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Any of you Four Wheelers know if the 4WD roads north and south of Dear Island are still open?

In case you're wondering... I've almost completed the PCT from Walker Pass up to Yosemite, but need a few pieces between 10 miles north of Kennedy Meadows Campground and Trail Pass. (I've done very short sections south of Trail Pass and around Olancha Peak.)

I don't want to go over Olancha Pass twice, but I don't think I want to head south from the pass to tag my "highpoint" above Beck Meadows and then head north towards Horseshoe Meadows. Instead, I'd like to ride a motorcycle to Monache, do the short up and back to Olancha Pass...

Richard, email me for the details

That Was Easy...

...Except for the second crossing of the South Fork of the Kern River... (sissy wandered for quite a ways looking for a crossing that wouldn't require shoes off or wet shoes)

Made it all the way down to the bottom of the above map, where there are several Wilderness Signs telling you not to use mechanical devices anymore.

Less than 2 miles to get to my previous point on the PCT...
Less than 7 miles total to get to the Olancha Pass Trail junction...
Less than 11 miles total...

The ride in to Monache Meadows is always a blast when there's no one else around... a few campers at the first campsites off of the paved road and a couple (man and woman) way back in there.

Now it's just a matter of Sage Flat to Horseshow Meadow via Mulkey Pass.

Doc, your pol.net email address bounced...

new email is @dr.com