Thoughts/Recs/Critiques of My Planned Roadtrip- VisionQuest 2021

[bodywhomper]

Usual Beach is pretty amazing but that last 5 miles of dirt road can be a little sketchy. And bring your own water.

If you want to see Lost Coast, recommend access at Petrolia. There’s a campground at mouth of Mattole River, and you will drive past the westernmost point in the continental US.

I found the kings range (northern) portion of the lost coast (huge continuous beach) to be very different than sinkyone (southern) portion (forest bluffs with small sandy coves). Both are really cool. I remember that road being exposed and slow, but it’s passable. Maybe that’s changed…

[Djongo Unchained]

^^ what he said

no one is helping with the vision quest part of the trip
I suggest lots of drugs with different values road trips are all about ups and downs
you should bring a friend though, you don't want to be that guy who is peeling their face off at a national park ranting about ...

See, I pretty much assumed this was a given.

Are you volunteering to be Seano's wingman?

I'd run interference for a guy that needed a VisionQuest in the Tetons.

This is off the back of the Grand...

Upper saddle in the center, Enclosure to the right, summit to the left.

[seano732]

See, I pretty much assumed this was a given.



I'd run interference for a guy that needed a VisionQuest in the Tetons.

This is off the back of the Grand...

Upper saddle in the center, Enclosure to the right, summit to the left.

Wicked.

[zion zig zag]

See, I pretty much assumed this was a given.



I'd run interference for a guy that needed a VisionQuest in the Tetons.

This is off the back of the Grand...

Upper saddle in the center, Enclosure to the right, summit to the left.

Just down and around the corner to the right is the Enclosure couloir which is a little more protected from rockfall. But fuck the Valhalla Traverse, freaks me out.

[tgapp]

Just down and around the corner to the right is the Enclosure couloir which is a little more protected from rockfall. But fuck the Valhalla Traverse, freaks me out.

+100. Pretty scary back there. Met a few guys at the lower saddle who said that BIC was like a bowling alley. Yikes.

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[MontuckyFried]

See, I pretty much assumed this was a given.

For some reason I can picture a road trip with some of you going something along the lines of this. Haha:

[plugboots]

Avoid Winthrop, it’s full.


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[teleee]

Indeed, and that stretch is the final leg of the route proposed. I consider that the easy finish. From RS To JH, via 191 is cake driving for a tired pilot and gives you excellent views of the Winds to the ENE.
And with any luck, there's a storm brewing. Incredible lightning shows out there occasionally.

Not to mention a pit stop at Wind River Brewery to quench ones thirst for the final push.

[seano732]

Avoid Winthrop, it’s full.


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Seriously?

[ötzi]

He doesn't like you apparently.

[seano732]

He doesn't like you apparently.

He's not alone.....

[Danno]

I've traveled the west a bunch but not enough to be an expert and you have enough advice and then some, so I'll just say fuck yeah, seano!

[rideit]

Don’t speed anywhere even near Pinedale if you know what’s good for you...

[Djongo Unchained]

I got the Obligatory Pinedale speeding ticket on my very first drive up to JH. Rolling in from Denver for a job interview. As a Tram operator. May 1990...

Agreed, that Wind River brewery is a godsend for the last lap. I've ridden the motobike down just for a beer and back. Man, you can fucking rocket on those flats between Daniel jct. and Bondurant.

[Meadow Skipper]

I just have to say if you’ve never done PCH from Ft. Bragg to Muir Beach, then Pacifica to Santa Barbara, it’s kind of mandatory.

[bodywhomper]

I just have to say if you’ve never done PCH from Ft. Bragg to Muir Beach, then Pacifica to Santa Barbara, it’s kind of mandatory.

Yes!

And humboldt bay to Astoria is pretty great, too!

[seano732]

Man you guys are awesome.....

[ill-advised strategy]

"wherever my nose takes me"

Downtown Ogden it is!

[seano732]

Downtown Ogden it is!

Well that’s sounding much better than North Bend, OR these days……WTAF.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/18/us/or...ead/index.html

[seano732]

I will follow Djongo’s 550 plan to JH, maybe not in one push......Swan Valley to WF. Sandpoint to ST 20 West ..... Winthrop to the Ocean, follow Goldmembers route south....SE to Bend, then S and W to Crater Lake, and then?????
Thanks everyone, I’m buying any and all beers, food, etc, IRL.....I’ll TGR live blog when the blade servers fan is working.... Still tentative late July. Ish.

[Buster Highmen]

I will follow Djongo’s 550 plan to JH, maybe not in one push......Swan Valley to WF. Sandpoint to ST 20 West ..... Winthrop to the Ocean, follow Goldmembers route south....SE to Bend, then S and W to Crater Lake, and then?????.

Diamond Lake->Umpqua/Toketee Falls/Steamboat(stop for food and check out Steamboat Creek steelhead pool)->Roseburg->(North on I-5 to Sutherlin)->138 to Elkton->Hiway 38 (stop at the Elk Sanctuary)->Reedsport->101 through Coos Bay->Humbug Mountain State Park->Gold Beach (eat at Anna's By The Sea)->Smith River->Redwoods.

[Danno]

Seano, always listen to Buster's advice on these matters, he won't steer you wrong.

Diamond Lake->Umpqua/Toketee Falls/Steamboat(stop for food and check out Steamboat Creek steelhead pool)->Roseburg->(North on I-5 to Sutherlin)->138 to Elkton->Hiway 38 (stop at the Elk Sanctuary)->Reedsport->101 through Coos Bay->Humbug Mountain State Park->Gold Beach (eat at Anna's By The Sea)->Smith River->Redwoods.

[Iowagriz]

As you roll from Helena to the Swan Valley, stop in Ovando. Food at the Stray Bullet. Fishing advice from the Angler (I think you said you are fishing). Cool town that is on the Tour Divide bikepacking route.

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[altasnob]

I'd run interference for a guy that needed a VisionQuest in the Tetons.

"The Shoshone seemed to have been very spiritually connection with the land and this theory is supported by the stone structures that archaeologists have found in the upper areas of the Grand Teton, the possible use of these structures was for vision quests (a Native American ritual common with the Plains people in which young men would be secluded from the main tribe to participate in a ceremonial attempt to gain a vision of a guardian spirit, typically methods to achieve the vision quest were through fasting or self-torture)."

http://theenchantedmanor.com/tag/the...-grand-tetons/

[4matic]

Bend, then S and W to Crater Lake, and then?????
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From Crater Lake take OR62 and stop at Rogue River Gorge and Hidden Bridge and then head to Grants Pass and follow highway 199 to South Fork of Smith River. Detour from 199 to Howland Hills Road through old growth Redwood. You wont regret it. Maybe the rope swing is still there

https://www.nps.gov/redw/planyourvisit/drives.htm


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