Events - Camp Whittle 2007

Event Name: Winter Campout
Location: Camp Whittle, Big Bear
Date(s): February 23 to February 25, 2007
Registration closed

Come spend a weekend in the mountains at Camp Whittle, Big Bear Lake. Don’t miss this awesome winter wonderland campout! This year we will be joined by the Alliklik and Nun-Pa-Wa-Pa Nations.

Current Road Conditions

Hwy 18 (The Back Way) from Lucerne Valley and Hwys 330/18 (The Front Way) from San Bernardino are OPEN without restrictions. Check the Caltrans Commuter Alerts Website for the latest on road conditions as they can change at any time.

Cost includes a warm, cozy cabin for two nights, activities, and all of your meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner on Saturday, and breakfast on Sunday).

Bring your sleeping bags/pillows, enough clothes for 3 days (extra socks and underwear), warm clothes including a good jacket and gloves - we'll be at about 6500 feet above sea level, in winter, towels, camera, sunscreen, snacks/drinks (meals are provided but that mountain air makes the kids mighty thirsty and hungry), flashlights, toothbrush, soap/shampoo, medicines, good hiking/snow boots - or at least good sneakers with good treads, sled (if there's snow!), nerf/regular football, baseball gloves and a ball, and other outside games, band-aids/aspirin/pepto-bismol/etc., chains for your car.

Don't forget a skit for campfire on Saturday night!!

Check with your Tribe Chief or at Wagner Lodge for your cabin assignment.

IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS
Santa Clarita YMCA: (661) 253-3593
Road Conditions: (800) 427-ROAD
Snow Conditions: (909) 866-SNOW
Camp Whittle: (909) 866-3000

Visit the Camp High Trails Web site for general information and photos of Camp Whittle.

MAPS & DIRECTIONS
There are two ways to get the Camp Whittle. The "Front Way" and the "Back Way". The preferred route is the "Back Way" which is about a 3 hour drive from the Santa Clarita Valley. It is recommended that you car-pool to the camp. Victorville provides many fast food opportunities to dine along Bear Valley road.

Once you reach the town of Fawnskin, turn on to Rim of the World Drive (right next to a large paved lot and the Fire Station). It is about a 3 mile drive to Camp Whittle. A short distance from Fawnskin (approx ¼ mile), the paved road ends into a well-graded dirt road. Follow US Forest Service Road 3N14 (marked with a small brown sign at the entrance to the road; the road name is Rim of the World Drive). Camp Whittle will be on your left with big signs marking your arrival.

The physical address is 31701 Rim of the World Drive, Fawnskin, CA 92333.

GPS coordinates: Lat: 34.270607 N - Long: -116.921667 W

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