van Epps Trail - Washington

[H3 Hummer]

The trails are great but the trip is worth the scenary alone. It's already turning fall.

More pictues at my website.

[canucksnaphook]

very nice scenery. i wish we had more of that country in central ontario (Canada). Keep the pics coming to those of us who dont get to places like that......oh and dont have H3's yet !!

C.

[Vincent]

Beautiful Scenery!

I like the look of these lights! More info please!

[H3 Hummer]

I got the light tabs on eBay - they are very nice and are secure to the bar. I put them upside down so the lights wouldn't be as hi on the grill. The lights are made by Vision. They were about $100.00 and are 6.5 inches in diameter. They go good with the chrome and the guards come off also.

[dochummer]

Where is the trail head located at? You said you were going north of cle elum somewhere? Sorry we couldn't make it. Took the wife to seaside for her b-day...

Oh, will that trail fit an H2?

[H3 Hummer]

I took Hwy. 903 North exit 80 from I-90 to Roslyn.
Past Roslyn 903 changes name to Salmon La Sac Road (just East of the lake). This is a nice two lane paved road with beautiful scenary.
It goes a while I think maybe 10 miles.
Name changes again to CleElum Valley Road but I never saw any signs of this change.
Any way, this road continues and drives into a little forest park.
There is a Y in the road and you go right on the Y. This is a gravel road that is fun and goes for a long way.
About 6.7 miles up this road you will turn to the right and enter the official legal marked trails.
There are several other trails that you can drive on but I am not sure if they are legal so I just stayed clear of those.

Sounds difficult but actually it was pretty easy to find.

The trails wind back and forth for a while at least an hour of off-roading one way. Although some parts are tight you could still drive through. I wouldn't recommend going if you are not comfortable in driving in some tight places or ocassionally having pine needles brush against you. If I were in an H2 I might worry about sharp turn radiuis but it can be done.

Let me know if you are interested. I saw to other H2's on the paved roads, not sure where they came from though (definetly not locals).

The drive on the paved roads is worth it also. The trees are changing colos and the cliffs are amazing, there is a dry river bed or maybe lake that has hundreds of stumps in it. Cool stuff.

H3Hummer@Comcast.net

[H3 Hummer]

anyone want to make another trip here?

[dochummer]

hmmm.... when?

[H3 Hummer]

I want to say in 6 months because I spent most of sunday cleaning my rig from the last off roading episode. However I would be willing to go anytime on the weekends. I am not sure if the snow is all gone up that way but I can do some research.

[fourfourto]

GR8 pics I noticed you have a custom molded licence plate .

[H3 Hummer]

GR8 pics I noticed you have a custom molded licence plate .


Yup custom molded - took about 10 seconds of work. :-)

I haven't found any current conditions on the net but left a message at the ranger station.

I might just head up this weekend and check things out. Hopefully I get a call back soon, it could be 10 feet of snow for all I know.

We went to Brown's camp this weekend and there is still a lot of snow but two weeks ago it was really, really snowy still (I heard). A week can make a big difference.

[DDWH]

sweet pics!

[H3 Hummer]

I got a call back and the camp is still closed due to snow - so the trails which are higher up are probably closed also. This wouldn't be the best place to go this time of year. I am open to suggestions though.

[NEOCON1]

nice shots very pretty country http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif