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RE: [RC] [RC] GPS - Lucy TrumbullHey DaveI think I follow where you went (after inspecting the river crossing, did you continue along the south side of the river and follow a trail with a bunch of rock waterfalls down below you to the left? If so, isn't that a pretty trail!?). The section of trail in the Poverty Bar vicinity is always bad for GPS to pick up because you have the steep north-facing canyon wall to your south blocking your satellite view. It depends on the day, how fast you were riding, etc, but I often get bad readings from that section of trail. I looked at a track this afternoon from a few weeks back and measured the section from hw-49 to "just above the river crossing" and it came out to 6.25 miles. Another area that is bad for the same reason is "Sandy Bottom" which is a singletrack section between Ford's Bar and where you come to the river road section leading to Francisco's - the steep canyon walls are more than the GPS can deal with. Don't get discouraged - just know that they canyons around here are the worst for getting good readings. Don's advice about putting the GPS somewhere where it can get a clean signal is good. I have mine strapped to the pommel of my saddle, but still block it occasionally. I changed my settings today to what Don recommended, so we'll see what my readings are next time I go down there. We parked our trailers at the "Lower Quarry Trail" parking area which...We then rode the "Lower Quarry" trail and immediately were confronted with a sign stating it is 7.1 mi to Poverty Bar. When we got to Poverty Bar, the river was flowing too fast to venture a crossing....Therefore we turned from the river and got back on the trail and continued for about another mile. Since it was getting a bit late we turned and retraced out route. As we turned back, we checked the GPS and it stated we had traveled 6.1 miles. When we arrived back at the trailers, it stated we had gone a total of 12.2 miles. According to the signage, along with our estimate of distance past Poverty Bar, we estimate we had gone about 15.5 to 16 miles - a pretty significant discrepancy. << * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Lucy Chaplin Trumbull elsietee AT foothill DOT net Repotted english person in the Sierra foothills, California * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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