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Pictures and Videos of Cleghorn Trail Run
Twenty five rigs plus several “maybes” signed up for the run. It was good that we agreed to split into two groups and that Kurt (Rat Patrol) and Danny (Freeway Dan) agreed to lead the groups. By 9:30 am we had about a dozen rigs in the McDonald’s parking lot, so Rat Patrol led them down to the trailhead (Cleghorn Road at I-15) to air down and have their drivers’ meeting while Danny waited at the McDonalds for the rest of the rigs to show up. Kurt had twelve rigs in his group. They left the trailhead shortly before 10:00 am. At 10:00 am, Danny led the rest of us to the trailhead. We aired down, held the drivers’ meeting and left about twenty minutes later.
The first part of the trail (2N47) is easy. I’m not sure about the identity of each rig, so please post a correction as necessary. I believe that we have (front to rear) Jimmyrig (silver TJ), Rudy (Swbooking’s guest in the white YJ), Chalito (Swbooking’s guest in the blue Scrambler), Swbooking (black XJ), Art (in the khaki Scrambler, partially hidden behind Cat, we met him at McDonald’s and invited him to join us), and Cat (Green TJ Sahara).
This is Cat on the “extra credit” section of the trail (X2W47):
As we ascended Cleghorn Ridge, we entered the clouds. In this video, you can see wisps of cloud as Swbooking (black XJ), Art (khaki Scrambler) and Cat (Green TJ Sahara) made their way up the trail.
This is Danny on a particularly difficult section of the trail:
This is Art’s Scrambler. Art just finished restoring this Scrambler, and this was the first time he had it on the trail. The CB chatter in this video came from elsewhere on the trail:
We bypassed a stuck full-size Toyota pickup truck that was on the trail, and two groups had merged into one. There were a few muddy sections on the trail, due to Thursday’s rain and snow:
I can’t begin to try to identify the rigs in this photo:
Nearly everyone tried this obstacle:
This is the same obstacle from above:
We stopped in a wind sheltered stretch of the trail overlooking Silverwood Lake for lunch. We exited the trail at Silverwood Lake shortly after 2:00 pm. Thirteen rigs continued onto 2N17X, the rest aired up and returned home.
The Cleghorn Ridge trail (2N47) and the many bypasses and alternate routes are among the routes whose status may change as the result of the San Bernardino National Forest Route Designation process. Many of the alternate “extra credit” routes are classified as “unauthorized” trails and are too narrow and/or too steep to meet the criteria for Jeep trails. Under the Proposed Route Designations, some of those unauthorized trails may be reclassified for “green sticker” use, which would allow for motorcycles and ATVs, but not Jeeps (or Toyota Tacomas
). The remainder of those unauthorized bypasses will be closed. None of the alternate “extra credit” routes appear to be wide enough to be reclassified for “street legal” i.e., Jeep use without major upgrades. Strangely enough, the existing 2N47 road is passable by a standard passenger car, yet the proposed Route Designation reclassifies it as a “green sticker” route, so Jeeps would not be allowed on it.
Twenty five rigs plus several “maybes” signed up for the run. It was good that we agreed to split into two groups and that Kurt (Rat Patrol) and Danny (Freeway Dan) agreed to lead the groups. By 9:30 am we had about a dozen rigs in the McDonald’s parking lot, so Rat Patrol led them down to the trailhead (Cleghorn Road at I-15) to air down and have their drivers’ meeting while Danny waited at the McDonalds for the rest of the rigs to show up. Kurt had twelve rigs in his group. They left the trailhead shortly before 10:00 am. At 10:00 am, Danny led the rest of us to the trailhead. We aired down, held the drivers’ meeting and left about twenty minutes later.
The first part of the trail (2N47) is easy. I’m not sure about the identity of each rig, so please post a correction as necessary. I believe that we have (front to rear) Jimmyrig (silver TJ), Rudy (Swbooking’s guest in the white YJ), Chalito (Swbooking’s guest in the blue Scrambler), Swbooking (black XJ), Art (in the khaki Scrambler, partially hidden behind Cat, we met him at McDonald’s and invited him to join us), and Cat (Green TJ Sahara).
This is Cat on the “extra credit” section of the trail (X2W47):
As we ascended Cleghorn Ridge, we entered the clouds. In this video, you can see wisps of cloud as Swbooking (black XJ), Art (khaki Scrambler) and Cat (Green TJ Sahara) made their way up the trail.
This is Danny on a particularly difficult section of the trail:
This is Art’s Scrambler. Art just finished restoring this Scrambler, and this was the first time he had it on the trail. The CB chatter in this video came from elsewhere on the trail:
We bypassed a stuck full-size Toyota pickup truck that was on the trail, and two groups had merged into one. There were a few muddy sections on the trail, due to Thursday’s rain and snow:
I can’t begin to try to identify the rigs in this photo:
Nearly everyone tried this obstacle:
This is the same obstacle from above:
We stopped in a wind sheltered stretch of the trail overlooking Silverwood Lake for lunch. We exited the trail at Silverwood Lake shortly after 2:00 pm. Thirteen rigs continued onto 2N17X, the rest aired up and returned home.
The Cleghorn Ridge trail (2N47) and the many bypasses and alternate routes are among the routes whose status may change as the result of the San Bernardino National Forest Route Designation process. Many of the alternate “extra credit” routes are classified as “unauthorized” trails and are too narrow and/or too steep to meet the criteria for Jeep trails. Under the Proposed Route Designations, some of those unauthorized trails may be reclassified for “green sticker” use, which would allow for motorcycles and ATVs, but not Jeeps (or Toyota Tacomas
). The remainder of those unauthorized bypasses will be closed. None of the alternate “extra credit” routes appear to be wide enough to be reclassified for “street legal” i.e., Jeep use without major upgrades. Strangely enough, the existing 2N47 road is passable by a standard passenger car, yet the proposed Route Designation reclassifies it as a “green sticker” route, so Jeeps would not be allowed on it.
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