I am not in California, so I don't have any specific info on those places, but I've always found this to be a situation of "It's easier to receive forgiveness that permission."
One thing I love about bike camping (as opposed to motorcycle camping, for example,) is that it is very easy to disappear. No one is going to come looking for you. Just make sure that you find a spot that can't be seen from any roads, don't make any fires, and leave no traces and you should be fine. I have been "found" a few times, but the squatter bike camper is pretty low on the "threatening" list and most authorities have let me off with a very stern "Don't do it anymore." I have never been forced to move. Good luck- Mike in So. Boston, Mass On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 9:17 PM, Alex <alexlem...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > My girlfriend and I did our first s24o in the Marin headlands > (Haypress campsite) last weekend. We both had a blast, but we're both > used to camping in more wilderness-type settings (i.e., no picnic > tables, no portapotties, no numbered spots for tents) and were hoping > that for our next one we could just camp somewhere by ourselves. I > know from admiring the beautiful photos on the RBW website that this > is possible, but I was hoping to get some advice on how tricky it is. > Is it actually illegal to camp in places like Briones, Shell Ridge, > and Mt. Diablo without being in a designated campsite? I haven't found > anything on their websites saying so. Have people ever been roused by > angry park rangers in the middle of the night? Is there some risk of a > huge fine? I've read Grant's description of bike camping on the > website and I was intrigued by his mention of "stealth" being a > requirement. I just wanted to get a sense of how stealthy you need to > be and what happens if you're not stealthy enough. > > --Alex > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
