Non damaging drives in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Mountain Biking, Fly Fishing, Ham Radios and more!!!
The club will be holding a family friendly camp-out weekend on the Southern side of Mt St Helens in the vicinity of the Ape Caves, Lewis River, several small water falls , Swift Reservoir and a number of other fun opportunities.
All you need to do is decide if you want to stay a single day or two/ three and book camp sites at the Eagle Cliff campgrounds East of Cougar and South of Mt St Helens. The camp is close to Swift Reservoir and it is on the edge of the Lewis River.
The club has booked a few campsites as a back up for anyone who can't decide until the last minute if they can go. It's a fairly cheap campground at $15, and the couple who own it now have been working hard the last few years to really make many improvements.
Their web Site at the camp ground is : www.eaglecliffcamp.com
You simply go to the tabs on the left and select the "Map/ Availability" and you can book for each night you are joining us. Feel free to stay several nights or just one. It looks like the first few people booking grabbed sites in the back area around camps 10, 11, 12 etc. Please book early as this is so close to Mt St Helens it is likely to book up soon.
We are planning to have some of the following activities organized for the event:
1) Non damaging rides into the forest just to get a feel for the basic abilities of your rigs and to give folks who are new to off-roading a chance to have fun learning their trucks.
2) A wonderful Mountain Bike ride, at individual paces, on Mt St Helens along the Plains of Abraham
For a picture of that fun look here: https://www.mtbproject.com/trail/4513731/plains-of-abraham
3) Some fly fishing lessons and fun along the Lewis River. Please make to obtain a required Fishing license and its BYOG Bring your own Gear. We will try to have an extra set up or two for folks who want to buy a day license and just learn.
4) You can use the one canoe we have parked on the Swift Reservoir dock or you can bring your own kayak or canoe. You can also pay Pacific Power and bring up a bigger boat and drop it in the Reservoir. Information on the boat launch into the Swift Reservoir through Pacific Corp is here: http://www.pacificorp.com/about/or/washington/sfc.html
5) Ham Radio fun trying to make long distance contacts, also know as DX-ing. We will have an antenna set up and a station in a rig.
Please RSVP so we can get an idea of how many are coming. See you there!
