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Originally Posted by patkelly4370
Is the water crossing on the west or east end?
I need to check it out some day as I live 20 miles from the east end.
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West end
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03-09-2021, 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by ericantonio
Hi gangters
Anyone know if the trail can be done as a day trip? I've seen lots of multi-day trip through there. I just wanna get out of OC for a day. Thinking of leaving in the middle of the night/late morning, be in that area by breakfast time, and taking in an easy trail.
Is it mostly 1 way? Or can I drive a few hours in, turn around, and come back same way I came in?
Looks like it can be done on 2wd mostly huh?
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I just did the whole road from 95 (east side) to Afton Canyon (west side). We did it at a leisurely pace and it took a day and a few hours. We started around 10am and finished up around noon the next day. Total driving time was only 6 hrs 45 minutes at an average of like 16 mph, but we stopped a fair bit for pictures and such, and camped west of Soda Lake. If you drove it with purpose and skipped Fort Paiute, you could absolutely do the whole thing in a day.
I used 4 hi like twice on some rocky stuff, and on the various longer water crossings. There is apparently a nasty rocky hill at Watson Wash but I apparently missed that by accident (the route can be hard to follow at times).
It's all 2-way so you can go out and in if you want.
I have a trip report. There's no other specific route info in it, but if you want to see conditions as of March 2021:
March 2021 Mojave Desert trip - MeefZah
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03-10-2021, 05:33 AM
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Originally Posted by patkelly4370
Is the water crossing on the west or east end?
I need to check it out some day as I live 20 miles from the east end.
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West end. Both crossings are located between Afton Canyon campground and where you enter into Afton Canyon.
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03-11-2021, 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by patkelly4370
Is the water crossing on the west or east end?
I need to check it out some day as I live 20 miles from the east end.
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It is on the west but just know that it is not the same water crossing as it used to be. It only goes up to about the middle of the wheel. Still cool, but not difficult at all.
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03-12-2021, 01:11 AM
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Originally Posted by krhayes79
It is on the west but just know that it is not the same water crossing as it used to be. It only goes up to about the middle of the wheel. Still cool, but not difficult at all.
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Ya the second water crossing under the bridge is actually deeper. Couple of decently deep holes with soft bottoms. Saw a couple trucks get stuck in there.
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03-12-2021, 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Kamalani Mahie
Ya the second water crossing under the bridge is actually deeper. Couple of decently deep holes with soft bottoms. Saw a couple trucks get stuck in there.
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That one took me by surprise. Was not expecting that one to be so deep LOL
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03-13-2021, 02:24 AM
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Originally Posted by krhayes79
That one took me by surprise. Was not expecting that one to be so deep LOL
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Same haha. I lost my front valance in that one.
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03-18-2021, 01:26 AM
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Same haha. I lost my front valance in that one.
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sometimes you just got to "FULL SEND".
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03-18-2021, 01:33 AM
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RESPECT THE SEND. You also lost some skid plate bolts right?
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03-18-2021, 02:08 AM
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RESPECT THE SEND. You also lost some skid plate bolts right?
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not in the water, i lost it before soda lake on either the woopdedooo's or the washboards. Just happy that its fixed now.
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