any one interested in going out saturday? i havent had a chance to get off road since i installed my lockers. I was thinking of doing the Colockum and the durr road. i havent driven either road so if some one who knows the area has some sudjestions that would be great. let me know if there is any interest.

Edit- Saturday March 26th

March 16th?.....I think I was busy that day..

Went out to the Wenas wildlife area with a group last weekend. Weather was perfect, roads were very muddy in some areas, still a fair amount of snow up at the higher elevations. The Disco made it through without getting stuck so I was happy about that :)

What Benny you haven't done the flux capacitor mod yet? I edited the post to read the 26th for those with out time travel capabilities. Not sure of how or if i can change the subject line.

Rob, Thanks for the update. looks like you got lucky with some beautiful weather, hopefuly it will be nice this coming weekend as well

Terrance, check with Louis De La Cruz and Max Chapman on here; Louis was trying to get out before shipping out, and we talked about this area. I was trying to plan something but will be tied up for a few weeks.

Colockum could be bad with snow and Quilomene is closed, Wenas/Durr area may be the ticket. Call the Wenas office for info on what is OK to travel on on what they'd prefer you to stay off of if its soft (its all green dot marked but some areas are pretty vulnerable). (509) 697-4503. They're nice folks with good info.

Note there is still an elk closure on parts of the Wenas: "Each winter the Cleman Mountain unit of the wildlife area is closed to all public access for the protection of wintering elk. The closure begins upon initiation of supplemental feeding, typically in early to mid-December, and reopens May 1."

See http://wdfw.wa.gov/lands/wildlife_areas/wenas/ for details or better just call them

 x2 on giving them a call before heading out.  We did run into some locked gates which threw off our exit route a bit. This was my first time out in this area, so I couldn't give you any specifics as to where those locked gates were located.

 Grant, thanks for the info, i called but no answer, ill try them again and come figure out a better route. i will pm louis and max and see if they are up to going.

well not looking good for this trip. the snow level is supposed to be down to 2500 ft in most of that area on saturday. I have a loop in mind but i havent been able to get a hold of any one out there to check on the status of some of the gates. i may just drop this one and plan on doing it when the weather is better and all the areas are open.

If you change your mind I will go with you! 

Same here Mike!  I'll go in the next few weeks as well!  Just let me know!

im up for either this weekend or the 9th. or heck even both. i will try again to get in touch with the people at wenas and see if there is any where we should avoid. if i cant get ahold of them we can try the green dots and see which are passable.

i had too much going on at work and was unable to call. Scott if you are up to it i would like to atleast run the Durr Rd and the Umtanum Ridge Rd. there are a coupple other places i wanted to try out, we can take a look at the map in the morning and see what we think of it. for me it is quicker to get to the north end of the Durr Rd in Ellensburg. We can meet up at the starbucks right off of exit 109 (canyon Rd) on the north side of I-90. I will be listening to 146.46 on the ham, my call sign is KF6IAO, and on my CB on channel 5.

Michael, i am busy next weekend, but i think i will put a formal even on the calendar for the 9th in the same area and go off of what we learn tomorrow. Pretty much all of the surrounding areas are closed until 1 May for elk i believe.

Hey Terrance,

Its a too late for me now!  It is a 5 hour drive for me and I was planning to head over today!  Its too far for the morning drive n I wouldnt get there until noon at best.  Let's plan on the weekend of the 9th!  Sounds like Mike can join us then as well! 

My bad Scott. I should have paid attention to where you were from. Ok the 9th it is. that will give me more time to set up a route and let more people join. I will start an event.

No problem Terrance!  The 9th will be great!  Hopefully still very muddy!  haha!

Mike, can you tell me what you mean by "load plan"?  Not sure here!  Your Cruiser is looking great and coming along nicely!