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Spotted this when driving to Union Wash, just NE of Lone Pine. Cool-looking series of terraced structures, quite prominent despite being pretty far from the road. https://goo.gl/maps/j41NTB5co4oQMXGh8 Looks like BLM property, couldn't find any claims or historical mines listed at the area - not enti...

Very awesome. Have had a blast with my DJI quad.
You might see if the local SAR volunteer groups need quad operators -- there was a group looking for volunteers a while back for missing irish hiker David (https://www.pctmissing.org/david-osullivan)

Oh, and the buildings in the imagery are actually known to the assessor (and hence appear on the osm map). They are: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/472888467 https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/472888201 The assessor's IDs and the building IDs are there. I doubt these are mines. Are there cattle o...

Thanks all. Trying to use the HuntStand app to locate property info, seems to be one of the few areas where property data not available. It's a pretty large property chunk on the app (you can see land divisions) but owner isn't pulling up, governement or otherwise. There's a FS road just to the SE, ...

Came across these on the north side of the San Gabes, Wrightwood/Big Rock Creek Vicinity: 34.42635138817832, -117.75190966411165 https://goo.gl/maps/uc3XZhE8pZGW6Mop7 Looks like fairly intact old mine structures, or fairly large cabin(s)? Definitely not in the usual hiking areas, perhaps a reason fo...

It was held by a trust in the past, and the folks purchased it from them. I wonder if the trust (name is on the original post) had roots back to Stoddard himself.

Thanks for the great info. No visible signs of building as of yet. The signs seem to have slowed the graffiti down drastically, although there is some beyond them. Very intimidating though. "Smile, you're on camera" etc. Yes, the interaction I had was friendly aggressive. One individual w...

Whoops, never mind, I found the post: "Much larger than you had marked! You're also right about all the vandalism & trespassing that has been happening on the property and me trying to stop all the destruction. Just to name a few: I have people graffiting all the rocks, graffiting & car...

Great report! Here is info from a trip I did year back about the property situation. I was approached by two folks who claimed to have just purchased the land. They may have posted the signs ( the signs appeared from my recollection shortly after my encounter with them): viewtopic.php?p=53681#p53681...

Thank you for the report and interesting photos!

Interesting...notice the video was removed?

Thank you for the report. Very interesting. Did you happen to see any fish back in the canyon at the creek crossings? I imagine it's too exposed for them to survive that stretch. There were military vehicles seen at the RV camp recently, did you see anything like that? The info on John Knox Portwood...

Oh boy, looks like this was just posted:



Interior of the mine

Interesting. Probably won't be too long, sadly, until vandals destroy it.
Neat area, for sure.

This fellow walked all around the site, sure looks abandoned:

dima wrote: Thanks for the report! I've never gone back there. Where is the gate at "the end"? Is that the start of the Widman inholding? Something else?

I think so -- I just heard it ends at "a ranch"

Hiked Cattle Canyon this weekend. Made it within a 1/2 mile of the gate at the end (23 creek crossings, all wet) before having to turn back due to time. Lots of people camping at the entrance, the carcass of a recently killed chicken at the first creek crossing, several folks hunting gold further ba...

There's another article up that talks about them using their jackets as makeshift ropes to descend multiple waterfalls. They also "slid" down one waterfall, getting wet in the process (that might have been deadly). Per the article: They tried signalling a helicopter earlier on, and it look...

Thanks for the number. No, I didn't, but I'll check with them.
Talked another hiker that parked there and walked in without problems. Lots of questioanble signage tho.

Video of the rescue here:
https://fox5sandiego.com/2019/04/12/mt- ... ly-5-days/

Says they were trapped between two waterfalls

The photos are excellent. Thanks for the report!

Did you see any fish in Bear Canyon? Or otherwise along the trip?

Anyone ever checked out Banning Canyon, east of Yucaipa, north of the 10 FWY in the San Berns?
What's the parking/access situation like?

Great photos and trip report. Really appreciate the intel one the local flora and fauna. Thanks!

Hikin_Jim wrote: OK, cool. Thanks, @Tom. That's about what I was hoping for.

Hopefully the old grow operation that I saw in 2012 hasn't been started up again.

HJ

Good luck!
Looking forward to trip report. If you spot anything swimming in S.BRC, could you let me know?

I believe S. Fork BRC has year-round water. Very health looking creek when I was there in December, well before most of our rains

Thank you, good photos! I'm interested in whatever is in the creek in that stretch, seems untouched. Appreciate the tips. Will report back.

Found this: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/397149

HSB, you have been posting epic reports on Reddit lately, very enjoyable to read!

Do you have any other photos of the conditions in Fish Canyon above the falls? Thanks for the report. Glad to see the creek looks healthy.

tekewin wrote: Newts and frogs was all I saw.

Too bad. Used to hold some finned friends.

Hi everyone, Is there any trip reports regarding the extensive watershed above Fish Canyon Falls? I realize the current access is basically closed, I am not interested in trespassing, just in if this area has been explored in the past. From satellite imagery, it looks like a very interesting canyon,...

Anything swimming in the creek aside from the newts?