...Seeing this has me reconsidering my trip choice to Newfoundland (just NF, not Labradour due to time constraints). Thanks for posting up the GPS track on it. Couple of questions:
- What type of spares would you carry?
Assuming your traveling just to the Newfoundland Mountain range? Just standard spares. Its accessible from the north (Hogup Mountains) from the East or West along the railroad (
not open to the public, so this route shouldn't be considered an option) or from the south through the bombing range. So long as they are not bombing, they allow you to pass through up to Lakeside.
...- Is this all publically accessible land?...
With the exception of the railroad from Lakeside east and from Newfies west, the routes are all good to go. Also the bottom 1/4 of the Newfoundland Mountain range is now part of the bottom range so while you used to be able to circumnavigate the range, you can now only drive down each side to border of the bombing range. If your referring to the UCEII route, yes it was all public land with the exception of the land we traversed on the indian reservation and we had a permit for that travel.
...- Are there any trips like this, at any pace, planned for say, end of June/ Early July :sombrero:
Nothing I know of this minute, groups from ExpeditionUtah.com head out that way regularly and I've done several CruiserOutfitters customer runs to the Newfies/NW Utah, oh and the Wasatch Cruisers did a run up that way last year too and might again this fall/winter. We'll be doing the
3rd annual 'Freeze Your Tail Off' overnighter at Lucin again too, a perfect hop-off time to head over to the Newfies.
If your wondering about a UCE style trip, its not really a trip that is viable for an 'open invite'. Given the amount of pre-planning that goes into a trip of this size as well as the need to make sure participants and their vehicles are going to jive. Best bet is to get some interested friends and plan your own trip, that way you establish commitment and start making some early assignments for crucial portions of the trip. There is a group from ExpeditionUtah planning a Utah Traverse trip in the fall, UT/NV border to the UT/CO border on dirt over 4-5 days. The route is very similar to the one used on the first
Utah Cruiser Expedition (2005) and it was more widely discussed by EU/ExPo member Sinuhe's, in which he layed out the rough route. A group from ExpeditionUtah ran it end to end last year, you can see that trip report on EU forum.