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Greg Barnes

climber

Feb 8, 2012 - 09:02pm PT

My question though is under what authority is the area closed under?? In other words, who closed it, why, under what law or act? Was there a specific law enacted by the legislature and signed by the Governor? Was it a federal decision. Who is the land agency responsible?

Looks like it's actually semi-private land purchased by the UC system in 1978:

"The 9000 acre GMDRC was established in 1978, the lands purchased by donated funds, and later designated by U.S. Congress for the purposes of supporting academic research, teaching, as well as public outreach."

from: http://granites.ucnrs.org/

Gary

climber

That Long Black Cloud Is Coming Down

Feb 8, 2012 - 09:07pm PT

They are actually pretty cool people. You'd be surprised what happens when you ask rather than just barge in.

They are doing some studies on certain plots of land out there that they would prefer to not have stomped on. We met one of the biologists out there, he clued us in on where not to go and then we were on our own.

Tony Bird

climber

Northridge, CA

Feb 8, 2012 - 09:08pm PT

nice to see those crags have had activity. stopped there many a time when visiting my parents in arizona and did a little climbing--there's a nice unverboten 25-foot boulder made of the same stuff, plus an interesting basalt canyon to the southeast--while drooling over the great granite behind the no-no signs.

i wonder if "public outreach" might include you-know-what. what are they doing there anyway?

i guess you answered my question, gary--sounds reasonable.

R.B.

Trad climber

47N 122W

Feb 8, 2012 - 09:08pm PT

Thanks, I remember something about it being a study area (back there in 1987 myself).

I think they need to work a little bit on their "public outreach".

RB

Mtnmun

Trad climber

Top of the Mountain Mun

Feb 8, 2012 - 09:11pm PT

Spent one day on a long scramble there. By the end of the day the palms of my hands were bloody. The rock is cheese grater corse.

Reilly

Mountain climber

The Other Monrovia- CA

Feb 8, 2012 - 09:54pm PT

The wife and I climbed the peak behind Mitchel Caverns a few years ago.
Talk about a view! Way up there in a wee col we found the remains of a
WWII Army Signal Corps station. It looked like it had been a small enclosure.
Kind of strange but way cool. Probably training for N Africa.

TGT

Social climber

So Cal

Feb 8, 2012 - 10:11pm PT

A few years back for a geezer desert peak bagging trip we hiked Granite Mountain. (not off limits and the highest peak in the little range)

From the top we could see well into the depths of Ft Irwin. There was a large exercise going with the dust from armor way in the distance and artillery firing with the shells exploding seconds later and many miles from the firing point. It was like watching an aerial view.

From the register the peak sees regular, but not frequent visits. Approach is way around the back side and past the ranch.