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nopantsben
climber
europe
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:)
thanks! how did I miss it?
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Wow, early opening for Great Western Hwy. (190). That's the earliest I can remember it opening for some time (we have a place down the hill so keep track of these things, at least anecdoctally), which is unusual given the amount of snow they got this year. No bets on the Needles road.
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mooch
Trad climber
Tribal Base Camp (Kernville Annex)
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No worries! I needed the exercise! Crazy how Ma Nature had taken over that trail! All clear with good readable distances between cairns too. As for the tree situation for the Needles Lookout forest service road, I have no idea when they'll cut it to open the road. I tried getting local info from the Kernville HQ and they are just as clueless. I did find out that they MAY have the gate to Cherry Hill Rd. (access to reach The Domelands) open by this coming weekend. I can still see a good deal of snow in the Domelands area from the Great Western Hwy.
Maggie taking a much needed rest from working the Voodoo trail
The base of Voodoo
the first pitch of WPOD......classic!
The Ponderosa is open for business
Brew in a jar and the usual over-priced comfort food
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Thanks Mooch....maybe Church Dome for M day after all.
The Pondo would make a find brew pub, don't you think?
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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The Ponderosa isn't cheap, but the people are nice and the portions huge. Better than you'll find down the hill at Camp Nelson. I made a point of not hitting Nelson's Place anymore since it appears interested in only catering to soused locals. At the Pondo, Pete's daughter, Debbie, is a wonderful hostess.
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mooch
Trad climber
Tribal Base Camp (Kernville Annex)
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Yep, Debbie is a sweetheart. Ok, portions??......serioiusly? Got a "pie tin" of 14 tortilla chips and a SMALL spoonful of salsa, for a whopping $6.95!! Hmmmm.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Over at the right edge:
Lodge for Sale!
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mooch
Trad climber
Tribal Base Camp (Kernville Annex)
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Call the Access Fund? ;)
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Mooch, order the chili cheese fries (my kids love them). Enough for two meals.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Aside from any downed trees, the main thing which delays the Needles dirt road from opening is mud. About a mile in a ravine comes downhill from the left and crosses the road. There is a spring there, and this creates an impressive mud hole. They don't like to open the road until this is passable.
Of course on person's definition of "passable" varies from the next. I drove in a couple summers ago when the road was thrashed from a couple of hard thunderstorms. Huge ruts and rocks all over. I thought I was stretching my luck in my high clearance Tacoma. Out at end the I caught up with four nice young women driving a small Toyota sedan. I guess that makes me a wimp :-)
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mooch
Trad climber
Tribal Base Camp (Kernville Annex)
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Yah, the gate was OPEN. Just the tree was blocking the way. Likely feel a day or two prior since no one seemed to know.
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Sometimes a crappy road isn't so crappy after all.
Last fall the camping area was inundated with minivans, several low riding cars that looked like toasters and illegal camp fires were everywhere.
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TeleRoss
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Last fall the camping area was inundated with minivans, several low riding cars that looked like toasters and illegal camp fires were everywhere
yay for new guidebook
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mattarg
Trad climber
Argentina
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May 15, 2017 - 09:30pm PT
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Hi, anybody have an update on the access road? Tree still across the road? Thanks
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mooch
Trad climber
Tribal Base Camp (Kernville Annex)
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May 16, 2017 - 07:29am PT
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Nothing yet. Called FS office for Tulare and no one knew. Best to offer is that you bring a MTB and roll in. Temps this coming weekend will be nice up there....daytime high, mid-70's. Anyone doing the lower approach to Voodoo might want to get an early start. Temps lower will be in the low 80's and Voodoo and Demon profiles face south.
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Jun 21, 2017 - 08:29pm PT
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Any word on the upper camp access?
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Jun 21, 2017 - 09:04pm PT
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It's not unreasonable to hike up to the south side of the Warlock from Lloyd Meadows Road. The South Face Route, or Romantic Warrior and it's neighbors can be done that way. Do the standard raps off the north side and it's downhill all the way back to the car (er, I mean cooler.) I put a decent map and some beta for this approach in the book.
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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Jun 21, 2017 - 09:17pm PT
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Last fall the camping area was inundated with minivans, several low riding cars that looked like toasters and illegal camp fires were everywhere
-yay for new guidebook-
yep, I'm SURE those are the people that buy climbing guidebooks....
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ec
climber
ca
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Jun 23, 2017 - 09:02am PT
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Pete's daughter Debbie
???
Mary...her name is Mary.
Maybe you guys had too many brews.
 ec
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