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| Bob Burd | Untitled Comment | |
Hasn't voted | Turns out the road is muddy not just at the doing of Mother Nature, but with some significant help from a local dubbed the Mud Pirate. I'm not kidding. Just past the driveway leading to the Mud Pirate's lair (about a mile before the trailhead on Rieff Rd) is the nastiest section of muddy road that is intentionally made so. Below is a photo of a hose running from a natural spring on the hillside out to the middle of this steep section. This hose was not there when we passed by in the morning:  | |
| Posted Feb 7, 2006 1:56 am | ||
| Dingus Milktoast | What's In a Name? | |
Voted 10/10 | CA asked Dean if there was a corresponding "Big Blue" or "Blue" peak nearby. I responded via PM but thought it might be good to restate here: There is no 'official' Little Blue Peak. That's the moniker applied by county highpointers. The name of the formation is Little Blue ridge. Little Blue Ridge is of course named after the Blue Ridge. Not the one in Virgina, Tennessee, etc. This is the Blue Ridge visible from Sacramento, looking west. Its named Blue Ridge cause it in fact looks blue frequently, due to the bluish green cast of the Blue oaks growing there. Little Blue Ridge is considerably shorter than the Blue Ridge, though slightly higher in elevation. Berryessa Pk was long credited at the high point of Yolo county. Its the antenna festooned summit visible from the Cache Creek casino, looking west. Little Blue "Peak" was discovered by some dude named John Sarna and documented by Gary Suttle in his CA Highpoint book. But you have't REALLY climbed Little Blue Peak till you've done so from the banks of Cache Creek at Bucks Bar. Good luck with that one. | |
| Posted Apr 23, 2007 3:07 pm | ||
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| Dean | Re: What's In a Name? | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks DMT. I added your info to the overview section on the front page. | |
| Posted Apr 23, 2007 4:18 pm | ||
| Dingus Milktoast | Rayhouse Rd Permanently Closed | |
Voted 10/10 | Note that as of Jan 2009 Rayhouse Rd is permanently closed. The Low Water bridge over Cache Creek is broken and the county doesn't want to spend a million bucks on a bridge used mostly for one company (the rafting company' access to Buck Island), tweakers, drunks and NRA nutbergers. So the county elected to discontinue maintenance on the road. The net net is this removes access to Little Blue from the Yolo county side (Cache Creek canyon). One can still acess the trailhead from Reiff off the Knoxville Berryessa Rd in Lake County. This road is now permanently closed. It effectively seals off a huge chunk of BLM land from 4 wheel access. While this impacts me quite significantly in a negative way - on balance I think it is good for the area. It will become more and more wild over time, as a direct result. However, my attempts at establishing another route to Little Blue, from Buck Island over Brushy Peak (as far as I'd got) onto the flanks of Little Blue - have been for naught. Without vehicle access to Buck Island a trail starting there makes no sense at all. Oh well... I have other lines to achieve! | |
| Posted Apr 2, 2009 1:56 pm | ||
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| Dean | Re: Rayhouse Rd Permanently Closed | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks for this update. I've added this info to the front page "getting there" section. | |
| Posted Apr 2, 2009 3:36 pm | ||
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