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Onion Valley/Horseshoe Meadow roads #1819 01/25/07 07:12 PM
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 132 Santa Barbara, CA WhitRat Member
WhitRat Member Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 132 Santa Barbara, CA	Does anyone know if either of these roads is open to the trailheads? With this warm, dry weather I'm hoping to get out there this weekend. Always do right - this will gratify some and astonish the rest. -- Mark Twain

Re: Onion Valley/Horseshoe Meadow roads #1820 01/28/07 12:37 AM
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 4 ted r young Member
ted r young Member Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 4	Anybody who lives near there, any idea if the gate on Horseshoe Meadow Road is open?

Re: Onion Valley/Horseshoe Meadow roads #1821 01/29/07 05:13 PM
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 59 Lone Pine, CA blaze_whitney Member
blaze_whitney Member Joined: May 2003 Posts: 59 Lone Pine, CA	Horseshoe Meadow road is closed by a locked gate at Carroll Creek. Onion Valley is closed at seven Pines.

Re: Onion Valley/Horseshoe Meadow roads #1822 01/29/07 08:05 PM
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ted r young Member Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 4	Thank you.

Re: Onion Valley/Horseshoe Meadow roads #1823 01/29/07 10:06 PM
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 132 Santa Barbara, CA WhitRat Member
WhitRat Member Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 132 Santa Barbara, CA	Many thanks Blaze Always do right - this will gratify some and astonish the rest. -- Mark Twain

Re: Onion Valley/Horseshoe Meadow roads #1824 01/30/07 04:33 AM
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 447 Granada Hills Ca Ridgeline Member
Ridgeline Member Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 447 Granada Hills Ca	On Dec 31 the Onion Valley Rd had the road closed signs up, we just drove around them, all the way to the hikers parking and went snowshoeing for the day. Is there a gate that blocks the road at this time?

Re: Onion Valley/Horseshoe Meadow roads #1825 01/30/07 04:53 PM
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 59 Lone Pine, CA blaze_whitney Member
blaze_whitney Member Joined: May 2003 Posts: 59 Lone Pine, CA	There is no gate on Onion Valley. It is only closed by signs.

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