Mountain ConditionsNo one tracks the conditions on this mountain. There is no water on any of them, so bring all you need.
If you want to backpack and camp on the mountain there are places to bivy on the each of the three summits of Hot Springs Peak. This is where I camped the night before my climb. There is room to camp on the saddle at the trailhead. The BLM allows camping anywhere on there land if you behave yourself. The following link has campground information near Eagle Lake. If you smoke outside a vehicle, be sure you do so within a cleared area at least 3 feet in diameter.ĬampingThe closest campgrounds are near Susanville. On private land you must have written permission from the landowner for campfire use. You may also obtain campfire permits from any of the following agencies: US Forest Service, National Park Service, or California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
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Forest Service, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or National Park Service, you will need a campfire permit.Ĭampfire permits are free of charge, and may be obtained from any Bureau of Land Management Office in California. If you create a campfire of any kind on lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Maps and information are available at:Ĭalifornia requires Campfire Permits. It is all cross country hiking from here. The summit is out of site from the saddle. The western end of Hot Springs Peak is straight ahead. From this saddle (elevation 5,200 ft) you can see your first objective straight ahead. Beyond here the road becomes much worse and takes you downhill away from the summit. A 2WD car should be able to make it here if the road is dry. At 4.2 miles from the paved road there is a saddle and this is a good place to stop. If you end up in a very dusty area and are driving over moguls (like I did), turn around and go back to the main road and try again.Īt the last left at about 2.3 miles from the paved road the dirt road gets a little more rocky and traverses up the side of a hill towards a saddle. Head into the canyon you see straight ahead. Stay on the main road and stay left at all the forks. This dirt road has lots of forks and it looks like it is an OHV playground on the weekends. Stay on this road for about 3.5 miles, past a energy production plant, over the railroad tracks, and then just after a sharp right turn there is a dirt road on the left signed as 26019. Travel 15.3 miles North on Hwy 395 to the signed paved road to Wendell and turn right or east. I drove completely around this small range looking for the perfect starting place and finally settled on an approach from the west.įrom Susanville take Hwy 36 east to the junction with Hwy 395 and turn NORTH on Hwy 395. There are private land areas to the east of the summit, that block the easiest approach to the summit. Getting ThereIt is easy to find the Skedaddle Mountains, but it is difficult to find a good place from which to hike the peak. Hot Springs Peak located in the Skedaddle Mountains is located on the northwestern edge of the arid Great Basin characterized by eroded volcanic mountains and expansive desert valleys. This peak is exploring at its basic level - there are no improved routes, no trail signs, no developments. Hot Springs Peak is ranked at #53 on the California list of most Prominent Peaks. The California/Nevada border is just east of the range. The Skedaddle Wilderness Study Area (WSA) encompasses 62,010 acres of BLM land and 1,179 acres of private land on the northwest ledge of Californias Great.
The Skedaddle Range is located approximately 25 miles east of the town of Susanville, California. Most of the Skedaddle Wilderness Study Area is administered by the federal department of Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
These areas are administered as part of the National Landscape Conservation System managed by the Bureau of Land Management.OverviewHot Springs Peak is located in the Skedaddle Wilderness Study Area which is located mostly in Lassen County, California. Wilderness study areas are designated lands that meet criteria of the Wilderness Act and are managed as wilderness by their parent agency, pending final determination by Congress.īureau of Land Management wilderness study areas Handies Peak WSA, near Lake City, Colorado Sleeping Giant WSA, near Helena, Montana This is a list of some of the wilderness study areas (WSA) in the United States as of December 2009.
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