Back in the 1990s I meant to go up to the cabin, but didn't take the left hand turn and kept going straight up the canyon. Eventually I got to the top of the canyon and much to my surprise there was a road up there! On subsequent trips I got to the cabin and on one trip I went up above the cabin and came back down that other fork of the canyon. It's an interesting area up there!
Said road connected to Cottonwood Springs and was a route before the wells on the canyon bottom were dug. Automobile Association of Southern California documented trips there. The road was open until 1991 as far as I know, though rarely driven.
The North Fork of LeMoigne Canyon and the flats up top are wonderful terrain to ramble through. We enjoyed our hikes there. Here (start page 13) is an article we've enjoyed about a loop pack trip in 1949 -
Desert Magazine December 1949
(2021-09-25, 10:51 AM)ski3pin Wrote: [ -> ]The North Fork of LeMoigne Canyon and the flats up top are wonderful terrain to ramble through. We enjoyed our hikes there. Here (start page 13) is an article we've enjoyed about a loop pack trip in 1949 - Desert Magazine December 1949
Thank you for the link, Monte. Now my digital Desert Magazine collection has grown 100%!