Chris....do you live on the south end of A.V.?? Its cool to see another forum member from Apple Valley. I live near Central and Thunderbird...Heading to Johnson Valley tonight until Monday...Your right, It WAS DAMMMM hot here today...I think I heard 92 degrees....here comes summer!!!![img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif[/img]

 

Yup, I'm about 2 miles south of Rock Springs rd off of Deep Creek. I can see hesperia lake from my porch.

 

Bowen Ranch to 3n14...

Isn't that for street legal vehicles only? I remember about 15 years ago (I think) 3n14 was closed to ATV use.. Is that an open trail? Maybe my head is tricking me. I do love those big bear mountain trails though - just watch out for the trees!

I heard about the jeep jamboree -those guys are freakin' nuts!

 

I don't really know if 3n14 is legal or not....heres why.

At Bowen Ranch rd there is a sign that has a pic of a quad...so it's legal here. When ya get to 4n16 it says you gotta go left and go up the White mtn trail. White mtn will drop you onto 3n16 near Holcomb Valley at 3n16 and 3n16 is legal all the way west across 3n14 to 3n34.

According to the maps that the Blm leaves at the corner of Bowen and 3n14. 3n14 is legal all the way to 3n16, it says "tempory atv acess" and shows us legal up to 4n16 and has said that for several years now.

I have talked to several rangers while up there and none can answer the question as to if it's legal or not between 3n16 and 4n16. Again the map they put in the mail box doesn't coiencide with the road signs.

Most of the Rangers are kool with you as long as you got a spark arester and a green or red sticker.

Theres a ranger around there named Bob Pool. He's a nice guy and very knowlegable about the area. As long as you dont BS him or do something stupid he's fair with you. If your bein stupid he will drop the hammer on you fast!

Yesterday I was talkin to another Ranger while at the Deep Creek crossing. He winked at us and told us to be carefull goin down hwy 173 into hesperia.

 

Chris-does anybody bother you going down 173??? Aren't you supposed to be street legal to use it?? Anybody up there checking for sound levels??? I'm going to ride up there tomorrow. Probably just from Miller Canyon to Deep Creek and back. Take Care.

 

Ya, 173 is the only unpaved state hwy in ca. Be big trouble if we got caught on it. We use it often and have been lucky I guess.

We didn't see anybody checkin sound. They are closin the Deep Creek crossing for month to pave the road acrosc the stream.