White Mountains August 24th, 2007
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spressomon
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TheRoadie said:
X2!
spressomon
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Did you find Medusa?
teotwaki
Excelsior!
Will get more tonight. I am working on a car right now... A/C problems.
Here is what you see if you came up from Silver Canyon right near Silver Peak or if you turn off the main dirt road and double back to the peak
At the top of the peak is broadcast FM stations, Ham radio, Nextel and more facilities
Here is what you see if you came up from Silver Canyon right near Silver Peak or if you turn off the main dirt road and double back to the peak
At the top of the peak is broadcast FM stations, Ham radio, Nextel and more facilities
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teotwaki
Excelsior!
Okay! So from highway 395 you get yourself to highway 168 and go east. The road gets pretty winding and keeps gaining elevation. At one point it chokes down to a single lane.
(downhill view)
There is a brand new log cabin visitor center at Schulman Grove where you pay your taxes for visiting publicly owned land. Keep in mind that anywhere in the official grove area you must stay on the main roads. Every other tempting dirt road is marked off limits.
Here is the sign on the main road
My son and I blazed out of the visitor center and went straight to the high altitude Patriarch Grove. We stayed there and walked the little tourist trails and snapped a bunch of photos
(downhill view)
There is a brand new log cabin visitor center at Schulman Grove where you pay your taxes for visiting publicly owned land. Keep in mind that anywhere in the official grove area you must stay on the main roads. Every other tempting dirt road is marked off limits.
Here is the sign on the main road
My son and I blazed out of the visitor center and went straight to the high altitude Patriarch Grove. We stayed there and walked the little tourist trails and snapped a bunch of photos
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teotwaki
Excelsior!
slosurfer said:
For the last 15 years I have talked about going there and most times I was in the area in the winter when the gates were closed. Nowadays I would just plan a snowshoing trip in the winter but that is another story. Anyhow, messed up Sierra backpacking plans gave me the opportunity to go the see the bristlecone pines.
teotwaki
Excelsior!
It might be worth looking into coming out of Bishop southeast off of Hiway 6, through Laws and going up Silver Canyon. You come out right near Silver Peak. It is shown as 6S02 on the nice AAA Eastern Sierra map and can be followed over the mountain and down Wyman Canyon to “White Mountain City” after you look at the various bristlecone groves.
Looking towards the Sierras at the junction of 6S02 and the main road 4S01.
Note that they are encouraging folks like us!
Looking towards the Sierras at the junction of 6S02 and the main road 4S01.
Note that they are encouraging folks like us!
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