San Jacinto Boulder Basin Camp Ride

 This is a two day adventure motorcycle ride around the mountains of Southern California.  

The ride is perfect for big adventure bikes

Ride day one is 123 miles and is a mix of graded dirt roads and pavement.  

The day will have two optional harder dirt sections for intermediate to advanced riders.

The routes takes us along the Main Divide Trail in the Santa Ana Mountains near the coast then over to the San Bernardino Mountains.  The afternoon routes takes us up mount San Jacinto the dirt backway known as the Poppet Truck Trail.  Finally we climb the Black Mountain Truck Trail to 7500 feet to our camp ground.  We will spend the evening at Boulder Basin Campground.

The campground is just under the Black Mountain Lookout Tower, you should take the short hike to the lookout.

This is what camp should look like

But check this out last time we were there?  Yes in 2012 it had snow on the ground

 and Yes you will need to cook your own dinner!

Saturday evening we will have a Pot Luck Happy Hour.  So everyone should bring something fun to share.

You will be cooking your own dinner so come prepared.

Evening we will have a campfire and tell ride stories.  Remember to bring some chair for relaxing after the ride.

Sunday

Morning breakfast is in camp, you're on your own.  Who is making coffee?

Ride day 2 is 122 miles.  We leave camp and ride through the town of Idyllwild then down off the mountain and the back way through Hemet over to Anza with option to ride the backside of Palomar Mountain Truck Trail. 

There are 3 harder dirt option for the day:   NFS 5S06 and 5S15(Rouse Hill) and Palomar Truck Trail

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This is a gps led ride, you are given a gps card for your garmin gps unit and a paper map.  

You should arrive with a friend or hook up with other riders right before the ride.  

All riding and navigation is on you own.  We do not encourage riding alone.

If you need help with your gps before the ride there are several people that can help you.

To Signup for this ride you must visit the meetup site.