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kief
Trad climber
east side
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Jan 25, 2016 - 05:54pm PT
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Pretty sure it's near the tail end of the White Divide so Tunemah Peak sounds plausible. A few years back when a buddy and I scrambled up to the unnamed lake around 10,900 feet in the cirque north of Tunemah we thought we worked out that there weren't any other decent-sized lakes in the Sierra as far from a road in every direction.
The trio of high lakes northeast of Windy Cliff and west of Dumbbell Lakes felt as remote to me as anyplace I've been in California, but the straight-line distance to a road on the east side would be less than 12 miles or so.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Jan 25, 2016 - 06:17pm PT
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I don't think I understand the question, but isn't the point you're looking for in the Mojave Desert or east of the Salton Sea?
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steve s
Trad climber
eldo
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Jan 25, 2016 - 08:15pm PT
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Uhhh....Lembert Dome?
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Jan 25, 2016 - 08:34pm PT
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Seems like you could get pretty far out there on the Modoc.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Shetville , North of Los Angeles
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Jan 25, 2016 - 08:52pm PT
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Apple Valley...
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Banquo
climber
Amerricka
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Jan 25, 2016 - 08:56pm PT
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The desert has roads all over the place.
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Mark Force
Trad climber
Ashland, Oregon
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Jan 25, 2016 - 09:02pm PT
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The "Calabama" northeastern corner?
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Cragar
climber
MSLA - MT
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Jan 25, 2016 - 09:13pm PT
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Bellied up at Trout's with a Coors waiting for Merle
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Jan 25, 2016 - 09:16pm PT
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I agree with Urizen. "Most remote" can be defined by different criteria. Hiking 13 miles on a trail is a lot different than a 5-mile off-trail scramble over the 13,000-foot Sierra crest with a heavy pack.
My guess is the most remote (by any criteria) somewhere in the Kings-Kern Divide area. It's brutal getting out there.
The Ionian Basin is pretty remote, but you can get there in one day.
The Enchanted Gorge also pretty remote, but it's not the most remote
Goddard Canyon feels more remote than the Enchanted Gorge. Does anyone know for sure?
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 25, 2016 - 09:18pm PT
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Nice! Enchanted Gorge, on the to-do list
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BruceHildenbrand
Social climber
Mountain View/Boulder
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Jan 25, 2016 - 09:24pm PT
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In modern terms "remote" has nothing to do with roads, trails or that ilk. It has to do with the likelihood of getting cell phone coverage.
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Fogarty
climber
BITD
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Jan 25, 2016 - 10:00pm PT
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Fogarty
climber
BITD
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Jan 25, 2016 - 10:01pm PT
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Guess?
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Jan 25, 2016 - 10:12pm PT
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Walker Pass and Courtright...
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Fogarty
climber
BITD
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Jan 25, 2016 - 10:18pm PT
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Kris, yes on Courtright.
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Roger Brown
climber
Oceano, California
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Jan 26, 2016 - 06:35am PT
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Milestone Basin.
Camped in the basin you are at the base of Milestone, Midway, Table, and Thunder Mountains. The route up Thunder is old school 4th class with rappel bolts on top. After that downclimb I went to Yosemite Valley and took my first rock climbing class:-)
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kpinwalla2
Social climber
WA
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Jan 26, 2016 - 06:47am PT
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I think that limpingcrab's map is shaded based on road density (miles of road per square mile), not on distance to the nearest road, which are two very different things. For instance, I-80 runs right through the middle of the big dark green patch on the Utah/Nevada border, so not many roads, but you'd never be far from an interstate.
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lars johansen
Trad climber
West Marin, CA
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Jan 26, 2016 - 08:32am PT
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My vote is for the Enchanted Gorge. Tried to walk up it once and had to backtrack to Goddard Canyon to get to Ionian Basin-lars
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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Jan 26, 2016 - 08:42am PT
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^^^^^yea, that's the spot in my mind. Enchanted gorge at the southern end of the Ionian Basin.
Rough getting in and rough getting out.
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