2024-03-23, 12:08 PM
(2024-03-23, 10:57 AM)edward Wrote: Another nice round of photos. I saw on pb that you ascended Lost Chance via Willow Creek Road. Did you do on to summit Last Chance from there or did you start from Last Chance Spring? I've never been on Willow Creek Road, but I was thinking about going around the tip of the Last Chance Range to explore that area near the CA/NV border. How are the road conditions out there?
I did Last Chance from the south by driving through Crater. The road is rough in the first half but not difficult or risky as long as you have high clearance. Started my hike at the huge mine entrance here (37.24302, -117.68710).
Willow creek road is one of those roads that's fine right now, but looks like it could become impassable at any moment. Much of it is sandwiched between an arroyo on one side, and a collapsing canyon wall on the other. There are some washouts near the Eureka side which require medium/high clearance. Also as of yesterday, the roads east of this location (37.36687, -117.66760) are still snowed in. I estimate it will be fully drivable in two weeks. I bulldozed over/through several drifts until I decided to play it safe and turn back when the drifts became constant.