November’s outing will be at East Fork on the San Gabriel River. This is GPAA Site CA-71 in the old Gold book and CA-25 in the new Green book.

The weather can be cold so be prepared for it. The best method is by layering your clothes. If you get too warm, you take some off. If you get too cold, put some back on.  The river has flow, so be prepared for getting wet too.There is good prospecting there and up stream as well. The terrain is steep so be forewarned.

If you are planning on going, be sure to contact Jay for information about the meeting place.
Wagonmaster Jay at (909) 821-0979

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Special Note From Greg Fox:

I wanted to let you know that the San Gabriel “no Prospecting” issue that the Forest Service has been pushing is still not settled per Jerry Hobbs at PLP as of Sunday 11/15.  Here is what he said:

Jerry Hobbs: I have had 2 meetings with the FS in the last 10 days. They stand by their position that prospecting is no allowed and we stand by our that it is allowed.

The FS has never allowed prospecting in the 20 years that I have been involved but the prospecting has continued and no one has ever been cited. All of those who have been prospecting for the last 20 years have been opposing the FS position and things have not changed.

The FS will probably not cite you for prospecting but could cite you for a recreational violation under 36 cfr 261. If you google 36 cfr 261 and read it you will see that they can cite you for several things that any forest user could be cited under, such as littering.

At the time the Forest has an extreme fire warning and they are asking the prospectors not to use any motorized equipment on the forest, whether they will cite you would be another thing.

I can not tell you anymore than that, you will just have to use your own discretion.

The club might not have any issues up there during the outing this weekend, but it would be a bummer to have lots of people go up and then get shut down by a zealous ranger.