Thanks! Ya there is a lot of placer/surface type mining and testing all through the Pine Nuts. It’s a fun interesting area to explore. Where abouts was your mine?
I grew up in Sparks NV. I would love to one day get to explore these mountains. Thing about it is, where I grew up we were on the very back edge of Sparks, we were up in the pah rah foothills east of town and there was nothing behind my house for many many miles, and I never ventured too far up into those mountains because I was afraid of the mountain Lion. We left when I was in my late teens. I had 8 years there I could have used to explore deep into the mountains but I never did. I wouldn’t be so afraid of the cat at this age
I never really feared lions or bears. Tigers are a different story though…ha,ha. I do understand though. Kids and small women venturing into mountain lion territory should be wary. Northern Nevada is one of my favorite regions to get out and explore. So much to see west to east. All of northern Nevada. I went out to Ely a few weeks back for the first time. I had only been as far as Austin on hwy 50 and the 95 north/south as well as the I-80 corridor. So much to see and so few people out there. Can’t wait to get back out there!
Omg! I did this trail solo in 1983 in a 73 J55 in the early spring and got myself severely high centered. Spent 24hrs digging myself out, lol. Great to see others out exploring this area. The trail was different then, looks more washed out.
Nice! I dig the videos! My wife and I love to go to ghost towns in Nevada. I just bought a more capable truck than my 2019 Ram 1500 as I got tired of having it on 2 wheels. I cannot wait to pinstripe my truck up and also daily drive it with badges of honor, LOL! I bought some White Knuckle Sliders, and some other suspension goodies for the new rig...cant wait to get it! Thank you for sharing, I appreciate it.
We have been to Pine Grove Ghost Town, and loved it for 4 days! Got to see a lot.... My wife and I own a home in Ca and one in Lyon County Nevada off Highway 50----The Pine Nut Range is visible from our front window----beautiful to stay there and to use it for the start of our adventures---maybe we will run into each other out there some day---I'll buy the first round!
Great! Just ran it again last week. I’ll post a quick video soon. Did a shakedown run with my new ride. Stay tuned... As for directions, here’s the coordinates to the trail head coming from Sunrise Pass (the starting point for us). Watch for the natural bridge on the right side about halfway through. A pretty unique natural feature. It’s right where the canyon gets narrowest. If you get to the cave, you’ve past it by a quarter mile or so. Enjoy! 39°05'39"N 119°33'06"W
Absolutely. We won’t be discouraged. Rather than a photo collage of our trips we’ve got these awesome videos to be able to watch and relive, if nothing else. 😀 We’ve been really affected by COVID as far as filming goes. Not to mention me wrecking my Frontier and myself earlier this year. Unfortunately the truck was totaled but happily I was salvageable. And no one else was hurt! We just haven’t been able to get out on a real off road trip since. We had a trip planned for next week but had to postpone due to some personal issues (2020 has been really hard in my house 😬). I will fill everyone in when we do get back on the trail and back filming. Glad you enjoyed it. Check out our Alexander MacKenzie Heritage Trail trip if you haven’t. It’s a two part video. That was a great trip!
Thanks for the video. Do you happen to have any .gpx maps you would be willing to share? I want to take a group off-road Nov 11-15 but I’m concerned about most Tahoe Forest terrain because of the altitude and the possibility of snow. I am thinking the Pine Nuts might be a good option, but I can’t find any trails. Your thoughts going there this time of year?
Well, November can produce weather. I got snowed in last November in Smith Valley. With that said it’s uncommon and mostly drivable with a capable ride even if you have some snow. Heading up to the rock wall may be tough if you’re seeing snow. I’ve found that if you have a foot of snow on Sunrise Pass Rd there will be 3+ feet at the peaks where the wall is. I doubt you’ll see that though. Unfortunately I don’t have any GPX files but I can help with some starting points. If you want to travel El Dorado Canyon Trail the same direction we did, Johnson Ln in Minden near the airport is where you’ll want to start. Shortly after it turns to dirt it turns into Sunrise Pass Rd. If you stay on it you’ll make it over the Pine Nut Mountains into Smith Valley. About 1/4 of the way there is the turn off for El Dorado Canyon. 39.10186, -119.55224 are the coordinates to the beginning of the trail. The trail will take you nearly into Dayton to the North. If you don’t have a large group or plan on filming it, you’ll enjoy a nice half day of good wheeling if you plan on getting out to explore some of the interesting sights along the route. I’ll share some other points of interest with coordinates. OnX has been a go to for me over the last few years at least in the US. Not so great in Canada yet. Make sure to download offline maps of the area beforehand as there are many areas out there with no cell service. There are endless trails up in the mountains between Dayton and Wellington. We’ve explored many over the years but probably haven’t touch on 10% of them. I hope you have a great time and weather is favorable! Como Site (ghost town): 39.17134, -119.47733 Smith Valley Rock Formations: 38.98191, -119.39295 Artisan Hot Springs: 38.89982, -119.41149 Rock Wall: 39.06115, -119.48158
Thanks. I’ll try to find out but our videographer has been tough to get a hold of lately. Audio narration was a little off due to Covid. We each had to do our best to record separately. It wasn’t perfect. We’re getting better. And we’re getting back on the road very soon so stay tuned for more content!
I think part of the roof rack problem could be the fact that it goes almost the whole length of the truck and the front mounts were on the cab while the rears were on the canopy. All that rock crawling is making the frame flex some and the roof rack isn't flexing, while the mounts flexed until they broke. The weight of fuel didn't help either. I would make the roof rack mount on either just the canopy or just the cab. Nice video and I really enjoyed the McKenzie trail one.
Thanks! You’re 100% correct. Jake is upgrading with another homemade product. It will be a completely bed mounted setup. Doubt it will be done before our next outing but you never know. I’m glad you are enjoying our journeys!
If you guys do abit of research you'll find out that roof racks can't actually take much weight and then they de-rate even more when you go off road. Ronny Dahl and Tyler Thompson both done youtbe videos about roof rack ratings.
Oh don’t get me started… I have paid much closer attention to Jake’s homemade mods since. Lol. I try to put as little as possible on top of my new ride. It’s taller and more top heavy than the Frontier was. Our more recent trips have been much more difficult and we’re really tuning our skills/rides/mods. Hope you check them out!
@@codybesler1026 thats good to hear I really enjoy your guys content. But seeing all that stuff on the roof racks really makes me cringe cause I've seen what can happen when they snap off. But hopefully lessons learnt and you guys keep making these great video's 👍
No one was in the pickup other than me and I was the only one injured. 4 broken ribs and a handful of other bumps and bruises. All around very fortunate! Thanks for the well wishes! Hope you enjoyed the video too!!
Sorry for the slow response. I never saw your question until this morning. It was a big rig. No one else was hurt other than my 4 broken ribs thank god above!
Great content! I love the fact that you guys tackle some serious trails with very roadworthy vehicles. Very much like many of the Australian off road videos. Good combo of wheeling and touring. Great video work too. Bit of constructive criticism though- the narration sounds too forced. It's obvious that you're reading off a prepared script. Everything else is spot on though.
Thanks for the kind words. We also appreciate the constructive criticism. I definitely understand what you’re saying. The quality of the audio wasn’t quite what I wanted either but it’s improved over the Alexander MacKenzie trip. If you watch those ones you need to turn surround sound off. I worked for a month trying to fix it with the editing software but to no avail. Anyway we will work to improve everything for our next trip/video (which will be VERY soon). Hoping to have enough content for several videos. Stay tuned! And don’t hesitate to tell us if we are improving or not. Thanks again!
Nice video! My family use to have a placer mine in the Pine Nuts
Thanks! Ya there is a lot of placer/surface type mining and testing all through the Pine Nuts. It’s a fun interesting area to explore. Where abouts was your mine?
I grew up in Sparks NV. I would love to one day get to explore these mountains. Thing about it is, where I grew up we were on the very back edge of Sparks, we were up in the pah rah foothills east of town and there was nothing behind my house for many many miles, and I never ventured too far up into those mountains because I was afraid of the mountain Lion. We left when I was in my late teens. I had 8 years there I could have used to explore deep into the mountains but I never did. I wouldn’t be so afraid of the cat at this age
I never really feared lions or bears. Tigers are a different story though…ha,ha. I do understand though. Kids and small women venturing into mountain lion territory should be wary. Northern Nevada is one of my favorite regions to get out and explore. So much to see west to east. All of northern Nevada. I went out to Ely a few weeks back for the first time. I had only been as far as Austin on hwy 50 and the 95 north/south as well as the I-80 corridor. So much to see and so few people out there. Can’t wait to get back out there!
@@codybesler1026 Some of the most uninhabited terrain in the country!
Hey ne idoyle used to live in this area and tons ofastadonfossils❤,thanks for video
Omg! I did this trail solo in 1983 in a 73 J55 in the early spring and got myself severely high centered. Spent 24hrs digging myself out, lol. Great to see others out exploring this area. The trail was different then, looks more washed out.
Loving the team commentary. Adds a nice flavor to the video. Well done.
Nice! I dig the videos! My wife and I love to go to ghost towns in Nevada. I just bought a more capable truck than my 2019 Ram 1500 as I got tired of having it on 2 wheels. I cannot wait to pinstripe my truck up and also daily drive it with badges of honor, LOL! I bought some White Knuckle Sliders, and some other suspension goodies for the new rig...cant wait to get it! Thank you for sharing, I appreciate it.
We have been to Pine Grove Ghost Town, and loved it for 4 days! Got to see a lot.... My wife and I own a home in Ca and one in Lyon County Nevada off Highway 50----The Pine Nut Range is visible from our front window----beautiful to stay there and to use it for the start of our adventures---maybe we will run into each other out there some day---I'll buy the first round!
@@precisionmarksmanshiphq773 Sounds great! We’ve sure had a lot of fun exploring out there over the years.
Thank you
Roy Reyes Our pleasure! We’ll be back on the trail soon with more content!!
That was great! I hope I can get away and join you all on the next adventure. Awesome job guys!
First off, loved the video! Great job......Can you post a link to the trail or directions, now you got me wanting to explore your trail.....
Great! Just ran it again last week. I’ll post a quick video soon. Did a shakedown run with my new ride. Stay tuned... As for directions, here’s the coordinates to the trail head coming from Sunrise Pass (the starting point for us). Watch for the natural bridge on the right side about halfway through. A pretty unique natural feature. It’s right where the canyon gets narrowest. If you get to the cave, you’ve past it by a quarter mile or so. Enjoy!
39°05'39"N 119°33'06"W
Also more trips planned soon so stay tuned!
Please keep making videos and don’t get discouraged
Absolutely. We won’t be discouraged. Rather than a photo collage of our trips we’ve got these awesome videos to be able to watch and relive, if nothing else. 😀
We’ve been really affected by COVID as far as filming goes. Not to mention me wrecking my Frontier and myself earlier this year. Unfortunately the truck was totaled but happily I was salvageable. And no one else was hurt! We just haven’t been able to get out on a real off road trip since. We had a trip planned for next week but had to postpone due to some personal issues (2020 has been really hard in my house 😬). I will fill everyone in when we do get back on the trail and back filming.
Glad you enjoyed it. Check out our Alexander MacKenzie Heritage Trail trip if you haven’t. It’s a two part video. That was a great trip!
Thanks for the video. Do you happen to have any .gpx maps you would be willing to share? I want to take a group off-road Nov 11-15 but I’m concerned about most Tahoe Forest terrain because of the altitude and the possibility of snow. I am thinking the Pine Nuts might be a good option, but I can’t find any trails. Your thoughts going there this time of year?
Well, November can produce weather. I got snowed in last November in Smith Valley. With that said it’s uncommon and mostly drivable with a capable ride even if you have some snow. Heading up to the rock wall may be tough if you’re seeing snow. I’ve found that if you have a foot of snow on Sunrise Pass Rd there will be 3+ feet at the peaks where the wall is. I doubt you’ll see that though.
Unfortunately I don’t have any GPX files but I can help with some starting points. If you want to travel El Dorado Canyon Trail the same direction we did, Johnson Ln in Minden near the airport is where you’ll want to start. Shortly after it turns to dirt it turns into Sunrise Pass Rd. If you stay on it you’ll make it over the Pine Nut Mountains into Smith Valley. About 1/4 of the way there is the turn off for El Dorado Canyon. 39.10186, -119.55224 are the coordinates to the beginning of the trail. The trail will take you nearly into Dayton to the North. If you don’t have a large group or plan on filming it, you’ll enjoy a nice half day of good wheeling if you plan on getting out to explore some of the interesting sights along the route. I’ll share some other points of interest with coordinates. OnX has been a go to for me over the last few years at least in the US. Not so great in Canada yet. Make sure to download offline maps of the area beforehand as there are many areas out there with no cell service. There are endless trails up in the mountains between Dayton and Wellington. We’ve explored many over the years but probably haven’t touch on 10% of them. I hope you have a great time and weather is favorable!
Como Site (ghost town): 39.17134, -119.47733
Smith Valley Rock Formations:
38.98191, -119.39295
Artisan Hot Springs: 38.89982, -119.41149
Rock Wall:
39.06115, -119.48158
thank you for sharing info with me. I think we're gonna give the Pine Nuts a go in November.
What drone did you use? The quality of the video from it was great!
Thanks. I’ll try to find out but our videographer has been tough to get a hold of lately. Audio narration was a little off due to Covid. We each had to do our best to record separately. It wasn’t perfect. We’re getting better. And we’re getting back on the road very soon so stay tuned for more content!
I think part of the roof rack problem could be the fact that it goes almost the whole length of the truck and the front mounts were on the cab while the rears were on the canopy. All that rock crawling is making the frame flex some and the roof rack isn't flexing, while the mounts flexed until they broke. The weight of fuel didn't help either. I would make the roof rack mount on either just the canopy or just the cab. Nice video and I really enjoyed the McKenzie trail one.
Thanks! You’re 100% correct. Jake is upgrading with another homemade product. It will be a completely bed mounted setup. Doubt it will be done before our next outing but you never know. I’m glad you are enjoying our journeys!
If you guys do abit of research you'll find out that roof racks can't actually take much weight and then they de-rate even more when you go off road. Ronny Dahl and Tyler Thompson both done youtbe videos about roof rack ratings.
Oh don’t get me started… I have paid much closer attention to Jake’s homemade mods since. Lol. I try to put as little as possible on top of my new ride. It’s taller and more top heavy than the Frontier was. Our more recent trips have been much more difficult and we’re really tuning our skills/rides/mods. Hope you check them out!
@@codybesler1026 thats good to hear I really enjoy your guys content. But seeing all that stuff on the roof racks really makes me cringe cause I've seen what can happen when they snap off. But hopefully lessons learnt and you guys keep making these great video's 👍
Holy s**t, a little traffic accident? Good to see you're still walking and talking. Hope no one was in the passenger seat.
No one was in the pickup other than me and I was the only one injured. 4 broken ribs and a handful of other bumps and bruises. All around very fortunate! Thanks for the well wishes! Hope you enjoyed the video too!!
Wow!!! So glad your OK! What hit you?
Sorry for the slow response. I never saw your question until this morning. It was a big rig. No one else was hurt other than my 4 broken ribs thank god above!
Hey Cody let Steve drive for a bit. That will help him decide if he wants to wheel his own ride.
chad Newville You might be right!
Great content! I love the fact that you guys tackle some serious trails with very roadworthy vehicles. Very much like many of the Australian off road videos. Good combo of wheeling and touring. Great video work too. Bit of constructive criticism though- the narration sounds too forced. It's obvious that you're reading off a prepared script. Everything else is spot on though.
Thanks for the kind words. We also appreciate the constructive criticism. I definitely understand what you’re saying. The quality of the audio wasn’t quite what I wanted either but it’s improved over the Alexander MacKenzie trip. If you watch those ones you need to turn surround sound off. I worked for a month trying to fix it with the editing software but to no avail. Anyway we will work to improve everything for our next trip/video (which will be VERY soon). Hoping to have enough content for several videos. Stay tuned! And don’t hesitate to tell us if we are improving or not. Thanks again!
I disagree I thought the commentary was quit good