Minarets Backcountry
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Directions: To get to the Minarets, from Oakhurst, CA, drive north on CA 41 for 3-4 miles until you reach a prominently signposted junction with Bass Lake Road. Follow Bass Lake Road around the north side of Bass Lake for another 3-4 miles until you reach a turn for Beasore Meadow on your left, signposted for Clover Meadow. Head north along the long and winding Beasore Road (a mixture of pavement and graded dirt, passable to all passenger cars), to Jackass Meadow and Jackass Meadow Trailhead. Use the Isberg Map to locate the trailheads. To reach Norris Trailhead, go 3/4 mile further on Beasore Road and you will take the spur road, 5S86, to the trailhead. Fernandez Trailhead is from the next spur road, 5S05, proceeds to a location just 3/4 miles east of Norris TH. The Isberg Pass trailhead is from Granite Peak Road, 3 miles east of Jackass Meadows. Shortly after passing the Clover Meadow Ranger Station, the road forks. Follow the left fork, signed at that junction for the Isberg Pass trail (the right fork heads to Granite Creek campground), until it crosses the West Fork of Granite Creek via a bridge. (Several unsigned spur roads are encountered along here, keep to the main, most-traveled road). An unsigned junction is encountered immediately after the creek crossing; turn right here and drive another mile or so to the trailhead. Parking is found on the south side of the road, a short way east of the trailhead. | ||
Notes:The Minarets are a set of jagged peaks known as aretes within the Ritter Range. They can be approached from wither the eastern side of Mammoth Lakes or the western side of Isberg Pass. The peaks were named in 1868 by the California Geographical Survey under the direction by Joshua Whitney. The region was known as the Minaret Wilderness until 1984 when the name was changed to the Ansel Adams Wilderness.
From the Mammoth trailhead, you can reach: | ||
Fishing RegulationsAll Lakes and Reservoirs: Open all Year. 5 trout per day. 10 trout in possession. All creeks and tributaries: From the last Saturday in April through November 15, 5 trout daily bag limit, 10 trout in possession; and, from November 16 through the Friday preceding the last Saturday in April, 0 trout bag limit, artificial lures with barbless hooks only and trout must be released unharmed and not removed from the water.
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