Mono Lake California Hunt

[Dennis]

My trip to the east side of the sierras was not a complete skunk we found the road to a camp that we had verbal directions to but was impassable in my RV we followed chips for miles along long fingers coming off the mesa tops but no complete points. We need to go back with the Quads We checked another spot that a tow truck Driver told us about Called Adobe Ranch east of mono lake Maybe some of you East side Hunters Know this area Big springs out in the middle of a bone flat valley with a large herd of wild horses. The spring area was solid ice I'm going back when it thaws this is the first time highway 120 was open this time of the year. Here's a couple of photos of adobe ranch Great place to camp with complete solitude. The Adobe looking walls are a Large Circular corral made out of rock hauled from miles away caped with shale or slate. This place was unbelievably cold I'm glad I had the RV and not my tent. There's a herd of horses in a straight line in one of my photos way off in the distance.

[sixeight]

awesome pics, thanks for sharin'

[Mojave]

Been there many times.
Go a little further and you are at Pizona. Beyond that to the east is Truman Meadows. North is a spring area (can't remember the name at the moment.) Lots of cool stuff. One of my favorite areas on the planet. MANY days and nights up there.

[Dennis]

Originally Posted by Mojave

Been there many times.
Go a little further and you are at Pizona. Beyond that to the east is Truman Meadows. North is a spring area (can't remember the name at the moment.) Lots of cool stuff. One of my favorite areas on the planet. MANY days and nights up there.

Pizona was where we trying to get too but needed 4 wheel drive We also walked the shore of bridgeport lake but its frozen solid and no wave action on the way down plenty of obsidian flakes showing.

[comanche]

Dennis
Very Cool Corral.What Tribe of Native Americans built this?
Very Beautiful country.
Thanks for posting///c

[Mojave]

Huntoon Springs is the place I was trying to think of.
And yes it gets bitterly cold up there. I used to park at the bottom of Truman (around 6,000 feet) right off the highway when the temp was around zero deg F this time of year, and climb up to the top (around 7,200 ft) to begin a day hike. It would take about an hour of very rugged hiking to do that. By the time I reached the top to start out, I would be soaking wet with sweat and carrying my shirt and 2-3 jackets until I cooled off.
There are tons of cool things to see up there. Petroglyphs everywhere. Countless house rings. A couple wikieups still standing and a few burials. Obsidian quarries ankle deep for miles. And some of the most impressive views anywhere. In some places you can see from Boundary Peak to Tuolumne above Lee Vining, Mammoth and the mountains around Yosemite. A gem of an area that I miss dearly...

[Skian]

Hey Dennis - don't go back when it thaws, wait til it dries. But in the mean time there are plenty of other areas without ice and muck out here. Nice to hear you had a good time.
---anytime... any of you guys are headed out this way drop a PM. I know this playground quite well.

[Sierratracker]

That Eastgate split stem is a heartbreaker. I am amazed that the passes from the west side are still open.

[arrow719]

That's looks like a great area to hunt. Although you didn't find any whole ones this time you didn't get skunked either. I know all too well how cold it gets in Nevada. I have seen it get into the teens in the summer time! And that was only at about 7,000 feet elevation. Good luck at that place in the future.

[DesertWalker]

Good that you got out. That motor home probably makes it nice at times.