Blackwood Canyon parking options

Posted: June 7, 2021 | Author: Rubicon Ronin | Filed under: Access, Maintenance, Travel | Tags: closure, paving, reroute, staging area |Leave a comment

With the staging area closure June 21-25, access will be through Blackwood Canyon to the north about four miles.

The paved parking at Highway 89 is for the Kaspian Campground right there and day users. FYI, that is also a winter park area, permit required during the winter. Blackwood Canyon is a popular snow mobile area. There is OHV parking further up the canyon.

So, about two miles up the canyon, stay right onto the dirt road (15E38), before you go over Blackwood Creek:

At the Blackwood Canyon Campground, there is limited parking, pit toilets and maybe a dozen campsites that require reservations.

The drive up 15N38 is not difficult but you have to pay attention. At the top, there is more parking. This parking is accessible by driving the paved Forest Road 03 all the way to Barker Pass summit.

16E79 is marked with good signage. In this photo, you’re looking down Forest Road 03, the pit toilets for the Rim/PCT is off to the right at the white vehicle, 16E79 is off to the left. The Rim/PCT is visible to the lower left by the sign.

If you choose to take the really easy way to the Rubicon, stay straight on Forest Road 03. In two miles, look for the freshly downed tree on the left, that will be the sign for the left turn you need to take to get on to Forest Road 03-04. And that runs all the way to the Rubicon. 16E76 The Hobbit Trail, will be a right turn off 03-04 and is easy to miss.

There will be an effort to get sandwich sign boards out on the trails to mark the turns needed to do the reroute.

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Rubicon Ronin

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