Continuation from Day 3 of 4.
Thursday July 14th 2022 we woke up to a beautiful warm sunny morning at Gallagher Head Lake. We made breakfast and then packed up camp leaving it better than we found it.
We headed back down 4W301 from Gallagher Head Lake and then turned up 4W302 Van Epps Pass. This trail was full of big rocks. We then took 4W303 Van Epps Loop.
We regrouped at the top of Van Epps Pass then headed down the north side. Right off we found a patch of snow. I tried to cross it but the snow patch was off camber and pushing the Jeep off the cliff. I could see farther down the trail there was a lot more of these patches. I backed out as the front of the Jeep kept sliding to the edge. We finally had all four tires back on the dirt and back up the hill. At the top we took a group photo and then took a lunch break in a campsite. We ran into the two friendly hikers we saw the day before.
After lunch we headed back down from Van Epps Pass. We took 4W302 down this time.
From 4W301 Fortune Creek we headed back down the Cle Elum River and stopped at the 1900s Railroad Depot to air up. From there we parted ways. Odo drove us. We backed to Cle Elum and hit I-90. We turned off at the Canyon Road to drive back to the EWE Club House in Selah. This was a great trip.
Here are some photos of the Northern Cle Elum Ranger District 4×4 Overland Trip – Day 4 of 4:
Location:
Eastern Washington: Cle Elum Ranger District – Gallagher Head Lake, Fortune Creek 4×4 Trail 4W301 & .Van Epps Trail 4W302
Date:
July 14 2022
Taken By:
Clay & Odo Graham of Ceg-TV.com / CegPics.com
Cameras:
GoPro 9 Black, GoPro 7 Black, Samsung Galaxy S9+
Vehicle:
Alice (07 JKU)
Music:
https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music
Edited by:
Clay Graham
Report & photos by Clay Graham / CegPics.com
Wednesday July 13th 2022 we woke up to a cloudy sky but it cleared up a lot before we left. We made breakfast, loaded up and headed for the Hole in a Rock 4×4 Trail.
We drove up to go down the “Hole in a Rock Trail” 4W334. This was a fun trail. Maybe we will take it the other way next time for the challenge.
We head down through the Town of Liberty. We stopped at the Liberty Campground to air up and have lunch.
After lunch in Liberty we drove to Cle Elum. We stopped at Warrior’s Quick Stop to topped off our fuel tanks and get more supplies to camp another night.
From Cle Elum we drove through Roslyn, through Ronald, past Cle Elum Lake, and stopped at the 1900s Railroad Depot to air down.
It was a nice drive up the Cle Elum River to the trail.
We took the Fortune Creek 4×4 Trail 4W301 up. We came across a FJ Cruiser that was lost and then two friendly hikers coming down the trail.
This is where we planned to camp the night, Gallagher Head Lake. We lucked out to get the leveler campsites.
It was nice and warm setting up camp. Sev put up his tent near a snow bank. My new sleeping pad by Sleepingo worked well in the Jeep in my old sleeping bag I use as a pad.
Odo cooked us up some Reuben Sandwiches for dinner.
As the sun went down it got cold and the wind picked up. We brought the pop-up just for this reason. Two years ago we had the same thing happened there and ever since have been packing the pop-up everywhere we overland. We spend the night talking around the propane campfire in the pop-up. I went to bed in my warm Jeep around 1 AM. What a great night with friends.
Here are some photos of the Northern Cle Elum Ranger District 4×4 Overland Trip – Day 3 of 4:
Location:
Eastern Washington: Cle Elum Ranger District – Fortune Creek 4×4 Trail 4W301 & Gallagher Head Lake.
Date:
July 13 2022
Taken By:
Clay & Odo Graham of Ceg-TV.com / CegPics.com
Cameras:
GoPro 9 Black, GoPro 7 Black, Samsung Galaxy S9+
Vehicle:
Alice (07 JKU)
Music:
https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music
Edited by:
Clay Graham
