Isabelle

hwcurtice · Feb 20, 2007

I have a question. Does The Isabelle trail end where it begins? Under the power lines, turn left, is the way to the torched pickup/May Creek. But turn right and end up where? I went up that way Saturday, before finding, or being found, by the workgroup, past the orange/red gate. Great view.

crash2 · Feb 20, 2007

You know where the may creek crossing is (where the burnt ford is). Cross there. At the first Y turn left. follow it up to a switchback, make sure to follow the switchback east. Follow it up and up at the next Y turn left and right after that there is another Y--go right and follow it up and up and up...

NotMatt · Feb 20, 2007

It just goes up and up past the bridge a bit more until you hit a dead end. If you run it you have to come back down it the same way you went up.

hwcurtice · Feb 20, 2007

Thanks for the help, guys....

Sheesh, ask a simple question, get almost no good answers.

mad chemist · Feb 20, 2007

The Lake Isabelle trail is across May Creek, as Crash described. Its an out and back run, gotta come back down the same way you go up, and hope that a Land Rover doesn't block the trail on the way back down!

84Toyota4x4 · Feb 20, 2007

hwcurtice said:
Sheesh, ask a simple question, get almost no good answers.

Ask "A" simple question? Looks like you asked more than one to me...

hwcurtice said:
Does The Isabelle trail end where it begins?

Yes. You go up then come back down the same way.

hwcurtice said:
But turn right and end up where?

Some dead ends last time I was up that way on all the little split offs, and a good view.

The trail is to the left like you were talking about. Cross over the creek.

~T.J.

Cascade_Crawler · Feb 20, 2007

IF you hang a right before heading through all the deep puddles on the way to the burnt ford, its just a logging road that switch backs up the mountain. Nice view up there but it doesn't connect to the Isabelle Trail.

SUPAFLY · Feb 20, 2007

That aint a creek!

Not Jobless · Feb 20, 2007

Do the upper crossing on May Creek with that much water flowing

My Jeep started to float down river :redneck:

hwcurtice · Feb 20, 2007

SUPAFLY said:
That aint a creek!

That's down by the burnt Ford. I remember going over it with KarlVP on Saturday. Yep, almost river status there. Although, I think after a bit of rain, it becomes raging torrent, right?

84Toyota4x4 · Feb 20, 2007

Psssh, Ive taken my CR125 through there this time of year before, aint nuttin but a G thang :haha:

~T.J.

hwcurtice · Feb 20, 2007

Cascade_Crawler said:
IF you hang a right before heading through all the deep puddles on the way to the burnt ford, its just a logging road that switch backs up the mountain. Nice view up there but it doesn't connect to the Isabelle Trail.

There's the answer I was looking for!

Well sort of. I was hoping there might be an easier way, not flying in, to the lake.

Thanks CC.

slidillon · Feb 21, 2007

hwcurtice said:
There's the answer I was looking for!

Well sort of. I was hoping there might be an easier way, not flying in, to the lake.

Thanks CC.

There is an easier way.....ride in a Jeep up Izzy

Dain Bramage · Feb 21, 2007

slidillon said:
There is an easier way.....ride in a Jeep up Izzy

or a toyota:flipoff:

SeaRubi · Feb 21, 2007

mad chemist said:
The Lake Isabelle trail is across May Creek, as Crash described. Its an out and back run, gotta come back down the same way you go up, and hope that a Land Rover doesn't block the trail on the way back down!

what were you driving? you talking about the gray one? snapped an inner axle in that spot up at the top. i can't believe how clean this broke. if i didn't now better i'd have said it was machined in half

crash2 · Feb 21, 2007

My tie rod is bigger than that

couldn't resist

SeaRubi · Feb 21, 2007

maybe we should toss one of your tierods into the broach and see if it holds:flipoff:

crash said:
My tie rod is bigger than that

couldn't resist

TreeClimber · Feb 21, 2007

You've been playing in the bathroom with your tape measure again, haven't you?

Sorry, Couldn't resist that either, especially after Rich's post last week

S10slayer · Feb 21, 2007

hwcurtice said:
Thanks for the help, guys....

Sheesh, ask a simple question, get almost no good answers.

we are heading up there on march 18th join!

hwcurtice · Feb 21, 2007

Lets see, was on the Isabelle trail, In my mostly stock Toyota. Knew I wasn't going to make it there much past May Creek, so I parked it and rode with KarlVP, in his Jeep.

Does this qualify? For anything?