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  • Trail Report: Dusy Irshim trail

    On the 31st Scott in his Tj, billy in his Cherokee, Missy in her Rubicon, Carlos in his Cherokee, and I, Kevin in my weapon of choice, The Cruiser. We left early the 31st for a long awaited visit to the Dusy. Getting there Saturday evening, and set up camp;



    Getting up Sunday morning and repacking the vehicles we had our first problem. While my wife was helping to load the Cruiser, she stepped down on the right rear valve stem and broke it off. What a way to start the day. An hour later we were on the move and came to the real entrance to the trail, Chicken Rock;






    Which puts you on top of Courtwright Resevoir;



    We headed oninto the beauty of the forest;




    Some of the trail has some narrow spots;







    Scott and I had to do a little rock stacking to help Carlos through with his 31's;




    Unfortunatly there are no pictures of it, but damn I wish that there were. We got to Thompson Hill, when Scott informed me that I was going to have to tow Carlos up. That was a sight to see, for Carlos, as I could only see out my side mirrors, when I wasn't busy trying to get over the next obstacle. Carlos said shit was flying everywhere, and that was the fastest the ol Cherokee had ever gone. We spent the night on top of Thompson Hill. We broke camp the next morning and headed for East lake. Where we set up camp and spent a couple of days fishing, swimming, and for some working on their Jeep;




    After so much time together as a family, we decided to take a family photo;




    Scott caught his first fish;


    We moved on to Ershim lake, and mallard Lake where we spent more time camping. On Friday morn it was time to start leaving for the end of the trail. Only five-six miles to go. How hard could it be?









    Master of all;



    Much needed rest;


    Finally getting to the end of the trail, the girls were sad to see it end;



    The End;

  • #2
    Oh yeah! looks like a great time... nice family photos... can't wait to go for my first time at the end of this month! Look out trout!

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    • #3
      Originally posted by spearheadbill View Post
      Oh yeah! looks like a great time... nice family photos... can't wait to go for my first time at the end of this month! Look out trout!
      Hit East lake, really a nice lake, but make sure you make it to Ershim lake if nothing else. Really nice campground. Either way that you go in, Kaiser pass or Courtwright will give you a challenge. Nothing but rocks to crawl over. If you are short on time, then go in from Kaiser and drop down to Ershim lake, and enjoy. Think we saw maybe 8 other vehicles during our week up there. Kevin.
      Last edited by 1 Bad F N Z; 08-16-10, 01:11 PM.

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      • #4
        Great report Kevin. Looks like you guys had a successful run. Small world seeing you guys at the ranger station.
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        • #5
          Originally posted by dirtman13 View Post
          Great report Kevin. Looks like you guys had a successful run. Small world seeing you guys at the ranger station.
          Not so small Chuck, Mike and I had talked, and he invited us to join up with you guys, but we had our own plans. I invited Mike's group to join ours, but again, you all had your own plans.

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          • #6
            Fun trail isn't it? Especially right after Ershim lake campground end near the North end of the trail.
            I so wanted to turn around and run the last part of the trail the other way just for the heck of it.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by aw12345 View Post
              Fun trail isn't it? Especially right after Ershim lake campground end near the North end of the trail.
              I so wanted to turn around and run the last part of the trail the other way just for the heck of it.
              Oh yeah, planning on going back next year, but going to plan maybe a couple of weeks next time. Walked out to East lake early in the morning, and just stood there enjoying the quiet. How many times do you get to have a whole lake to yourself.

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              • #8
                We had pretty mcuh the whole trail to ourselves sa 2 wheelers and 2 rangers in 4 days

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                • #9
                  Kevin,
                  Glad you all made it through again. When we passed you on the way up someone was smoking bad. I guess that got fixed. Some of those pics could have been the ones I took two years ago. It's incredible how little some parts of that trail have changed. Pretty cool. Scott's fish; is that a brooky? What lake did he catch it at?
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by rat patrol View Post
                    Kevin,
                    Glad you all made it through again. When we passed you on the way up someone was smoking bad. I guess that got fixed. Some of those pics could have been the ones I took two years ago. It's incredible how little some parts of that trail have changed. Pretty cool. Scott's fish; is that a brooky? What lake did he catch it at?
                    Scott got that in the stream near Mallard lake. He wasn't having any luck, so he made his power bait look like a worm. Sitting there smokin, not paying any attention, dipping his line in the water, when he got the hit. Those little beggars are tasty over an open flame. I'm not a specialist when it comes to fishing, but some of the fish looked like a rainbow trout, then have another looking very similar, but the meat would be white in one, and pink in the other. Everbody preferred the pink meat.
                    Last edited by 1 Bad F N Z; 08-16-10, 06:18 PM.

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                    • #11
                      East Lake

                      Here is some pictures of East Lake. And just for you Kurt, a picture of the fish that my Grandson caught;





                      Carlos Nephew fishing, caught his first fish, and learned how to clean it;



                      Billy kicking back in a float tube;

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                      • #12
                        East Lake

                        Here is some pictures of East Lake. And just for you Kurt, a picture of the fish that my Grandson caught;





                        Carlos Nephew fishing, caught his first fish, and learned how to clean it;



                        Billy kicking back in a float tube;

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                        • #13
                          I love that trail and East Lake is one of the best places along the way. Nice catches that you guys made. I'm glad that you had a good time.
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Mike View Post
                            I love that trail and East Lake is one of the best places along the way. Nice catches that you guys made. I'm glad that you had a good time.
                            Thanks Mike, wished you could have joined us. Anything I'am sure would of been better than Jersey. Here is Captain Morgan, Bacardi night sing-a-long

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                            • #15
                              Wow, Great pictures all around. That whole area is my favorite place to be. I normally spend a couple of weeks staged at Camp Edison and hit all the trails. Im planning on going there next summer again.

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