Kennedy Meadows sherman pass 1 of 1 printed: 6/2/2008

Kennedy Meadows

Sherman Pass Jeep Trail and other local trails in the area.

Run Leader: Ron Webber 714 715 5692 cell / 714 649 9836 home

webbermail@cox.net

Required Equipment: Rear Lockers, at least 33” tires, CB,

RSVP: To Ron Webber

CB Channel channel 4 if there is a conflict the switch channel 5.

This trail is rated difficult by Charles Wells, probably a level 3½ to 4 on a scale of 1 to 5.

phone to work up there.

This is also supposed to be a great fishing area.

Base Camp will be Troy Meadows Camp ground overflow area. The ranger said this

would be the easiest area to get into with my large RV and trailer.

This is a primitive area so bring EVERYTHING you need. Although the ride up may take

you through a hot desert area, the evenings on top of the mountain can be quite cool, so

be prepared. Fire permits are free and are needed for all fires including cooking stoves.

See below for the online link.

Troy Meadows Camp: N36 04.041 W118 14.220

Directions: About 190 miles from Corona.

From the junction of Highways 14 & 395, it is approximately 9.3 miles to the Kennedy

Meadows turn-off on to Nine Mile Canyon Rd (very steep, narrow and twisty, The ranger

said that 18 wheeler trucks do make it up and down.) Approximately 24.4 miles from

Hwy 395 is the Kennedy Meadows Store. Turn left and proceed approx. 10.4 miles to the

Troy Meadows Campground. For those arriving on Friday, plan on camping at Troy

Meadows. However, as sometimes happens, if the campground is full, the camp across

the road at the open camp area at Sam Lewis Road will be our alternate. We will depart

camp 9:00 AM Saturday morning. Gas up in Pearsonville, before the Kennedy Meadows

turn-off down the mountain. You maybe able to top off in Kennedy Meadows but gas

will be pricey no matter what the cost is down below.

Also see Charles Wells Northern California guide book page 225

Online campfire permit:

http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/sequoia/passespermits/campfire_permit/campfire-index.html

Weather conditions Blackrock Ranger Station:

http://raws.wrh.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/roman/meso_base.cgi?stn=BKRC1&time=GMT

Kennedy Meadows sherman pass 2 of 2 printed: 6/2/2008

Kern River Ranger District - Kernville Office

105 Whitney Road Kernville, CA 93238

P.O. Box 9 Kernville, CA 93238

760-376-3781 / FAX 760-376-3795

Monday through Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm

Waypoints that I picked from the internet and Charles Wells Book, not actually verified.

1s 1 bonita meadow N36 01.375 W118 19.120

2s 2 sherman pass tr N36 02.960 W118 19.990

3s 3 sherman pass tr N36 03.053 W118 20.738

4s 4 sherman pass tr N36 02.642 W118 20.815

5s 5 sherman pass tr N36 01.772 W118 22.030

6s 6 sherman pass tr N36 01.368 W118 23.897

7s 7 sherman pass tr N36 00.613 W118 23.372

8s 8 sherman pass tr N36 01.150 W118 24.122

9s 9 sherman pass tr N35 59.250 W118 24.790

bigmedo Big Meadow Loop N35 53.441 W118 20.714

bigmturn Big meadow turn off N35 58.989 W118 25.381

campfish Fish Creek camp N36 03.504 W118 13.238

campfo Camp Fish overflow N36 03.930 W118 13.417

camptral Camp at worst part N36 09.742 W118 13.961

cmptroy Troy Meadows Camp N36 04.041 W118 14.220

heli pad Helicopter pad N35 58.429 W118 27.967

longmedo Long Meadow N35 49.310 W118 20.204

mon&smih Monache Rd & Smith

Mdw Rd

N36 09.367 W118 14.489

moncrk Monache Creek N36 13.702 W118 09.572

monsoth Monache Mdw south end N36 12.451 W118 10.437

nine&395 395 & Nine Mile Road N35 50.543 W117 52.555

psnmedo Poison Meadow N35 55.456 W118 23.213

ratlsnak Rattlesnake crossing N36 01.045 W118 17.226

sherkern Sherman pass at kern river N35 58.042 W118 29.131

sherpark Sherman pass parking N35 59.432 W118 21.953

skernrvr South Fork Kern river

crossing

N35 53.719 W118 11.231

smthmedo Smith Meadow N36 07.690 W118 15.617

snakcrk Snake Creek crossing N36 10.744 W118 12.525

store Kennedy Meadow General

Store

N36 01.096 W118 07.378

tavern Grumpy's Tavern N35 59.420 W118 05.948

TroutCrk Trout Creek N36 00.802 W118 21.365

troy jct Troy Meadow camp jct N36 03.821 W118 14.379

truemedo True Meadow N35 48.307 W118 17.969

Kennedy Meadows sherman pass 3 of 3 printed: 6/2/2008

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