The Official 2008 Pashnit Spring Gathering Thread - May 10th, 2008

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2008 Spring PASHNIT GATHERING

Dual-Sport, Off-Road & Street Bikes Welcome!!

When: Weekend of May 10th, 2008
Where: Sopiago Springs Resort, Hwy 88 & North-South Rd, near Pioneer, CA - Amador Co. elevation 4500 ft.
Starts: Arrive Friday or Saturday anytime - stay the weekend
Food: Bring some chips/dip/soda/potato salad/cookies/ice, etc at will (I'll be bringing the bulk of the food for Saturday's BBQ!)
Cost: $10 Donation to cover food- Give when you get there
Camping $10 Donation to the owner of the property, RV or tent, (Can be cold at night, be prepared!!)
T-Shirts & general Pashnit stuff: Get a Pashnit T-Shirt. Lots of STICKERS for free! Plus free Pashnit Screensavers.
RAFFLE: Yes, we will have the raffle again for a FREE spot on any PASHNIT MOTORCYCLE TOUR 3 or 4 Day ride
Dual-Sport Ride: Will take place Saturday Morning, May 10th from Sopiago Springs, returning 12pm
Tents, RV's & Fun-Movers: Yes, plenty of room for all of those!
Etc.: Yes, we'll have a huge bonfire, motorcycle movies, lotsa food, & good times
KIDS!! Yes, kids! Bring the kids!

BBQ when?: Main BBQ all together is May 10th, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, 12-5pm but come up to Sopiago Springs anytime. Some folks come up as early as Thursday!

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For the streetbikes, you've probably figured out by now this region is a utopian place of motorcycle bliss. Check out the Pashnit Roads site to check out the area roads, main ones, mtn passes, and surrounding paved goat trails.

Nearby Roads are Hwy 88 - Carson Pass, North-South Rd, Hwy 4 - Ebbetts Pass, Monitor Pass and even Lake Tahoe is not far away.



CAMPERS & TENTERS: Lots of room for tents in a football-field sized grassy area. If you tent, be prepared for cold overnight temps. Spring at 4500 feet in the Sierra Nevada Mountains? You do the math! Warm days, cool nights.



Our host property has room for large RV's, FunMovers, Camping trailers and other assorted large vehicles. There are probably 20-30 camping spaces. If you plan to camp, trailer up your dirtbikes/quads, or use up a camping space, please contribute an extra $10 to the owner for allowing this event on his private property.

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Lodging near Pioneer, CA - Booking a room.. Details...

The closest bastion of civilization is Pioneer along Highway 88. Pioneer, CA = 16 miles NE of Jackson

Our Host Lodging: Pioneer Lodge, (24 rooms) 24144 Highway 88, Pioneer, (209) 295-3490
http://pioneerresortslodge.com (most people stay here.)

Other smaller towns of Pine Grove & Volcano will have B&B's and small Inn's if you'd like to do that sort of thing. See link below.

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Jackson is the largest town along Highway 49 & Highway 88 in heart of Gold Rush Country.

The Jackson Lodge - 850 N. State Highway 49, Jackson, 95642 - (209) 223-0486 http://www.thejacksonlodge.com/

(Biggest chain motel - 114 rooms)
Best Western Amador Inn, 200 South Highway 49, Jackson, CA 95642 US

Stay for the nightly bonfire!

[pashnit]

Finding Sopiago Springs...

Word to the wise... Do not come up here unless you have a general idea as to where you are going. Too easy to get lost.








Sopiago Springs Resort is located a few miles north of Hwy 88 (Carson Pass). Take Omo Ranch Rd north several hundred yards. Omo Ranch Rd splits & North-South Rd begins heading due north to connect with Mormon Emigrant Trail. Omo Ranch Rd turns due west towards Hwy E16 & Fairplay.

North-South Rd drops off the ridgeline and descends a twisty goaty path (yes, large campers do fine, this is is traversed by large water tanker semi's) 2 miles to a fork in the road. Tim often refers to a stump on the north side of the road here, but descending northward down the hill, hard to see. There will be a sign here "PASHNIT -->" and arrow at this fork in the road. If you go more than 2 miles, you've gone too far.

See the fork? Go right.


MS&T lists Tim's address (the fork in the road actually) as 1532 North-South Rd, Somerset, CA 95684- but that may or may not work on your GPS.

GPS COORDINATES: Sopiago Springs Entrance: 38° 32.253 / 120° 26.537’

PHOTO Directions: Awhile back, John wrote a terrific thread about how to find Tim's place. Read that here - Clicky!! If you plan to arrive in the middle of the night, be advised there is not a light on for miles.

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Incentive pics...

Just a beautiful valley. Everytime we come up here, we marvel at what a great place Tim has for everyone. There's been a lot of new faces each time we do this bi-annual event. For those unfamiliar, my fellow tour guide Tim owns the PiPi Valley, a valley in the Sierra Nevada Mtns just off Hwy 88-Carson Pass. It's at 4500 feet, rather secluded and just a fun place to spend the weekend.

He has a professional dirt track built into the side of a mountain, Trials Area (think jumping cars, huge tires, rocks, etc. ), Scrambles, and single track trails around the property. Outside of the property is mainly El Dorado National Forest and a ton of dirt trails & fire roads going everywhere!



If you ride dirt, and haven't been up here yet, pics do the talkin'.





Good times for all!

[myhrdly]

I'm planning on joining in on this one!! Trying to get my Dad (ssbarbich) and my Sis and her husband to come too!! Hopefully it will be a family camping trip!!!!!

[Law Dawg (ret)]

Vacation time in the book...I will be solo since Judy must work. Been too long since last Spring. See you there Tim.

[exwingnut]

Of course...can't wait.

[Sbyllek]

We'll be there of course!

[Bully5]

This sounds so incredibly cool!
I'll try to make it.