Granite Creek / Ibapah question

[regehr]

Anyone know how far up Granite Creek there's likely to be water this time of year? I was thinking about camping a few miles up the trail in order to have time to climb all of Ibapah, Haystack, and Red the next day. But I have no interest in a dry camp. Thanks!

 

[Bob]

Used to drive way up then they blocked it...then I think you can drive up now. Deer hunted 20 years up there. Quite a bit of water pretty far up. We camped at upper meadow towards ibapah peak just below saddle to Indian side....usually stayed a week but offhand dont remember where springs are. Red mountain is a rocky scramble. Ibapah and haystack not so much. If you want some ghost town mining stuff go up hardscrabble to eagles nest....

 

[regehr]

Thanks Bob! Ibapah will have to wait, we went to Moriah instead, which was pretty great. Varied hiking, a stream up to about 9000', bristlecones, no bugs to speak of, and as far as we could tell, we had the whole mountain to ourselves last weekend.

 

[regehr]

Used to drive way up then they blocked it...then I think you can drive up now. Deer hunted 20 years up there. Quite a bit of water pretty far up. We camped at upper meadow towards ibapah peak just below saddle to Indian side....usually stayed a week but offhand dont remember where springs are. Red mountain is a rocky scramble. Ibapah and haystack not so much. If you want some ghost town mining stuff go up hardscrabble to eagles nest....

Is this the area? Looks amazing.
http://thetrekplanner.com/oro-del-rey-mine-goshute-canyon-deep-creek-mountains/

 

[Bob]

Yes.. if you call it a road is right in the bottom of the narrow canyon for ways. Last I was there it was tough getting dirt bikes up it because it was all boulders.. you can go up hardscrabble and hook over to goshute.