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Date:         Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:14:34 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Tent camping in the Mammoth Lakes area
Comments: To: Robert Fisher <refisher@mchsi.com>
In-Reply-To:  <6bc66ccf0907222311v4e330a2eqcdc88954b67429f0@mail.gmail.com>
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Hey Robert, I was just on the EC website (below) and they've revise it since I last looked, including a section about camping around the Bishop area. Check it out, it lists a lot of FS sites, etc. Don Hanson

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 11:11 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:

> Been all over that area, one of my favorites, right on my annual migration > route. Been up all the side roads on this quite ambitious bicycle race > http://www.everestchallenge.com/ and I am planning on doing it again this > year with the hope of actually finishing, this time. Two years ago, when I > DNFed the snow level was way down..at around 7000' and it was brutal cold > (late September, freak snowstorm) > > There are plenty of great campsites around there. Recommending a > favorite...impossible. You may have crowd issues on a high summer > weekend..it's pretty handy to LA but when I've been there fall and spring, > it's never busy. You could spend months along the east slope of the Sierras > and not get bored. Around Mammoth and June there are plenty of backroads > for primitive camping and up every canyon you'll find a few excellent forest > service campgrounds..But be aware the roads are steep..Have some good brakes > for the descents. > Have fun, a great place.. > Don Hanson > > On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 9:52 PM, Robert Fisher <refisher@mchsi.com>wrote: > >> ... with three kids and a dog. >> >> >> >> We're considering doing this in the '87 GL (auto). It's a roughly 3-hr >> drive >> and a 5-6000 foot climb. If anyone that has experience with that drive >> (on >> 395) in a Vanagon and/or camping in that area would like to pass on tips, >> tricks, warnings and must-sees (not about the kids and the dog, we have >> that >> covered), I'd appreciate it. >> >> >> >> Cya, >> >> Robert >> > >


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