[UPDATE]: We've been working hard at the BMB - look what we have to show for it. The less-than-optimal directions in the original post have been updated. Now with milage!
Black Mountain Wednesdays begin! This wed we are going back to The Republic, finishing up the new development in this cooler, lower area. Everyone is welcome! Come climb the brand spanken' new problems or brush some of your own! Sexy BMBers Ian, Dom, and Chesty should be there at 8:00 or so, and others will be arriving around 10:00.
Directions from I-10: Take the highway 243 exit toward Idyllwild. At 9.3 miles you will pass the Diamond Zen Center sign. At 12.6 miles you will see a small sign for the Black Mountain Trailhead (this is not the same dirt road that gets you to the OK Corral and Boulder Basin). Continue on 243 and pass the caution-taped off spring on your left. The next small pullout on your left has a dirt road in the back of it (13.6 miles on the 243 and exactly 1 mile past the trailhead). Turn onto this road, and follow it through 3 or 4 small stream crossings. After 1.5 miles, the road sort of forks, so trend left through the flat field. Continue as far as you can on the main dirt road until your vehicle reaches its limit. Chesty's sedan can only make it a half mile from the 243, Alan's sedan gets 1.8 miles up, Ian's truck can make it 2 miles, and Jay's Jeep goes a little farther to the large parking area near the end of the road. Regardless of where you park, a quick walk will get you to the large parking area near the end of the road where you will see a giant pile of rocks on your right. Follow the trail down into the gully for two more minutes and you'll see some euphoric boulders.
freaking hilarious
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This all sounds kinda gay. Like gay in the way when men find other men sexy and call each other chesty and such....that kinda gay! Oh and writing a guidebook is just self promotion, no matter what excuses you will come up with, like community, its fun, etc...
ReplyDeleteThe BMB is proud of all its erudite readers.
ReplyDeletei think its awesome... it has been way overdue! Its hard to call it self promotion... since i don't know the names of half of the people that write guides (unless I already knew them)... I mean I know that Capt. Britannica wrote the encyclopedia but that's about it!
ReplyDeleteChesty can definitely choke out the douche bag that made the gay comments.
ReplyDeleteARE YOU ALL STILL CLIMBING ON WEDNESDAYS,
ReplyDeleteI LIVE DOWN THE ROAD AND WOULD LOVE TO MEET UP WITH SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE CLIMBING UP HERE ON THE MOUNTAIN
CHEERS,
ROBIN
Are those the directions to the Republic Area or just the wed. night bouldering sessions?
ReplyDeleteBlack Mt. is closed as of 8/9/13 as a precaution due to the Silver Fire here on our mountain. Read more here
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