Mosquito Ridge Road ...

[SFMCjohn]

We did the classic sport-touring loop of Georgetown, Wentworth Springs Road, 11 Pines Road, Mosquito Ridge Road and back to Auburn last weekend. Here's our Relive link:

Bungee Brent's Run, 08/08/2020

Our frend Bungee Brent and fifteen of his Oakland Motorcycle Club friends met us in Georgetown on Saurday morning.

The 11 Pines/NF-2 Bridge over the Rubicon River on 11 Pines Road ...

Bungee had a drone, so we made an OMC sign on the bridge ...

He takes credit for the county ordinance prohibiting fun ... :laughing

A road sign near the French Meadows Reservoir ...

Taking a break at the intersection of Mosquito Ridge Road at the reservoir ... it was a hot day.

The North Fork Bridge on Mosquito Ridge Road ... it's a curved, deck truss bridge with cantilever elements, built in 1946 ... it crosses the Middle Fork of the American River. :ride

Bungee Brent put on a great ride, and we could just barely keep up with all the good OMC riders, who basically could all ride rings around the SFMC ... :teeth We ended the ride at the Crooked Lane Brewing Company in Auburn and relived all the usual group-ride drama over their wonderful beer and root beer ... arty

The next day we made our way to Sierra City and rode the Gold Lake Highway on Monday ... that's the Sierra Buttes in the background.

Another view of the Sierra Buttes from the Wild Plum NF campground in Sierra City ... we stayed here two nights, before I had to ride my 1988 BMW K75s back to San Francisco for work ... Cary continued on with her 2016 Yamaha FJ-09 to Quincy and Ferndale and Gualala where I rode back to meet her on Saturday. All in all a good week of sport-touring and social distancing and mask wearing in NorCal ... :afm199

Can't recommend that Mosquito Ridge Road loop enough, if you've never done it ... a wonderful goat-y paved motorcycle ride, for sure.

 

[greenmonster]

Looks like you had a great trip. As soon as the smoke and heat clears I might consider it myself

 

[Cincinnatus]

So you're telling me I've gotta become a member of the SFMC to get great rides like that? :teeth

I'm in, where do I sign up & how much are the dues? arty :laughing

 

[SFMCjohn]

Looks like you had a great trip. As soon as the smoke and heat clears I might consider it myself

:thumbup

great ride, if you've never done it ... I'd not been up there for maybe ten years and had forgotten how dramatic the drop down Mosquito Ridge is from French Meadows to the bridge ... :ride

So you're telling me I've gotta become a member of the SFMC to get great rides like that? :teeth

I'm in, where do I sign up & how much are the dues? arty :laughing

we were actually kind of guests on an OMC ride ... the SFMC (like BARF) has not had an "official" ride since Covid ... I'm going to be headed to Stonyford on Sept. 3rd on the KLR to do some big-ADV-bike fire road stuff, be fun to ride together then if that Labor Day works for you ... :teeth

anyway, the OMC has way cheaper dues and is way easier to join than the SFMC and way closer to Hayward ... not that we wouldn't be happy to have you at the SFMC! And both clubs love and welcome guest riders, too ... arty

 

[bmwbob51]

Done Mosquito Ridge countless times and burnt up at Ward Ferry If you continue to the right at the end of the dam on Mosquito, it eventually runs into Ice House Road, but the roads getting over grown!

 

[Cincinnatus]

Done Mosquito Ridge countless times and burnt up at Ward Ferry If you continue to the right at the end of the dam on Mosquito, it eventually runs into Ice House Road, but the roads getting over grown!

Let me know the next time you're planning to go up there? :teeth

 

[matty]

Can't recommend that Mosquito Ridge Road loop enough, if you've never done it ... a wonderful goat-y paved motorcycle ride, for sure.

Another road on my must ride list, thanks:thumbup And thanks for the awesome pictures and always taking us along your adventures. Oh and those relive videos are kind of fun.

 

[Cincinnatus]

I'm going to be headed to Stonyford on Sept. 3rd on the KLR to do some big-ADV-bike fire road stuff, be fun to ride together then if that Labor Day works for you ... :teeth arty

September 3rd is a Thursday... We talking about a 4-day weekend? :teeth

I just picked up a collapsible Tenkara flyfishing rod so I wouldn't mind trying Stony Creek for some trout... or anything else edible. :teeth :bbq arty

 

[sill'r B sill'd]

Great looking roads! My friend and I did a trip to Auburn/Paradise/Truckee last year. Will have to catch some of these roads next time we do some moto camping.

 

[bluegixxer600]

How is the pavement out there? I haven't been out there in a few years, last time it was pretty bad. Lots of base failures and potholes.

 

[SFMCjohn]

it was pretty gnarly on an ‘88 BMW K75s ...

some of the OMC guys were railing (imo :angel) on Goldwings, though ... just had to watch out for wheel eating pot holes ...

(we did learn that the 6 cylinder GW crashes well ... :toothless)

 

[89fj]

Let me know the next time you're planning to go up there? :teeth

Can I tag along?

 

[bikewanker]

Are you suggesting a group ride 89fj?
The Relive link is cool even though the active map made me dizzy. I wandered through some of that area on a longcut coming back from Reno. Good goaty riding.

 

[bluegixxer600]

it was pretty gnarly on an ‘88 BMW K75s ...

some of the OMC guys were railing (imo :angel) on Goldwings, though ... just had to watch out for wheel eating pot holes ...

(we did learn that the 6 cylinder GW crashes well ... :toothless)

Thanks! I'll keep it at a safe pace when I head out there again.

 

[Cincinnatus]

Thanks! I'll keep it at a safe pace when I head out there again.

See, one of the advantages of a GS is that it's SUPPOSED to crash well. And survive to show off battle scars. :teeth

Chicks are supposed to dig scars, amirite? arty :laughing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlFFuW2q554

 

[Cincinnatus]

Can I tag along?

:teeth :thumbup

 

[bluegixxer600]

I made a run to the 17 mile lookout on Saturday. Looks like they had just re-opened the road. Quite a few forest service and state park vehicles on the road. Nothing burned that I could see, but it was fairly smoky. Road is is decent shape, many of the problem areas from a couple of years ago have been repaired.

 

[Lionel Cosgrove]

Mosquito Ridge/Eleven Pines has some amazing sections but also some seriously gnarly DEEP potholes and unexpected gravel pits that spring up out of nowhere. If you want to keep it paved, wentworth springs/icehouse/down to 50 is pretty much as good as it gets.

 

[bikewanker]

Mosquito Ridge/Eleven Pines has some amazing sections but also some seriously gnarly DEEP potholes and unexpected gravel pits that spring up out of nowhere. If you want to keep it paved, wentworth springs/icehouse/down to 50 is pretty much as good as it gets.

Agreed! I once took Foresthill Road from Auburn and after wandering on goaty pavement for an hour or two came out on beautiful pavement that I soon recognized as Wentworth Springs. My first trip on Wentworth Springs kept wondering why that road was paved. Grateful that it and Icehouse are paved!

 

[wrryder]

Great report and great area to ride.