ATV from 5Mile OHV to Little Sahara?

[BruteForce]

I'm thinking about making this trip (just for fun) on Friday.

Starting at the South/West staging area, ride straight south along the West side of the Tintic Mountains, drop down into Eureka (fuel up), cross US6, bank west and catch what appears to be a dirt road at N 39 55.417 W 112 9.956 and follow that all the way in.

I anticipate about 200 mile round trip and would take two extra 4gal Kolpin flat packs.

Anybody try this yet?

Edited to add: fourtycal: I picked up a second clutch belt, new tow cable and heated hand grips - so I shouldn't be needing a tow unless I blow my engine (AGAIN!) :ne_nau:

[fourtycal]

That trip sounds like a blast. I'll be heading south for the weekend :ne_nau: but I'm looking forward to a report. Have fun out there! :2thumbs:

[RedMan]

GPS log!!!

Sounds like a great ride.

[ExpUt]

Never done it on a quad but we do it on 4x4's on occasion. Lots of different routes to take, Allen Ranch Rd, the old railroad grade, south past Vernon Reservoir, Desert Mtn, etc. Wish I could join you!

[RugerShooter]

That sounds like one heck of a long ride, I have heard there are back way's into Little Sahara but have never looked for them, hope you have fun if you decide to do this trip :2thumbs:

[BruteForce]

Well, I got to 5Mile pass this morning around 0845. Loaded up the ATV and started to gear up. Discovered that I forgot my jacket at home! :frustrated:

Luckily, I had a hoodie sweat shirt in the back of the truck, so I could at least ride around and only freeze "a little". Temperature was just barely 35F. Discovered some awesome canyons and hidden trails about 5 miles south of the staging area.

http://www.xmission.com/~jamesk/5mile/5mile-1.jpg
http://www.xmission.com/~jamesk/5mile/5mile-2.jpg
http://www.xmission.com/~jamesk/5mile/5mile-3.jpg
http://www.xmission.com/~jamesk/5mile/5mile-4.jpg
http://www.xmission.com/~jamesk/5mile/5mile-5.jpg
http://www.xmission.com/~jamesk/5mile/5mile-6.jpg
http://www.xmission.com/~jamesk/5mile/5mile-7.jpg
http://www.xmission.com/~jamesk/5mile/5mile-8.jpg

I may make another go at this on Saturday! :2thumbs:

[JP]

Man, I wish I was out there :nod:

[RedMan]

Great looking ride.
Did you keep a GPS log for us?

Any chance you are tracking with the SPOT?

[BruteForce]

Great looking ride.
Did you keep a GPS log for us?

Any chance you are tracking with the SPOT?

Yes, I was tracking with SPOT. I didn't make the entire 200 mile loop though. As indicated, I failed to bring my jacket and it was just too cold (35F) to do that long of a ride and at the speeds I was going to be running at (~50mph).

This is still on the to-do list.

My SPOT log is https://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?&glId=1Rpz7Kc8VgmlpLjhf6DgqIQ1jPKz5yVX9&linkPwd=SUASPONTE!