Search and Rescue events happen frequently on this trail due to exhaustion, overheating and dehydration. Proceed with caution when you walk, stop and camp in burned areas! In addition, trees weakened by wildfire pose a serious risk for injury. Fallen trees across the trails may make travel difficult along the Jordan Hot Springs to Red Rock trail and the Soda Flat to Sidehill Meadow trail. WARNING! The trail section from Casa Vieja Meadows to the Kern River continues to feel the effects from a wildfire in 20.

Wilderness Permit Information - Inyo National Forest (760) 873-2483.Eastern Sierra Interagency Visitor Center: (760) 876-6200.Kern River Ranger District, Sequoia National Forest: (760) 376-3781.Both forest offices can issue permits for this area. This location is on the border of Sequoia and Inyo National Forests. Bury human waste away from water sources. Water from creeks, lakes and springs should be treated before drinking. Ridgecrest, CA (full service, hospital).

Food, trash and scented items must be stored in bear proof container or counter balanced.

Open May through October, Thursday through Monday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.

Blackrock Ranger Station, located 7 miles south of the Blackrock Trailhead.

Permit required for overnight trips into the Golden Trout Wilderness. Reserve up to 2 weeks in advance at request a walk in permit at Blackrock Ranger Station. In summer, the area may be quite hot during the day, and surprisingly cold at night.Ĭommon Destinations: Golden Trout Wildernessīlackrock Trailhead Recreation Guide (pdf) The hike back to the trailhead is long and uphill. The distance to the Kern River is 9.2 miles, with a significant loss of elevation. Walk-in campsites with outhouse, tent pads, and corrals are located at the trailhead. Water is available at Blackrock Information Station, located approximately 7 miles south of the trailhead. The golden trout (Onchorhynchus mykiss aguabonita) is a subspecies of rainbow trout that is native to this area. The area is named after California’s brightly colored state fish. In the Golden Trout Wilderness small streams meander through tree rimmed meadows. Harvard has said that although it is not possible for the university to keep the forest it is possible for it to keep the money.Beginning on the southern border of the Golden Trout Wilderness, the Black Rock Trail goes to Casa Vieja Meadow and Jordan Hot Springs as it passes through rugged terrain desending to the Wild and Scenic section of the Kern River near Soda Flat. Ernest Stillman, a fund whose primary purpose was to support the expenses of maintaining the forest and the expenses of conducting scientific work within it the fund amounted to about a million dollars at the time of Dr. In fact, a substantial amount of money had been set aside in a fund established by Dr. There were difficulties but not a shortage of funds. Recently, Harvard decided that the Black Rock Forest-that tract within the Hudson Highlands-had not performed and should be sold. Where an asset does not perform, it is suspect. In response to the new, tough reality in American life, Harvard University has been looking closely and ruthlessly at its assets. He endowed the forest and left it to the university at his death in 1949. ANNALS OF DISCOURSE about forestry and the Harvard Black Rock Forest, a tract of 3,800 acres which was developed as a OdemonstrationO forest by Dr.

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