{"id":4584,"date":"2016-02-20T02:57:59","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T02:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backroadswest.com\/blog\/?p=4584"},"modified":"2022-09-21T19:52:27","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T19:52:27","slug":"pipes-canyon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.backroadswest.com\/blog\/pipes-canyon\/","title":{"rendered":"Pipes Canyon in the new Sand to Snow National Monument"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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With the creation of the new Sand to Snow National Monument on Feb 12, 2016, we decided to check out one of its access points near Yucca Valley, California.<\/strong> \u00a0We choose to hike up Pipes Canyon near the tourist attraction of Pioneertown. \u00a0This allowed us to enjoy an almost full day of hiking and the rest of the afternoon to enjoy walking around and eating dinner at Pioneertown.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Three new National Monuments were designated in California and all of them are in San Bernardino County.\u00a0 One of those new monuments, the Sand to Snow National Monument, really makes sense and so, two days after its designation, we decided to check it out.\u00a0 This new Monument is located close to Palm Springs and just west of popular Joshua Tree National Monument.<\/p>

Sand to Snow National Monument<\/h3>

The Sand to Snow National Monument encompasses an eastern chunk of the San Bernardino Mountains and includes Southern California\u2019s highest peak, San Gorgonio Mountain, at 11,503 feet.\u00a0 Looking west to east on a map, it runs from the border of Joshua Tree National Park, all the way to the towns of Angeles Oaks and Forrest Falls near Yucaipa.\u00a0 Looking south to north, it stretches roughly from Interstate 10 to Pioneertown.<\/p>

Also included in this National Monument are several private preserves that are owned and managed by the Wildland Conservancy, who were big advocates in creating this new monument.\u00a0 Twenty years ago, the Conservancy created the Sand to Snow Wilderness Interface Project that connected several wildlife corridors and vegetation linkages.\u00a0 When this new monument was designated, the project already included over 60,000 acres of land that had been acquired through private funding.<\/p>

Our visit to the new monument was via the access point at the Conservancy\u2019s Pioneertown Mountains Preserve Visitor Center.\u00a0 There are several hiking and equestrian trails here that offer easy access into the monument area.\u00a0 We chose to hike the Pipes Canyon Trail.\u00a0 The trailhead is located just 4 miles from the tourist attraction of Pioneertown which was built in the 1940s by Roy Rogers and friends as a \u201clive-in\u201d motion picture set.<\/p>

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Below are some pictures of what you will see along the way.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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