Joshua Tree camping for newbs
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My girlfriend and I are planning a quick trip to visit her brother in L.A and plan to camp at Jtree on the night of thursday Oct 23rd. Neither of us have camped nor climbed there before, so I got some info on the camping situation there. |
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ought to be open sites avail Thu eve or Fri morning at Hidden Valley, where there are many routes within walking distance, and at nearby Ryan campground. and it shouldn't be crowded on Fri at the popular moderate walls that are usu inundated on the wknds with big groups |
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Theres a book that is trad specific range 2.5-5.9 i think that are the authors favorite. which is a good, compiled list imo |
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thecmacattack wrote:Theres a book that is trad specific range 2.5-5.9 i think that are the authors favorite. which is a good, compiled list imoany idea on the name of that particular book? |
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There's this one: |
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Steve_Sil. wrote:There's this one: amazon.com/The-Trad-Guide-J… I have it and I like it as it is a nice selection of mostly classic climbs. There is lots of good info here to: joshuatreeclimb.com/members…thanks steve also there's a free BLM site that is literally a big dried lake bed that you can use if the fees in the park are too steep for you |
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Ryan is a very nice campground! don't forget to drive in with a few gallons of water into the park, there's no running water anywhere! |
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ok cool, I had been looking at the ryan campground area and the sheep pass area.. the Cap Rock area seems to have a few low rated trad routes with stars.. what a bonus! |
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Any info on Top rope 5.5-5.8 and camping |
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Craig this might help |
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very helpful thanks! |
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Literally 37,656,234,860,654,812,325,193,284,354,210,654,230,354,100,468 people have started this same thread. I recommend a quick search of the links above and you can find a plethora of information on this same topic. Furthermore Jtree is pretty noob friendly, you don't have to worry too much. |
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dave higdon wrote:ok cool, I had been looking at the ryan campground area and the sheep pass area.. the Cap Rock area seems to have a few low rated trad routes with stars.. what a bonus!Sheep Pass requires reservations and the campground is usually booked well in advance. Ryan Campground and Hidden Valley are first come first serve. |
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Alex May wrote: Sheep Pass requires reservations and the campground is usually booked well in advance.I definitely did not see that anywhere when I was doing research on the campgrounds in the park.. Is that something new??? |
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I would highly recommend backcountry camping, its an amazing experience this time of year and you can usually get away with no tent. The whole place is like a giant boulder theme park and there are good camping spots all over. Its free, just register at one of the back country take off boards that are listed in the brochure they give you at the gate. I'd specifically recommend the Boy Scout trailhead, its just a mile or so from the center of the park and there are tons of great camping spots of the trail. |