| There are literally thousands of miles
of OHV routes within Inyo and Mono counties. These Counties cover the
Mammoth area, the Owens Valley, the Inyo/White Mountains, the Panamint
Valley, and Death Valley.
Almost none of these open routes are signed, other
than a mountain bike map of the Mammoth area there are not any good maps
of the open routes, and because there are so many routes it is very
difficult to plan a fun interesting ride. It is impossible to organize a
group ride without it just being follow the leader in a dust fest.
This site documents interesting OHV routes, most
of which are loops back to where you started. Each route is shown on a
color Topo map that you can print. There is also a Dual Sport type Roll
Chart for each route. In order to create a usable Roll Chart, you must
print the pages of the chart, then cut each page into the marked columns
(2 1/4 inches wide), then tape the ends of the pieces into one long Roll
Chart. You can then navigate the route by just following the chart just
like in a Dual Sport ride. Of course, you will need a Roll Chart Holder,
which is available at most cycle shops.
New Additions
Coming soon!
Future Additions
The
next trails to be added to this site will be in the Tungsten Hills
northwest of Bishop and the Inyo
Mountains east of Bishop.
CAUTION:
All OHV activity is dangerous and extreme caution should be exercised at
all times. None of the routes indicated in this web site are maintained
in any way and the conditions of these routes can change at any time due
to natural or un-natural causes. The safety of using any of these routes
is not stated or implied and must be assumed by the user.
Downloading Files
Maps & Roll Charts
All Maps and Roll Charts are
in Adobe .pdf file format.
You will need the newest version of the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print them.
Click the image if you don't already have it installed on you
computer.
Mapsource files
If
you have a Garmin GPS unit and have Mapsource software, you can download
the file for each ride to your home computer, then use the Mapsource
download feature to download the tracks to your GPS unit, then either
just follow the track on the scene or use the Trackback feature of your
GPS to get navigation turn arrows. It is best to turn maps off and zoom
in to less than 0.2 Mi.
You will need the newest version of Mapsource to view and
download them to your Garmin GPS. Here is the link to the Mapsource
update site. Mapsource
Update
Cool Link: Visit Terra
Server to get aerial and topo maps of any place in the USA. This is
a great tool to help you find your favorite route.
Download problems?
If you click on any file and it does not come up in a download
window, just right click on the file and select "Save File As"
and the download window will appear. This is the only problem you should
encounter.
Some of the files provided here are a little on the large size but
in very good detail. So be patient if you have a dial-up connection to
the internet. It's worth the time.
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