California Trail Users Coalition

The California Trail Users Coalition is a non-profit corporation designed to be a forum for all trail users (hike, mountain bike, horse, wildlife & vehicle) to discuss related issues, problems and alternative solutions; to assist in the planning, development, maintenance and hosting of trails; and to help enforce the rules of the road; and to develop and maintain programs designed to educate users on proper use of trails and trail etiquette.

Find all CTUC Trail Maps @ jawbone.org
https://www.jawbone.org/maps/

California Trail Users Coalition

Dirt Bikers @ Randsburg Ghost Town, North Mojave, CA

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Horse Canyon, North Mojave Desert

Capital Reef Map

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Capital Reef National Park Map

Capt Reef NP

Utah’s National Parks are unbelievably beautiful. Enjoying one National Park at a time would require months. Hiking, off-roading and camping are always popular during the summer months, yet most of the parks are open all year long.

Capital Reef is a fertile high desert canyon with plenty of great slot canyons and archways to explore. The main campground on the highway is located next to a historic fruit orchard.

Capitol Reef National Park Map

Capital Reef Map Cathedral Valley is a cool off-road destination for secluded camping, way off the paved highway. Self sufficient campers only!

The Burr Trail is a historic graded road, with steep switchbacks and red rock scenery. This main backcountry route connects the National Park to remote BLM land, south of the park.

Hiking in Capital Reef National Park

Capital Reef Map

May is generally the best month for camping & hiking in southern Utah. Summer can bring triple digit heat and late season thunderstorms. Flash floods are common and life threatening in this mountainous high desert region. Winter snow is typical in this region.

Fishlake National Forest is neighboring the National Park on the west side of Capital Reef NP. Free camping is available on dirt roads in the National Forest; Capital Reef Map campfire permits are required for back country camping. RV park, motels, market and restaurants available in Torrey.

nearest town:
Torrey, UT

Historic Burr Trail is a very long, yet drivable, graded dirt road connecting many public lands in south central Utah. High clearance is recommended, 4WD may be required during wet weather or snow.

Free Camping @ Fishlake NF – Torrey, Utah

see also –

Canyonlands Map
Utah Maps
Utah Books

Giant Walls of Capital Reef

Mono Lake Map

Tufa Towers at Navy Beach, Mono Lake

The Mono Lake Topo Map

US 395 @ Mono Lake, Lee Vining & Lundy Canyon

Lunar looking Mono Lake is one of the most popular destinations in the Eastern Sierra region. Void of trees around the shoreline, it makes for an interesting high desert landscape. Tom Harrison is the only topographic map that has all of Mono Lake on one sheet.

Eastern Sierra Lee Vining Trail Map, Lee Vining Canyon South; Areas covered: Lee Vining Hiking, South Tufa Mono Lake, County Park Old Marina, Lundy Canyon, Lundy Topo, Panum Crater.

Durable, waterproof plastic map; Folded. Map Scale: 63K; ISBN# 9781877689789

Mono Lake California

Mono Lake Map

Super What?

The basin was formed by geological forces over the last five million years: basin and range crustal stretching and associated volcanism and faulting at the base of the Sierra Nevada.

Some say that Mono Lake is an ancient, super volcano from eons ago, but we do know that it is a saline soda lake in Mono County, California – formed at least 760,000 years ago as a terminal lake in an endorheic basin. The lack of an outlet causes high levels of salts to accumulate in the lake and make its water alkaline.

The high desert lake has an unusually productive ecosystem based on brine shrimp, which thrive in its waters, and provides critical habitat for two million annual migratory birds that feed on the shrimp and alkali flies.

DWP: Dept of Water & Power

When the city of Los Angeles diverted water from the freshwater streams flowing into the lake, it lowered the lake level, which imperiled the migratory birds. The Mono Lake Committee formed in response and won a legal battle that forced Los Angeles to partially replenish the lake level.

Dissolved salts in the runoff thus remain in the lake and raise the water’s pH levels and salt concentration. The tributaries of Mono Lake include Lee Vining Creek, Rush Creek and Mill Creek which flows through Lundy Canyon.

nearby destinations:

Mono Lake Map

Lundy Canyon

PCT Map #3 South Sierra

PCT Map 3 Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains

Pacific Crest Trail National Scenic Trail
PCT – Hiking Map 3

Tehachapi to La Conte Canyon

Tehachapi Pass, California north to La Conte Canyon @ Kings Canyon National Park. Areas include – Owens Peak Wilderness, Chimney Peak Wilderness, Kennedy Meadows, Deer Mountain, Beck Meadow, Anderson Point, Cow Canyon, Golden Trout Wilderness, Olancha Peak, Grouse Meadow, USDA PCT Map 3 Muah Mountain, Cottonwood Lakes, Mount Whitney, Tyndall Creek, Kings Kern Divide, Charlotte Lake, Rae Lakes, Fin Dome, Mount Baxter, Taboose Pass, Vennacher Needle, Mount Jepson, Black Divide, Kings Canyon National Park. USDA PCT Map #3, Large fold out map, durable waterproof paper w/ sturdy cardboard cover. ISBN# 9781593514648

USDA PCT Map 3

Windmills @ Tehachapi

River dip @ Kennedy Meadows

Cottonwood Camp