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| RoadGlue |
 Mar 19 2010, 04:24 PM
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Sonoma County Gear Head  Group: Admin Posts: 2,033 Joined: 8-January 03 From: Santa Rosa, CA Member No.: 108 Region Association: Northern California 
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Morning: optional short drive Saturday Morning: Targa Tahoe drive gathering on the ramp. How long and how many miles should the drive on Friday morning be? My feeling is that we should do some sort of drive either around the entire lake (about 2.5 hrs with stops and traffic) or at least a drive over to Emerald Bay and back. It's a Tahoe event, so the lake shouldn't be totally ignored, right? I realize that this isn't going to be a sporty/speedy drive due to traffic. It's certainly more of a scenic tour than anything else. Here's the lake loop: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source...695572&z=11 The shorter route, up the west shore and back: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source...695572&z=11 These are rough routes, not from the hotel (just the city), so please don't repost them. I'll explore the longer route for Sat next. |
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| RoadGlue |
Mar 19 2010, 04:51 PM
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Sonoma County Gear Head Group: Admin Posts: 2,033 Joined: 8-January 03 From: Santa Rosa, CA Member No.: 108 Region Association: Northern California
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Alright, so there isn't a "perfect" long route up there, but there are some amazing drives.
This one will be around 2+ hours of driving, which means we could just do lunch on the way back. It goes right by heavenly on the way back, so maybe we could get a meal there. I'm sure the views would be stellar! South Lake Tahoe to Hope Valley, a few miles down 88, and then over to Markleeville via 89. These roads are AWESOME. There's a general store in Markleeville, as well as bathroom, etc. Not sure about fuel. Continuing on, we follow the Yuba River along a ton of twisties. We then break off and go up and over Monitor Pass (9k'!!!) and then town into the desert. The only bad part is that then we have to go up 22 miles on 395. Not terribly exciting. We then cut back over to the mountains and come up over Kingsbury Grade Road (again - AWESOME) and come up over to an amazing view of the lake. This is where Heavenly is too. It's on a few minutes from there back to South Lake. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source...695572&z=11 My concerns are that this route may be too short, though it's fun packed. It's about 100 miles. The other problem is that Monitor Pass may still be closed in May. I'll look that info up now. I'll put an alternate route together in a moment. |
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RoadGlue Two tours, two routes Mar 19 2010, 04:24 PM
RoadGlue Monitor pass will be open:
http://www.dot.ca.gov/h... Mar 19 2010, 04:54 PM ConeDodger Randy,
I agree. We ought to show them the lake. Ho... Mar 19 2010, 05:01 PM
RoadGlue
Randy,
I agree. We ought to show them the lake. H... Mar 19 2010, 05:06 PM RoadGlue I know some people are not interested in going to ... Mar 19 2010, 05:05 PM RoadGlue Oh, monitor pass is 'only' 8314'! ... Mar 19 2010, 05:08 PM ConeDodger Randy,
I am thinking we can put some sizzle in th... Mar 21 2010, 06:37 PM RoadGlue I like it! Good idea. :) Mar 22 2010, 11:38 AM McMark Wait... whaaaaaa...... :blink: Mar 23 2010, 07:10 PM |
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