Trail Report: Santa Rosa Mountain Camping Trip July 21&22 2012

[Borregowrangler]

Camped out atop Santa Rosa Mtn with my wife and daughter and also enjoyed the oasis at the water crossing on San Jacinto Ridge Truck Trail 5S09, just North of the small mountain town of Idyllwild.

Santa Rosa Mountain Family Camping Trip


Link to report: http://johnandautumnsadventures.blog...ping-trip.html

[curtis]

Nice report, Santa Rosa has some great views. The trail off Hwy 74 at the horse parking spot is a lot of fun also.

[inVERt'D]

Glad to see you finally took the family camping up there, John. Thanks for the report! Sweet new wheels, huh? Do you still have the Borrego YJ, or did you sell it?

[Borregowrangler]

Nice report, Santa Rosa has some great views. The trail off Hwy 74 at the horse parking spot is a lot of fun also.

Thanks. I've also been up the trail you mentioned. But I don't think my girls are ready for that one yet.

Glad to see you finally took the family camping up there, John. Thanks for the report! Sweet new wheels, huh? Do you still have the Borrego YJ, or did you sell it?

Yeah, I still have the YJ. Its probably not going to see any use for awhile though. My wife loves the TJ since it has a hard top and ac.

[dirtman13]

Nice report. Thanks

[Roger]

You're baby-girl sure looks happy! It's all about dad time for her!

[Borregowrangler]

Nice report. Thanks

You're baby-girl sure looks happy! It's all about dad time for her!

Thanks guys! I'm definitely looking forward to providing my little girl with lots of good memories of camping and exploring out in the back country.

[dktool]

The trail off Hwy 74 at the horse parking spot is a lot of fun also.

Where is that in relation to Santa Rosa Truck Trail ?

[Borregowrangler]

Where is that in relation to Santa Rosa Truck Trail ?

Its just down the road a ways and connects to Santa Rosa Truck Trail.

http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/sbnf/...26491&actid=50

[dktool]

Is that 7S01 where it intersects with Santa Rosa Truck Trail 7S02 ?

We drove up SRTT Sat. and found the campsite you stayed in, very nice ! Drove to the end of the road where the Reservation boundary area gate is.
Great view and it's the first cool air we have felt in over a week that didn't come out of an A/C unit.

There was a trail going off to the left near your camp that I think was 7S02 ?

A thunder storm started a few minutes before we entered the road off of hwy.74, made the first couple miles a lot of fun with all the run off coming down the road.
Came face to face with a D9 Cat that was coming down, saw his tracks all the way to the top of the road so he had a full day of creeping.

I was surprised to find the one campsite that had running water and a vault toilet, wasn't expecting that up there.

[Borregowrangler]

Is that 7S01 where it intersects with Santa Rosa Truck Trail 7S02 ?

We drove up SRTT Sat. and found the campsite you stayed in, very nice ! Drove to the end of the road where the Reservation boundary area gate is.
Great view and it's the first cool air we have felt in over a week that didn't come out of an A/C unit.

There was a trail going off to the left near your camp that I think was 7S02 ?

A thunder storm started a few minutes before we entered the road off of hwy.74, made the first couple miles a lot of fun with all the run off coming down the road.
Came face to face with a D9 Cat that was coming down, saw his tracks all the way to the top of the road so he had a full day of creeping.

I was surprised to find the one campsite that had running water and a vault toilet, wasn't expecting that up there.

Yes, I believe the trail you saw coming in on the left was 7S02. I know it as Sawmill trail. Its a fun route to take up the mountain. The site with the spring and vault toilet is probably one of the more popular sites there. It was taken when we got there.

If you're interested, I think there might be a group from Expedition Portal heading up there this weekend.