No, Lytle creek and Gorman mid way between the floor and high desert but in the mountains, near the cities of Rancho Cucamunga and SanBernardino, not considered the desert. Not far from lake silverwood and lake arrowhead. then Lake Hemet is outside of Idyllwild, elevation 4300 feet, its snows there and its in the mountains. WHere did you get your facts.......

 

Damn, did you guys see the weather forecast for those places? Helloooo? 103 at Lytle Creek for the coming weekend??? Mid 90's at Lake Hemet? Mid 90's in Gorman.

You "real desert" guys have a different definition of desert than us coastal people...we just mean hot temperatures! (she types as she's been enjoying mild high 70's low 80's weather for the past few weeks - oh wait, Sgt. Evil and family have been enjoying those same mild temperatures lately, haven't they? )

 

yes we have. but that area to me is still not desert. Yea I guess to me Heat doesn't make it desert. And 90 isn't hot. Over. 110 115 hot. 115 and up yea that's hot and is all the same. 110 at midnightt hot It has been 90-100 at night.so not bad. Its all relative.

 

wait last year laguna irvine the beach was in the 90-100 for a week, so are you guys the desert too?

 

Hey if you like primitive camping and don't mind wheelin for a while to get there, try Santa Rosa Mountain. It's just a ways past Lake Hemet. It's at 7200 feet, so it should be cool up there. You can wheel all the way to the top if you like. My favorite spot up there has a running spring. If you go up, be sure to watch the sunset from the peak.

Here's some info. SANTA ROSA MOUNTAIN

SANTA ROSA PEAK

Here's a link to last year's trip LINK

 

Thank you. All of you have been a great help!

 

This thread cracks me up.

 

If you go to lake Hemet there is a great trail off the hwy 74 sawmill about 10 min from the lake. I live in Palm Desert and drive up to lake Hemet to get out of the heat, its really not that hot around the lake...

 

What does yellow post camping mean? No bathrooms?

 

No anything! It's primitive camping.

Just an official established site with a fire ring, sometimes (rarely) a picnic table. They are marked with a yellow post (literally), hence the name Yellow Post. I think YPs are just in the National Forests.