2023-03-05, 06:46 PM
(This post was last modified: 2023-03-05, 06:54 PM by MojaveGeek.)
Ha, I was just wondering EXACTLY the same question, about the parking, thinking specifically about Echo and Hole in Wall (Slit Canyon). I was thinking "Well I should put a note on the dash that says I am hiking and not camping and not park in a designated spot, if they are so marked..." The answer you got is absurd, of course. These are "no camping" not "no parking" areas. And if they are really meant to be "no parking" then, well better not post expletives here but it seems that closing off those portions of the park to day use is a major impact which required public comment periods.
But you did camp one night with a permit, it sounds like? How as that to get? If you need to be at the SPW ranger "station" during the few hours of the day in which that is open, well good luck with that.
Those canyons off the Cottonwood road do see canyoneering but I suspect Slit Canyon is where this tension will play out, as it is in Michel's book and for all I know probably on Alltrails too.
How was the Cottonwood Road? HC OK, or is there deep sand maybe needing 4WD.
But you did camp one night with a permit, it sounds like? How as that to get? If you need to be at the SPW ranger "station" during the few hours of the day in which that is open, well good luck with that.
Those canyons off the Cottonwood road do see canyoneering but I suspect Slit Canyon is where this tension will play out, as it is in Michel's book and for all I know probably on Alltrails too.
How was the Cottonwood Road? HC OK, or is there deep sand maybe needing 4WD.