." []lllllll[]
Retired Trail Boss and Website Director
Founder of Uncle Brad's Misguided Children
NVBROFC
Re-located from my beloved Mojave to Texas. Where did all the mountains go???

Sorry to hear Tom, hope all works out well.

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All Jeep trails had to first be Scouted.

1978 IH Scout II Lifted, locked, blah,blah,blah.
2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee, Her car.
1992 Ford F350 XLT 4x4

update on tom.
he made it safely to oklahoma this afternoon.
spending father's day and the rest of the week with his daughter and her family.
i have the waivers, sign-in sheet and the necessary paperwork for visitors.
any questions or concerns can be handled at the staging parking lot before the run.
keepin' it simple....
will be on time if not early to handle the issues, if any.
see ya there.

Won't be able to make it either. Had to go back to midwest to visit family and friends till the 23rd and I noticed two large fluid puddles under my xj before we left and I think one of my u-joints is going bad. So I don't know when I'll be able to attend my second club run since I joined!

Joe

Sorry we can't do this one ... same day as our sons pre K graduation... can't miss that!

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2004 WJ Grand, 2.5" BFG AT's, V-8 still building.

RIP: 2004 LJ, 8"Crawler w/Coilovers,

Unfortunately some stuff came up and I won't be able to make it I was really excited about this trip too. I wish I could go. Hope you guys have fun though!