The second annual joint CA, AZ & NV chapters trail run to be held at the Sleeping Princess OHV trail off highway 68 near Laughlin NV. This location is roughly 2 hours from Las Vegas, 4 hours from Phoenix, 5 hours from LA and 6 hours from Tucson. This trail is listed as difficult, "This is a nasty, dangerous trail that should be driven with at least two vehicles. ..." There is also an optional loop known as the Bob Miller extension for those who need more of a challenge or prefer a free ride home from AAA. Here is a :link: to last years trail report and a:link: to the BLM page on Sleeping Princess.
We will run the trail like we last year, climbing 1,600 ft to the summit in 7.2 miles. We will pause in the middle to allows those who want to to try the Bob Miller Extension.
Since it gets hot in Western Arizona in the summer, we are scheduling this trip for November 2rd, which should provide average high temperatures in the 74F to 88F range. We would stay overnight in Laughlin Friday night November 1, 2012. Sunrise in Laughlin NV on November 2rd is 7:00 AM (pacific daylight time - PDT) which is also 7:00 AM (Mountain Standard Time - MST) in Arizona and sunset is 5:44 PM PDT (5:44 PM MST) providing only 10 hours and 44 minutes of daylight, so we will meet at mile marker #8 on the North side of highway 68 (GPS 35.196256,-114.433288) at 7:30 Pacific Standard Time (PST) which is 7:30 Mountain Standard Time (MST) to air down and start the trail at 8:00 AM PST (8:00 AM MST), providing 9 hours and 44 minutes of daylight. For those who choose to stay overnight Saturday night we'll meet for dinner. Sunday we'll do an optional trail run before heading home.
If we get enough people (15 to 20 rooms) I'll made arrangements for a group rate at the Tropicana.
Attendance list.
Tentative
We will run the trail like we last year, climbing 1,600 ft to the summit in 7.2 miles. We will pause in the middle to allows those who want to to try the Bob Miller Extension.
Since it gets hot in Western Arizona in the summer, we are scheduling this trip for November 2rd, which should provide average high temperatures in the 74F to 88F range. We would stay overnight in Laughlin Friday night November 1, 2012. Sunrise in Laughlin NV on November 2rd is 7:00 AM (pacific daylight time - PDT) which is also 7:00 AM (Mountain Standard Time - MST) in Arizona and sunset is 5:44 PM PDT (5:44 PM MST) providing only 10 hours and 44 minutes of daylight, so we will meet at mile marker #8 on the North side of highway 68 (GPS 35.196256,-114.433288) at 7:30 Pacific Standard Time (PST) which is 7:30 Mountain Standard Time (MST) to air down and start the trail at 8:00 AM PST (8:00 AM MST), providing 9 hours and 44 minutes of daylight. For those who choose to stay overnight Saturday night we'll meet for dinner. Sunday we'll do an optional trail run before heading home.
If we get enough people (15 to 20 rooms) I'll made arrangements for a group rate at the Tropicana.
Attendance list.
| Attendees: | Vehicle | Staying @ Tropicana | Staying elsewhere |
| Portager | H3T-09 | yes | no |
| Pancho1965 | H3 | yes | no |
Tentative
| Attendees: | Vehicle | Staying @ Tropicana | Staying elsewhere |
| Zach | H2 | ||
| 06 H3 | H3 |
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