few more pics from my recent Thanksgiving sojourn in the Panoche Valley:
it was 160 miles from Lower Haight to my campsite.
Browns Valley Road ...
Gary856 gave me the idea to finally snap some pics of things I've been riding by for years ... this is the little empty house below
Panoche Pass on J1/Panoche Road.
descending into the Panoche Hills on Wednesday night. I'm headed for the ridge in the middle of the pic, just to the right of the peak ... you can see that they've been out maintaining the road, it's showing evidence of having been recently graded.
looking back toward the entrance from my campsite ridge ...
there's a car in the pic, for scale. I posted some pics in our "Bikes on Location" thread,
here,
here and
here.
a sunset ...
and a sunrise ...
the final pitch on road P20, climbing home on Saturday ...
heading out the entrance and back home on Saturday morning ... I told Ms Woodschick I'd look for the "no streetbikes" small print on my way out, and this pic demonstrates there's no longer any small print at the entrance. the kiosk facing the road has lost it's plexiglass, and I think that's where the more detailed information used to be ... it has yet to be replaced. I didn't look for the small print at the kiosk at the viewpoint by the restrooms at the top of the entrance hill, though.
the place was hopping with shooters on Saturday, 11/27, and while it is a beautiful and serene place, where I can get my sunrise and sunset views from the same campsite, you are sharing it with folks shooting during the day. and there is the whole risk-of-ticket-for-prohibited-streetbike issue.
as usual, had big plans to buy a day pass at
Mercey Hot Springs, and as usual, I didn't do it ... maybe next time.
anyway, that's the newz from western Fresno County. have a vague plan to try
Tumey Hills, or see if I can get into Clear Creek from the east/New Idria side, or just be an upright citizen and head to
Williams Hill BLM for the X-mas holiday. or idk. maybe head for the
Carrizo Plains, if I'm feeling really ambitious.
or just sit on the sofa.
which is certainly what I'll do, if there's rain in the forecast.
Nice pics. Question: Was Naciemento Ferg open, or did you access Prewitt ridge via Los Burros? Was there still a locked gate on S. Coast Ridge?
