Hmm. I don't see any houses in Big Morongo Canyon on the satellite photo -- until you get to Morongo Valley. Is that where the issue is?

Maybe the trick to a bypass route to the east is getting from the Coachella Valley to Morongo Valley. Once you get to Pioneer Town, I'm thinking things will be relatively more straightforward, yes?

I did draw in one more route entering Morongo Valley via Canyon House Road although I don't know if that's any better than any of the other routes.

HJ
Adventures in Stoving
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: No, they are gated and residents are pretty
: vigilant. wouldn't even leave a vehicle
: outside of gate.
: Plus, everyone got hammered, everyone is
: "tractering/grading/repairing"
: their access roads.....not the time to go
: looky-looing.
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: El Nino may provide some relief to the water
: reservoirs/snow pack this year.
: but other than that, it's going to be
: extreme weather and bad travelling
: conditions.
: Every single canyon got washed out/or
: will...time to put yer bucket list
: f/eastside aside till ?
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: Yeah, I can imagine there would be some
: serious rain damage... and there's going to
: be a lot more.
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: Do you have any info on Big Morongo or
: Little Morongo Canyon as to whether or not
: those are publically accessible?
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: HJ
: Adventures in Stoving
: Hikin Jim's Blog
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: Pioneertown Mountain Preserve has a closed
: sign, the rains have done some damage.....
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: Easier to go up pipes canyon thru
: conservancy
: by pioneer town you will end up at onyx.
: That said depending on this winter damage
: the Fs is going to try to get the fire
: section of Pct open by March or april.
: Blum section along mission springs may get
: dicey if we have a hard winter. Val
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: The PCT through hiking season starts in a
: few
: months. Planning ahead, I've been trying to
: come up with a bypass for the Lake Fire
: Closure. There aren't a lot of great
: options out there, but I have a couple of
: ideas, ideas I'd love to get some solid
: information on. Access issues could render
: one or both of my ideas dead in the water.
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: Here's a map of what I've come up with so
: far. This has not been "field
: checked" in any way, public access has
: not been verified, or anything like that.
: This is very preliminary stuff for
: discussion purposes only.
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: The map:
: Possible Lake Fire PCT Bypass
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: For reference, a map of the Lake Fire
: Closure area:
: Lake Fire Closure area map
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: Input appreciated,
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: HJ
: Adventures in Stoving
: Hikin Jim's Blog
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