Sunday’s Bucket List 5/28/2017

Saturday I found out I had a Sunday pass.
Decided to cross a few things off the list :

Lunch at the Wrangler
Scout the Willow Creek trailhead ( Ketchum –Warmsprings )
Magic Reservoir & Little City of Rocks never been to either one in 36 years
I've been in Idaho.

Loop  ~ 380 miles

Slack waters of Arrow Rock / SF Boise

Lupines near Prairie

Along with Priming the Pump , Donald invented the Bacon Cheeseburger .

Buttercup still has a ton of snow on the south slopes.

Just past the Cherry Creek campsite the road is closed.
A few miles up the road there is a large washout . I decided
to turn around and use my time visiting Magic .

Willow Creek cut a lot of new channels.
I think it will be another ~6 weeks before the snow banks
are gone .

Moonstone campsite Magic Reservoir

Magic Spillway

Coffee break at Manhattan Café Shoshone , Idaho  .

Little City of Rocks , Gooding .
It’s looks like a lost civilization .

The Camus Prairie

Indian Country/Edge of the of the Big Empty–Owyhee Reservoir 5/23/2017

 
Riders- John , Byron
Loop – 231 miles

Byron and I took another stab at riding the Owyhee Tunnel canal road 
into Owyhee Reservoir.

 

Breakfast at the The Bowling Alley

I thought I knew how to connect to the Tunnel Road off of HWY201 ,
but we still would have to cross peoples yards to connect.

We rode back to Succor Creek and took the Power line road .

 

 

Owyhee Reservoir  .


The last mile of the descent into the canyon was steep and cobbley .
I found I had more control dead engine coasting , probably
because the ABS was disabled .

Found some shade at Snively Hot Springs .
I managed to loose my reading glasses.

 

Oregon’s Big Empty

 

Negro Rock
As we traveled through the canyon the bike showed the temperatures at 95F !
The canyon was also littered with dead cattle , probably winter kill from the storms .

In Vale I bought another pair of reading glasses then we dropped in next door
for a cold beer .

GRANDVIEW TMP COMMENTS 4/19/2017

Dear Sirs ,

I'm 63 , a 36 year resident of Idaho and have been off road motorcycling for 17 years.
I trail ride for recreation with friends and family. The canyons , washes and trails of the
Grand View area offer hundreds of miles of riding. The area has relatively low density of motorized use .

I prefer Alternative D with these additional trails added :

GVX1287
GVX1280
GVX1295
GVX1204
GVX1129
GVX1127
GVX1124

As you can see from the attached GPX files these trails are used to complete loops.
Note :
1) many of these trails a designated ATV/UTV when in fact they are single track
2) Even Alt D which is presented as "recreation" friendly closes 50% of the trails and is unacceptable. 
While not an presented  as an option my overall  preference is all trails remain open  and parking/camping remain undeveloped .
 
Regards,

John Aiton
6855 Hollilynn 
Boise, ID 83709
208-870-4392

 

Clarence’s Big Boy Birthday Ride–Grand View 4/15/2017

 

Trail Boss – Spode Daddy
Riders       - Paul, Clarence , Eric

Loop – 60 miles , I clocked a 20 mph avg which isn’t bad for an old fat guy.

We met at the Albertson parking lot to load up. Paul bought a sandwich at
Subway to pack for lunch and scored a~ 2lb bag of cookies ! 

We had breakfast at the Y-Bar, good food and sassy a cook.

 

 

I blew a turn riding across the flats , missed the big hill climb and crossed
The Oreana Cutoff  father south than I expected.
However , the guy’s got to see the Dr Seuss cliffs off Birch Creek.

 

 

 

It’s been a while since I approached the Waterfall cliffs from the South.
Didn’t recognize the trails or features but I found it !.

Clarence on a nice piece of single track.

HogPen has been washed since February.
The bottom near ranch had all the tracks erased . There were a couple
of new slides and the big one is easier to cross now. The sand is just as deep.

 

 

 

Lunch break after last set of ledges in Hogpen .

Descending down Doyle Mountain

The Doyle Cabin Trail

Eric and I in Vinson Wash