Lake Tahoe Hi-Lo’s 4WD club offers free off highway vehicle clinic

Submitted by paula on Sat, 05/14/2022 - 9:37pm
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Event Date: 
May 21, 2022 - 9:00am

The Lake Tahoe Hi-Lo's 4WD Club is holding a free, hands-on OHV 4x4 Clinic on Saturday, May 21, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. All participants need to meet at the Sawmill Pond parking lot at 9:00 a.m.

This Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Clinic will focus on how to properly handle your 4x4 vehicle, environmental issues relevant to the sport of 4-wheeling, available local trails, and recommended equipment for 4WD vehicles. Starting with a short session at Twin Peaks trailhead just past Sawmill pond parking lot.

There will be presentations by the U.S Forest Service OHV personnel, El Dorado County Parks & Recreation, Lake Tahoe Hi-Lo's 4WD Club & sponsors.

Trail Ride
We will take a short trail ride up to Twin Peaks Trail where a demonstration of the proper use of your 4-wheel drive and related equipment will be used. Members of the Lake Tahoe Hi-Lo's 4WD Club will demonstrate maneuvering over large rocks on a designated OHV trail and the use of a winch.

Who Should Attend
People who are interested in learning about 4-wheeling in the Tahoe area and want to meet local enthusiasts.

The club has been working with the USFS Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit at Twin Peaks as an adopt-a-trail for many decades. Picking up trash, repairing sections where users may have gone off of the designated trails, clearing water bars, posting signs, and creating rock features to help prevent erosion while keeping the trail challenging in bypass sections. The Hi-Lo’s have installed several steel winching posts in the rocky areas of the Twin Peaks Trail. If users get stuck, they can winch out from a post & not damage the trees.

The Lake Tahoe Hi-Lo's is a family-oriented four-wheel drive club, based in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. They currently have about 35 general and associate members. The club started in 1966 and in the 60sand 70s, put on local high-speed hill climbs and sand drags. They have also been hosting the annual Gambler's Poker Run since 1987. The money raised from events is donated back to local charities, and to help keep trail access.

The name Hi-Lo's is short for High-Range/Low-Range. From the days when they would use High-Range for some of the racing events, and Low-Range for rock crawling. They now make several conservation trips a year to do trail maintenance, erosion control & trash clean-up on our local trails. For the rest of the season, they like to go four-wheeling and camping from old mining roads in Nevada to the High Sierra trails, such as Barrett Lake Trail, Deer Valley Trail, and the Rubicon Trail. The club has also worked as volunteers on the Jeepers Jamboree for over 40 years.

It is suggested participants bring their own 4x4, chairs, snacks, and water to the OHV 4x4 clinic.

For more information, visit the following websites:

https://www.laketahoehilos.com
https://www.facebook.com/events/1369140340231384?active_tab=about
https://www.facebook.com/events/1369140340231384