Manastash Campground, WA
September 13th – 14th, 2008
N 47° 02.042'
W 120° 56.790'
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A loosely organized campout at Manastash
Campground for riders of Dual Sport and
Adventure Touring bikes,
consisting of a bunch of un-paved roads, some camping, heavy drinking and
swapping of many lies.
We did it the last three years, we're doing it again!
In fact, some of us may start a day or two early. If you can make it more than just a weekend deal,
please join us.
Scouting photos from Phil & Gary
Phil Kopp and Gary Barnett scouted this area in September of 2007. Phil took a bunch of photos and
wrote a Webpage about it.
Check it out! If that doesn't get you
interested, you're already dead to us...
DirtGather mailing list
We created a special mailing list for the event, called
dirtgather@micapeak.com.
You'll have to subscribe yourself via the usual
methods — I recommend starting at
http://micapeak.com/mailman/listinfo/.
Feel free to subscribe or not, independent of whether or not you plan to
attend this one.
Warning:
If you don't subscribe, you may well miss important organizational messages.
The list will be for discussions pertaining to future (and past) events,
and traditionally is very, very low volume.
Purely social chatter unrelated to the events will be discouraged.
Directions to the Campground
[
from the USFS Website]
The general location is south of Interstate 90, south of Cle Elum, WA and the Taneum Drainage. North of the Naches
Ranger District. There are two main roads to access the Manastash Campground from Interstate I-90.
From I-90 exit #93:
- At stop sign at end of off ramp take a left over freeway.
- Take right at next stop sign. Follow this road for several miles and it will come to a stop sign.
- Take a right at
the stop sign and cross back over the freeway.
- Take a right at the next stop sign and you are heading west up the
Taneum road. Several miles up it becomes road number 3300. Continue for several more miles and you pass Taneum
Guard Station and Taneum Campground.
- Continue a mile or so farther and Ice Water Campground is on your left. Just
pass Ice Water Campground is the # 3300 road on your left.
- Take the # 3330 road. Stay on the # 3330 road for
approximately 10 miles till it ends and becomes the # 3120 road.
- Follow the # 3120 road to the right towards
Quartz mountain towards till you come to the # 3100 road.
- Take a left on the # 3100 road and follow till you come
to the junction of the 3100 road and the 3104 road.
- Take a right on the 3140 road and the Manastash Campground
entrance is right there on the right side of the road.
From I-90 Thorp exit (several miles W. of Ellensburg):
- Head south on the Thorp road away from the town of Thorp.
- About 2 miles you will take a right on the Cove road.
- Follow Cove road for several miles and at Manastash road take a right.
- Follow the Manastash road for about 15 miles up the Canyon.
- About a mile past the Riders Campground take a left on the #
3104 road and on your right is the entrance to Manastash Campground.
Folks Planning to Attend
| Rider |
Bike |
GPS? |
|---|
| Bill Woods |
Aprilia RXV-550 |
GPS-V |
| Chris Denzler |
Suzuki DRZ400 |
– |
| Gary Wasserman |
MuZ 125 SX |
StreetPilot III |
| Jim Broglio |
Alien Workshop skateboard |
– |
| Jim Harriger |
BMW F650 |
176C |
| John Coulter |
KTM 640 Enduro |
60Csx |
| Keri Grassl |
Hello Kitty 50cc SuperMoto |
– |
| Lisa Denzler |
Yamaha WR250F |
– |
| Steve Powers |
BMW R1200GS |
276C |
| Tony Jones |
KTM something |
– |
If your name isn't there, and should be, send mail to
hmarc.
Likewise if the details are wrong, or if your name is there and shouldn't be.
Photos from 2007
GPS Tracks from various years
Other photos...
