BajaNomad - Eastside of Bahia Concepcion

Is that beach here?: 26°51'57.74"N 111°50'36.85"W

That is where I ended up on my trip.

Thanks for the memories!

motoged - 9-22-2021 at 11:40 PM

It's a great moto ride ! I've done that ride five times over the years....first time on 1981R80GS when I camped for several nights....one morning was woken up by a pod of a half dozen dolphins corralling breakfast. The side trip to San Sebastion is worth it....and out to Hwy ! thru San Nicholas.

AKgringo - 9-23-2021 at 07:17 AM

Roads (trails) like that are the reason I am not going to be too picky about any body work I might get done on my Trooper. It is unlikely that a new paint job would make it back north without fresh pin stripes!

SFandH - 9-23-2021 at 07:55 AM

Quote: Originally posted by geoffff

Is that beach here?: 26°51'57.74"N 111°50'36.85"W

That is where I ended up on my trip.

Thanks for the memories!

That's a good beach. I take my boat there often, good beachcombing.

This is a good spot too: 26°42'57.6"N 111°48'41.2"W

David K - 9-23-2021 at 08:18 AM

The pin stripes from 2016 are still decorating my truck!
We got to about 8 miles from that north beach, driving in the dark, through that overgrown section of road. That is featured on the video made by one of the 4 Toyotas in my 2016 Baja Extreme Tour. The fish swimming up to the foot is also over there by where we ended up camping after the road ended at a fresh washout cliff and we turned back. to find a clearing to camp at. Minute 2:00 to 2:45 is over on the Concepción peninsula:

https://youtu.be/eM4NlmqPi8U

Here is my map for visual reference.

[Edited on 9-23-2021 by David K]

SFandH - 9-23-2021 at 08:30 AM

Has anybody here ever driven across the peninsula that forms Bahia Concepcion to the Sea of Cortez side? Way, way north of San Nicholas. This looks interesting.

26°43'05.4"N 111°36'22.6"W

[Edited on 9-23-2021 by SFandH]

David K - 9-23-2021 at 08:41 AM

Ged mentioned it (San Sebastian):

Quote: Originally posted by motoged

The side trip to San Sebastion is worth it....and out to Hwy ! thru San Nicholas.

It is on the AAA map of 2010:

On the 2021 Baja Atlas:

[Edited on 9-23-2021 by David K]

pacificobob - 9-23-2021 at 08:44 AM

Excellent video.

SFandH - 9-23-2021 at 09:11 AM

Quote: Originally posted by David K

Ged mentioned it (San Sebastian):

Way north of San Sebastion. In the middle of the peninsula, south of Punta Coloradito where the river bed on your map is.

nbentley1 - 9-23-2021 at 09:15 AM

Great video, always wondered what was on that side of the bay

JZ - 9-23-2021 at 09:23 AM

Pic from the far South end of Bahia Concepcion.

[Edited on 9-23-2021 by JZ]

David K - 9-23-2021 at 10:08 AM

Quote: Originally posted by David K

Ged mentioned it (San Sebastian):

Way north of San Sebastion. In the middle of the peninsula, south of Punta Coloradito where the river bed on your map is.

OK, got ya... Big mountain range limits cross-peninsula travel. Here is the rest of it north from San Sebastian. Just one more road to a fish camp (San Lino) on the 2021 map plus the Manganese mine near the north end:

KurtG - 9-23-2021 at 10:13 AM

Quote: Originally posted by David K

Ged mentioned it (San Sebastian):

Way north of San Sebastion. In the middle of the peninsula, south of Punta Coloradito where the river bed on your map is.

25-30 years ago I spent quite of bit of time over there on "the far side" and I don't believe there is any type of road or even foot trail across between the San Sebastian road and the mine road on the north end. If anyone has found one I would be most interested.

SFandH - 9-23-2021 at 10:17 AM

San Lino. Gotta go there this winter. Maybe by boat, maybe by land. What are the coordinates where the cross peninsula road meets the bayside road?

KurtG - 9-23-2021 at 10:22 AM

David,
I followed a couple of old tracks by moto that went north off the San Sebastian road but they went nowhere. Again, this was nearly 30 years ago.

motoged - 9-23-2021 at 12:17 PM

More pics and info related to eastside of Concepcion if you take the time for page 4 of trip report on ADV Rider site:

https://advrider.com/f/threads/she-slapped-me-with-little-provocation.666961/page-4

David K - 9-23-2021 at 01:17 PM

Nice report over there, Ged. Already one new reply from a Nomad viewer.

I presume adding photos on that forum is easy, compared to here?

motoged - 9-23-2021 at 01:29 PM

Gracias, David.

Yes about posting pics. Life these days seems more complicated just as I am trying to simplify it all.... so dancing through a myriad of apps and all the techie crap makes me post a link rather than try to copy pics..... and let people do the work if interested....

If not, I won't go thru the pic posting hoops to appease the other lazy folks :biggrin:

David K - 9-23-2021 at 01:33 PM

It really isn't that hard here, but I understand the frustration. Doug has been promising to upgrade the site for years so we could just attach the photos without the need to size them down first, or use a third party host, like Postimages.org.

HeyMulegeScott - 9-23-2021 at 01:41 PM

Glad you guys liked it.

Geoff's excellent write up and photos -

https://octopup.org/baja2019/bahia-concepcion

The Baja Divide bike ride also goes here after a boat ride from Mulege -
https://bajadivide.com/sections/14mulege-to-el-rosarito/

4x4abc - 9-23-2021 at 10:49 PM

Has anybody here ever driven across the peninsula that forms Bahia Concepcion to the Sea of Cortez side? Way, way north of San Nicholas. This looks interesting.

26°43'05.4"N 111°36'22.6"W

been there

some good roads
some rough roads (old overgrown mining access)

here is what is drivable:

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motoged - 9-24-2021 at 12:07 AM

Harald,
WOW.... that is a real "Binderdundat"

Looks like you spent a bit of time there :cool:

JZ - 9-24-2021 at 04:51 AM

Has anybody here ever driven across the peninsula that forms Bahia Concepcion to the Sea of Cortez side? Way, way north of San Nicholas. This looks interesting.

26°43'05.4"N 111°36'22.6"W

I haven't driven it, but just traced the route on Google Earth. See attached.

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4x4abc - 9-24-2021 at 09:23 AM

Quote: Originally posted by motoged

Harald,
WOW.... that is a real "Binderdundat"

Looks like you spent a bit of time there :cool:

started in 1986 from LA
many times every year
last 20 years I have lived in La Paz

I prefer routes few people travel

like the west to east crossing just north of La Paz
hadn't been done in 50 years
https://carlosnpainter.smugmug.com/Events/Uno-Baja-Extreme-A...

I have scouted and driven No Wimp Trail before it had a name.

I you ever need a trail that's not on the books yet - let me know.
I have a few.

4x4abc - 9-24-2021 at 09:30 AM

here is the west to east crossing "Las Tarabillas" if anyone brave enough wants to do it.
MC would be easiest
4x4 will require scouting from both ends before attempting

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motoged - 9-24-2021 at 10:13 AM

I prefer routes few people travel

X 2

PaulW - 9-24-2021 at 10:23 AM

Saved the tracks
Thanks Harald

JZ - 9-24-2021 at 10:29 AM

This beach to the East of Concepcion, SoC side, looks really sweet.

Flew right by it a couple times on the boat. Will stop there next time. Or maybe ride the Zodiac down from the more accessible beach to the North.

26°42'24.16"N 111°34'47.19"W

[Edited on 9-24-2021 by JZ]

KurtG - 9-24-2021 at 01:05 PM

Has anybody here ever driven across the peninsula that forms Bahia Concepcion to the Sea of Cortez side? Way, way north of San Nicholas. This looks interesting.

26°43'05.4"N 111°36'22.6"W

been there

some good roads
some rough roads (old overgrown mining access)

here is what is drivable:

Thanks, I see a couple of routes that I started down but turned back.. You obviously have better equipment than I have ever had and far more ability. The latter certainly the more important.

HeyMulegeScott - 9-25-2021 at 09:55 AM

Part 2 they visit the mine and painted canyon.
https://youtu.be/SR1dw-hqG78

4x4abc - 9-25-2021 at 03:20 PM

This beach to the East of Concepcion, SoC side, looks really sweet.

Flew right by it a couple times on the boat. Will stop there next time. Or maybe ride the Zodiac down from the more accessible beach to the North.

26°42'24.16"N 111°34'47.19"W

[Edited on 9-24-2021 by JZ]

I have had my eyes on that beach as well. There is a new road going almost half the way there. Maybe an overland expedition this winter?

JZ - 9-25-2021 at 06:55 PM

I have had my eyes on that beach as well. There is a new road going almost half the way there. Maybe an overland expedition this winter?

I'm more of a boater at heart than an offroader.

The beach itself looks spectacular. However, what makes it really special to me is there are almost 10 little bays in the 2 miles around it.

Would love to drop the anchor at the main beach, and then explore to the North and South on a Zodiac. Getting in between tight rocks like those on an inflatable is incredible fun. You always see some really interesting things.

I'll go by boat and meet you there, how does that sound?

4x4abc - 9-25-2021 at 06:59 PM

sounds good

AKgringo - 9-25-2021 at 07:40 PM