Back in the 80's I was a counselor in a school youth program at the Havilah FS Guard center, spent many a day in the Paiute Mtns, planting trees, fire hazard reduction, wildlife habitat improvements, etc. some to the best times of my life. Nice to revisit with this video, thank you
It's obviously the remains of a huge dragon like the one in North Africa. Watch some of Roger's videos from Mudfossil University. The explanation the geologists give is nonsense, but that's nothing new.
I used the Charles Wells book of SoCal trails to find the basic route. I then traced everything on Google Earth. I created tracks in it and then transferred them to my GPS. Is that what you are asking?
Every time I drive to the Eastern Sierras and see those roads makes me wonder what’s in there? And your video answered that question, thank you for sharing your good work!! Got a new follower 🥾🥾
@9:01 …I’m friends with the guy that owns the land behind that log-fencing. He’s cool. He own a helicopter with a helipad back in the property and a huge log cabin style ranch house. Think “Yellowstone” or the Ponderosa house from the Bonanza TV series.
Nearly all of the mines up there in the Piute mountains off jawbone canyon road are contaminated with arsenic from the 1800’s as part of their gold extraction. Sad because the little creeks up in that forest are all contaminated. Some mines still have signs warning people not to drink it.
The voices of the narrator and his assistant seem very familiar. My favorite part was when the narrator said, “A lot of tire marks on the way up, but very few on the way down.” [with a chuckle at the end.]
In the late ‘80s we made this trip quite frequently. Along the PCT we have encountered all kinds of interesting wildlife, including mountain lions and bobcats. At that time Rabbit Island was an actual island in Lake Isabella in about 20-25 ft of water. The peaks above were home to the newly restored California Condors, and we saw them on several trips. This nearby adventure, along with many others in the Kings Canyon National Park made living in Mojave bearable.
That's great! It has changed some, but there are still plenty of wildlife in the area. We found fresh bear scat at one of the camping options. We found another campsite. :)
Wow! Thank you for sharing this video! I actually leave about 30 min away from the Jawbone Station, Didn't know you could get to Lake Isabella thru Jawbone.
Late 90s i would get wood permits and go to Paiute mountain road. Several times dropping down into Isabella. Never took the Jawbone road. Thanks for sharing, I enjoyed.
Don't panic. It is a rope winch line. When the snap they just drop. I stopped using steel cable many years ago. I use my winch too often to take a chance on steel.
All this great footage of Rock Crawling and I'm going to be all excited about the great clip of the beautiful Gila Monster. Endangered, Protected, venomous , rare....I hope I see one in the wild someday.
Sorry for the slow reply. I think that it is limited to street legal vehicles in some areas, which makes it illegal to make the full crossing in a side-by-side unfortunately.
If you want a similar trip with a side by side, try McIver's cabin, that's fully OHV certified, California is just too darn strict, that's why I run a plated motorcycle, then I can go anywhere, which makes absolutely no sense because 4 of use ride motorcycles and use a lot more gas and emissions then if we all "carpooled" in a side by side, gotta love/hate California
Well Mike I've been binging Fordyce vids in prep for this trail...My virgin run up Rubicon and then Fordyce is coming in Sept. This vid is very helpful in telling us which forks to take in the beginning of the trail and a couple miles in. I am so excited like a kid on Christmas eve. Can't wait.
San Diego native here, thanks for the cool video. Great footage. My girl who's from jersey loves off roading and we have spirited debates about our 2 home turfs. Hers= slower mudbogging and stuff. Mine- America's sandbox. We have fun "arguing" about it lol, as she thinks our version isn't off roading but rather racing. Nope, here's proof! Although she does have us beat as far as mud bogging goes. Our few are mostly man made but hey, its a desert! Haha! Good times! Take care!
I grew up in Georgia, so I get the fun of mudding! But I like our desert stuff a little better. Especially the rock crawling. Thanks for the feedback! I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Hi! It is 51.7 miles from the Jawbone station to Hwy 483 south of Bodfish CA. With no stops or side trails, you would have to go about 35 mph on average to do this in 1.5 hours. It can be done, but it will be rough on the rig and the riders. I would plan for at least three hours, or more if you like to stop and take side trails. The Charles Wells book says to plan for 4 to 6 hours.
Man back in 2004 to 2008 my family would go out with so many families to Dove Springs to camp ride to Jawbone store ride to Lake Isabella ride to the cabin on the mountain woods with our dirt bikes we would go every Thanksgiving holiday leave Wednesday night and stayed there till Sunday it was so many of us it was so much fun a lot of kids those were the days
