Hiking before BM

paylors · Post by **paylors** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:49 am

Hi, a friend and I wanted to go for an overnight backpacking hike before Burning Man. Can anyone recommend a hike/destination between San Jose/Santa Cruz and Gerlach?

We went to Yosemite last year (not related to BM) and that seems too far out of the way to get up to Gerlach.

I saw El Dorado National Forest on the map and it appears to be a good location, but I'm not real sure without the map.
http://www.totalescape.com/active/camps ... eldor.html

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:51 am

paylors wrote:Hi, a friend and I wanted to go for an overnight backpacking hike before Burning Man. Can anyone recommend a hike/destination between San Jose/Santa Cruz and Gerlach?

We went to Yosemite last year (not related to BM) and that seems too far out of the way to get up to Gerlach.

I saw El Dorado National Forest on the map and it appears to be a good location, but I'm not real sure without the map.
http://www.totalescape.com/active/camps ... eldor.html

The Tahoe National Forest is more on the way........Many areas along that I-80 corridor.
Up at Castle Peak would be a nice area........

paylors · Post by **paylors** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:02 am

Thanks! I was going by the green areas on Google Maps and for some reason this isn't shaded.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... .4422&z=11

I'll check it out!
Might also be a good recuperation place on the way back.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:08 am

paylors wrote:Thanks! I was going by the green areas on Google Maps and for some reason this isn't shaded.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... .4422&z=11

I'll check it out!
Might also be a good recuperation place on the way back.

you might want to check out the Tahoe National Forest site.
But, as far as convenient, Castle Peak area, also, you can take the Soda Springs exit, and, head to Sugar Bowl ski resort, or any area up there (only a few minutes from I-80), the Pacific Crest trail crosses there, as well and there are some beautiful views and such.

paylors · Post by **paylors** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:32 am

yeah, i googled up their site and was trying to find one of the PDF maps of the area.
http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/tahoe/maps_broc ... ndex.shtml
http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/forestvisitormaps/tahoe/

i'll try to find something on Castle Peak. I'm sure there's a trip report out there somewhere. (At first I thought Castle Rock and possibly a haunted Stephen King connection.)

Almost anything along the PCT should be good. I'll check with a thru-hiker friend of mine. PCT + a lake/swimming hole within 8 miles and I'm there, assuming it's a generally secluded/private area.

stargeezer · Post by **stargeezer** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:10 pm

It would be a little out of your way, but the area up around Mt. Lassen is also great. Go north on I5 to Chico and then head east to Lassen and continue east through Chester and Susanville into Reno.

Post by **Elderberry** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:16 pm

paylors wrote: Might also be a good recuperation place on the way back.

Best recuperation place on the way back is a hotel in Reno!

JK

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 10:28 pm

You don't even have to leave the National Conservation Area. I understand there are three mustang herds, one donkey herd, a 19th century murder site and endangered trout there.

http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/wfo/blm_ ... _Info.html

paylors · Post by **paylors** » Fri May 01, 2009 7:19 am

[quote="jkisha"][quote="paylors"]
Might also be a good recuperation place on the way back.[/quote]

Best recuperation place on the way back is a hotel in Reno!

JK[/quote]

Hmm, maybe, but last year we stopped at my friend's sister's house in Carson City. Pretty much everything you get a hotel but free.
Also had one of those thirty million dollar stereo systems, with the turntable mounted directly to the foundation instead of the floor, all that stuff. I slept most of the time, on the couch and under the cat.

paylors · Post by **paylors** » Fri May 01, 2009 7:25 am

Oh, btw, I found that PDF map of the Tahoe Forest.

[url]http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/forestvisitorma ... /tahoe.pdf
[/url]

be warned, it's like 35 MB or so

chiefdanfox · Post by **chiefdanfox** » Fri May 01, 2009 9:50 am

I think this is a great source for map downloads. Free from the USGS.
It is the map locator. The link does not work on this BBS (or at least I can't get it to work), so copy it entirely, from "http... /.do", place it in the address bar.
http://store.usgs.gov/b2c_usgs/usgs/map ... 4ROOT)/.do

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