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Outdoor Deaths

The books below are warnings to all who wish to be enlightened on wilderness skills and reality. Come all clumsy, clueless and naive. Outdoorsman, weekend campers or highway stranded motorists. Learn from true stories on disappearances.

City folks beware, hundreds of people go missing, vanish or die every year in the wild lands of this country. Most disappear inside popular National Parks and numerous State Parks.

If you are indeed interested to discover how easy it is for people to get lost, fall off of a cliff, get injured or attacked, drown, be kidnapped or die in the mountains – then these books may be good reading material.

On foot, by truck or by car, the stories are long and ever detailed, often ending with more questions than answers.

Books on National Park Deaths and other outdoor fatalities

Tales for Cautious Campers

San Bernardino Mountains

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Big Bear Lake Southern California, in the San Bernardino Mountains
San Bernardino National Forest, or San Berdoo for short.

This mountain region is the epic outdoor playground for the Los Angeles region, which offers – snow skiing, snow boarding, snow sledding, cabin rentals, boating, kayaking, horseback riding, fishing, hiking, backpacking, campground camping, rock climbing, mountain biking, dirt biking, off roading routes, and a hike-in hot springs.

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San Bernardino Mountains

The forested, higher elevations cover the Lake Arrowhead, Silverwood Lake and Big Bear Lake area, as well as the San Jacinto mountains – with the adorable village of Idyllwild. All is located in Southern California, in between all the suburban development and cities.

The backside of the of San Berdu National Forest faces the Mojave Desert and the front faces the L.A. Basin. On the Idyllwild side, Hemet lies to the west and Palm Springs desert on the east side.

The famous Palm Springs tram can take you from the desert terrain @ 2463′ elevation, up to the pine forest of San Jacinto State Park @ 8516′ elevation, in a matter of minutes. Totally worth a trip, (a full day outing). Bring a jacket for the cooler temps and extra cash for meals and/or horseback rides.