dunefreak

I've been told the Little Dunes looks like tent city! LOL Sardines.

Screw it. Time to vote anyways!

Sounds like you got something...just not what you wanted.

There you all have it. PASSABLE. Done. Period. Can we close the topic now? I spoke with Larry Blaine this AM and I was going to post up but the there was an issue with our server. Sorry the site was down most of the day, everyone. TCS T also made it through ok today in his big diesel and stacker. If he brought his rig through it, just about anyone will make it. He takes very good care of his sh*t and takes it very slow on the road in. Thanks for everyone's help with updates and pics. That's what this site is all about, helping each other out as a community. Everyone enjoy your New Years weekends out at D or wherever you are celebrating!

Your only alternatives would be A) camp at Little Dumont and make the trek to the big dunes each ride ...or B) Try and make the road from Little D to Big D. I heard it is very soft and mushy though even in the Little Dunes. There is also about a 1ft step/ bump in the road going that way. You will definitely need 4WD and it will be rough. ...or C) wait until you leave to find out the latest conditions of the crossing. I imagine BLM will do whatever possible to try and make it crossable. The number to the Barstow BLM field office is 760-252-6000. Give them a shout tomorrow AM. They should have some news from how it was after today.

umm...ok it's official...startinnnnng NOW

Great pics, Jodi & Mike. Sounds like you all had a pretty cool trip. Thanks guys for posting up from your weekend. Many seem to forget how to do that these days and that is what this site is all about...talking about the good times and sharing dune stories. Without topics like this what GOOD stuff is there to read? River crossing drama? lol Stuff for sale? lol

Thnx Superstar70! As for everyone else and their personal problems or sh*t talk, leave it off this thread and website all together. Let's try and leave this thread open for river crossing/ updates discussion only. See how people get when they can't get to their sand? This is getting dangerous!

Very cool, peewee. Hit up El Monte RV. They are a site sponsor of DDR. (Banner at bottom of the page) They may even cut you a deal if you tell them you saw their ad on DDR. http://www.elmonterv.com/ Looks like this is their page to find a place to rent. http://www.elmonterv.com/siteSpecific/vehicles/regions.aspx I've even used them myslef in the past and they are very cool to deal with!

Check this site out. Anna told me about it the other day. Some funny screen shots of auto correct gone wrong on the iphones. http://damnyouautocorrect.com/

I will post whatever updates I get via text or whatever. I'm not there so were at the mercy of the duners' updates that are sent to us.

Here's what HTownPerf sent me just a bit ago... It's only about 2 ft deep max. Water goes to maybe the top of a trailer tires rim! It's not 4 ft deep like some think. Maybe yesterday! It's more of a not getting hung up situation! HEIGHT! I'll take some pics tomorrow morning!

I'm sure you'll make it as other moho's did as of 4pm, but just be careful.

When was that taken, David? As of 4 o clock today H Town Performance said some 4WD's and even some moho's made it through ok. I'm sure it's rough and somewhat sketchy, but they made it.

Still waiting to hear from a few more. We should know for sure in a couple days.

More updates sent from sandchick... A super lifted truck and flatbed trailer made it going full throttle I guess he almost got stuck the first attempt without the trailer, but he is super high and was hauling a$ the whole way She just talked to the guy in the truck. He said he had to hit it just right and there's a three to four foot drop off when you first hit it! Pic of a pic... (water up to the doors on a very tall truck!) Here is Malibu Mike standing next to the truck to show you what kind of truck went through. LOL I would guess that a truck & hauler or a motorhome might have some trouble.

update from sandchick: Still not looking passable! Now there are three rivers and still no sign of BLM. Former camp hosts, Don and Ellen, crossed in their Jeep and the whole front end went under but they were able to get out! It is not recommended to try to pull a hauler or drive a motor home across yet!

Please do and good luck!

Just by way of through the little dunes, but it's very slow and rough. You'll need 4WD.

AT&T doesn't work very good out there. I know it works at the top of comp, but other wise it's very limited if any service. Verizon works best. There is about 50% of the cap area that has very good coverage. A Verizon pay as you go phone might work best for you. There are no pay phones of any kind out there. Welcome and Merry Christmas!

Thanks Jill. Of course it's a topic. Even if it isn't, who cares. lol Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and Charlie. I'm sure you guys are having the time of your lives out at Dumont with the place all to yourselves!

So what does that mean? Still too much water to get across the river crossing?

157 is the route is Kyle Canyon Rd (to Mt Charleston) You must be referring to SR 160 (highway over Mt Potisi) NV DOT's site doesn't list anything there... http://www.safetravelusa.com/nv/

The water level has gone down. Looks like it might be ok to cross.

It worked out great. Only one guy had a problem with it.