LONE PINE CAMP TRAIL
- USFS trail #
- Parking: See Ventana Double Cone Trail
- Watersheds: Ventana Mesa Creek
- Junctions: Ventana Double Cone Trail
- Connects: Ventana Double Cone Trail with Lone Pine Camp
- Camps: Lone Pine Camp
Conditions reported by: NR Schmidt
Survey date: 6-JANUARY-2007
General: CLEAR
Specific:
Creek is dry at campsite (nice campsite though).
Conditions reported by: Reed Thayer
Survey date: 21-DECEMBER-2005
General: PASSABLE
Specific:
Look for a railroad tie on side of the Double Cone trail marking the turn off. You descend through a "tunnel" in the forest to a well protected clearing. The meadow is a short bit further. Used the clearing as a refuge from the storm.
Conditions reported by:
Rob Yang
Survey date: 30-APR-2003
General: PASSABLE
Specific:
Trail pretty much the same as the last report. Some flags were in place to guide across a short bit of meadow with the remains of burned pines.
The campsite was nice, and overshadowed by a magnificent oak. Plenty of water nearby, and it seemed to run underground before emerging near the camp. Caveat: a storm had passed through two nights ago - not sure how the supply would hold up in a drier stretch.
Conditions reported by:
Paul Danielson
Survey date: 17-JAN-2003
General: PASSABLE
Specific:
The junction with Double Cone Trail is marked by a standing wooden post that
is inscribed with the designation "H2O" and an arrow pointing down the trail
spur. The trail makes a moderate descent, appears to have been recently
clipped, has a bit of brush encroachment, and a deadfall which is easily
negotiated. In about a tenth of a mile there is an open spot with the burned
remnant of the old Lone Pine. At that point make a left , following the new
pink flagging which takes one directly across the small ravine to the open
sloping spacious camp site. There is a fire-ring, icemaker stove, and three
or four leveled spots for camping. There is nearby water in early Spring.
Follow the old pink flags down the stream-ravine to better water flows, if
necessary.
