How about some options for my fellow DRNr's:
1) We'll be riding almost every weekend through the summer, starting now. The deep woods are our favorite and offer the most scenic rides (Deep Creek, Holcomb Creek & when we're really energetic; John Bull). Anyone interested in a particular weekend, just e-mail me. We're haapy to have new folks join us.
2) My group is all licensed dual-sports and we normally ride into the woods from the City of Big Bear Lake, but if you're green sticker, we can meet at a staging/camping area in the woods. I recommend either Crab Flats or Big Pine, both really nice campgrounds. Also, both of these have green access to Deep Creek and hopefully Devil's Hole, which is scheduled to re-open next month. We've done this before with other DRNr's and it worked out pretty good.
3) For dual sporters, we can meet up in the City and ride into the woods. This enables access to Holcomb Creek and John Bull too. (both very pristine, latter considered a double diamond run).
4) We stage another Big Bear spode-fest with a combination of green/dualsport and do a "super-loop", which requires about a fourth of the ride on street legal fire-roads. We also split the group, allowing some to take the really tough stuff, but converging at common meeting places. While on the fire roads, greens ride inside/in-between the duals.
Red's pretty risky. I know the ranger that patrols the Deep Creek area and while he and other rangers do not have enforcement authority, they will call in the Sheriff who will ticket and has been known to impound. Sorry.