I just went there on 4/21, was this video from last year? I notice the map is a bit different. I started from the Laguna Mt campground and tried to hike up to the top of Laguna Mountain. I didn't make it to the top, the primitive trail section was pretty tough to navigate using my cellphone and alltrail app. BTW, to go to New Idria, you turn off Clear Creek rd. (not Creekwater).
@backwoodzbuddha
5 ай бұрын
Nice! I want to get back up there soon now that winter is fading out. You were lucky to get a spot at Laguna Campground. Those sites have some great views! I had to post up at Sweetwater. Yeah, the video is from October last year. I didn't make it to the top of Laguna Mountain either. It was getting too dark, I was solo, and I felt like Mountain Lions were stalking me haha! Thanks for catching that typo... yes Clear Creek Road was the road I was looking for. I'll change it in the description. Did you make it over to New Idria? Seems like a super cool old abandoned mercury mine.
@sk8moto
5 ай бұрын
@@backwoodzbuddha I rode to New Idria via Pinoche rd and New Idria rd. about 3 years ago. One section of New Idria road got washed out in the following winter storm, still not repaired, but you can go around it with a 4x4 from what i have read. I do want to get the permit and ride across Clear Creek to Coalinga rd., just need to find someone to go with, probably not a good idea to solo across on my dual sport motorcycle. BTW, I didn't camp at Laguna Mt., slept in my car off the side of the road off hwy 25 the night before. There is a new? trail that is not on that map in your video, the latest map shows a trail that if you are starting from Sweetwater, you can cross over from the primitive campsite to the ridge across, maybe that's what you took? I went about half a mile up the primitive trail to the peak, hard to navigate and there is a steep section maybe 30% grade that I can see, but I turned around before that. I did run into another younger guy also solo hiking out there in that primitive trail section. I think we were both kind of surprised to see each other, lol. He told me he went to the top, he was the only other person I saw out on my hike. My cellphone didn't have enough juice and i was using it a lot to navigate that primitive trail section, so I decided to turn around. I think there were others hiking that day, they most likely hiked out to the Laguna Falls instead of the peak.
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