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kief

Trad climber
east side
Jan 25, 2016 - 05:54pm PT
Pretty sure it's near the tail end of the White Divide so Tunemah Peak sounds plausible. A few years back when a buddy and I scrambled up to the unnamed lake around 10,900 feet in the cirque north of Tunemah we thought we worked out that there weren't any other decent-sized lakes in the Sierra as far from a road in every direction.

The trio of high lakes northeast of Windy Cliff and west of Dumbbell Lakes felt as remote to me as anyplace I've been in California, but the straight-line distance to a road on the east side would be less than 12 miles or so.
zBrown

Ice climber
Jan 25, 2016 - 06:17pm PT
I don't think I understand the question, but isn't the point you're looking for in the Mojave Desert or east of the Salton Sea?
steve s

Trad climber
eldo
Jan 25, 2016 - 08:15pm PT
Uhhh....Lembert Dome?
nature

climber
Boulder, CO
Jan 25, 2016 - 08:34pm PT
Seems like you could get pretty far out there on the Modoc.
rottingjohnny

Sport climber
Shetville , North of Los Angeles
Jan 25, 2016 - 08:52pm PT
Apple Valley...
Banquo

climber
Amerricka
Jan 25, 2016 - 08:56pm PT
The desert has roads all over the place.
Mark Force

Trad climber
Ashland, Oregon
Jan 25, 2016 - 09:02pm PT
The "Calabama" northeastern corner?
Cragar

climber
MSLA - MT
Jan 25, 2016 - 09:13pm PT
Bellied up at Trout's with a Coors waiting for Merle
Sierra Ledge Rat

Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
Jan 25, 2016 - 09:16pm PT
I agree with Urizen. "Most remote" can be defined by different criteria. Hiking 13 miles on a trail is a lot different than a 5-mile off-trail scramble over the 13,000-foot Sierra crest with a heavy pack.

My guess is the most remote (by any criteria) somewhere in the Kings-Kern Divide area. It's brutal getting out there.

The Ionian Basin is pretty remote, but you can get there in one day.

The Enchanted Gorge also pretty remote, but it's not the most remote

Goddard Canyon feels more remote than the Enchanted Gorge. Does anyone know for sure?
limpingcrab

Trad climber
the middle of CA
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 25, 2016 - 09:18pm PT
Nice! Enchanted Gorge, on the to-do list
BruceHildenbrand

Social climber
Mountain View/Boulder
Jan 25, 2016 - 09:24pm PT
In modern terms "remote" has nothing to do with roads, trails or that ilk. It has to do with the likelihood of getting cell phone coverage.
Fogarty

climber
BITD
Jan 25, 2016 - 10:00pm PT
Fogarty

climber
BITD
Jan 25, 2016 - 10:01pm PT
Guess?


Ksolem

Trad climber
Monrovia, California
Jan 25, 2016 - 10:12pm PT
Walker Pass and Courtright...
Fogarty

climber
BITD
Jan 25, 2016 - 10:18pm PT
Kris, yes on Courtright.
Mic

climber
Boulder, CO
Jan 25, 2016 - 11:22pm PT
limpingcrab,

I was always facinated by that "Distance to Nearest Road" map from the USGS that you already found.
https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/fs20053011

Too bad Alaska wasn't included in the analysis!

Feeling inspired, I made this map, showing the distance to nearest climbing:
Distance to Nearest Climbing

Roger Brown

climber
Oceano, California
Jan 26, 2016 - 06:35am PT
Milestone Basin.
Camped in the basin you are at the base of Milestone, Midway, Table, and Thunder Mountains. The route up Thunder is old school 4th class with rappel bolts on top. After that downclimb I went to Yosemite Valley and took my first rock climbing class:-)
kpinwalla2

Social climber
WA
Jan 26, 2016 - 06:47am PT
I think that limpingcrab's map is shaded based on road density (miles of road per square mile), not on distance to the nearest road, which are two very different things. For instance, I-80 runs right through the middle of the big dark green patch on the Utah/Nevada border, so not many roads, but you'd never be far from an interstate.
lars johansen

Trad climber
West Marin, CA
Jan 26, 2016 - 08:32am PT
My vote is for the Enchanted Gorge. Tried to walk up it once and had to backtrack to Goddard Canyon to get to Ionian Basin-lars
skcreidc

Social climber
SD, CA
Jan 26, 2016 - 08:42am PT
^^^^^yea, that's the spot in my mind. Enchanted gorge at the southern end of the Ionian Basin.

Rough getting in and rough getting out.
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