Camping near Eddiesville trailhead in June?

[samirchopra]

Hi, we're hoping to kick off the 2025 14'er season on the last weekend of (June 6/27-28) by driving in to the Eddiesville Trailhead the night before, camping out, hiking up San Luis Peak, packing up, driving out etc.

Is this feasible, given usual conditions around the last weekend of June? (camping possibilities around trailhead etc?) What are creek crossing conditions like then? (For Pauline and Nutras Creeks?)

Thanks,
Samir

[madmattd]

There's an open field at the Eddiesville TH that I've seen tents set up in. There's also some dispersed camp spots along the road in the last few miles before Stewart Creek. If the road is accessible, those should all be fine too.

As for the stream crossings, likely OK then, but you can get an idea by looking at the historical trailhead condition reports to form your own opinion: https://www.14ers.com/php14ers/trailhea ... hparm=sj15.

[samirchopra]

There's an open field at the Eddiesville TH that I've seen tents set up in. There's also some dispersed camp spots along the road in the last few miles before Stewart Creek. If the road is accessible, those should all be fine too.

As for the stream crossings, likely OK then, but you can get an idea by looking at the historical trailhead condition reports to form your own opinion: https://www.14ers.com/php14ers/trailhea ... hparm=sj15.

Thanks; that's very useful. We're now thinking of going on the summer solstice weekend (the one before) to really kick things off in style!

[ltlFish99]

I CAMPED IN THE OPEN FIELD RIGHT AT THE TRAILHEAD IN LATE JUNE 3 OR 4 YEARS AGO.

[Mtnman200]

Here's what I had to say in a 2018 trip report (https://www.14ers.com/php14ers/triprepo ... trip=18842)

"Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018 Randy and I left our home and headed to the southern parking area of the Eddiesville Trailhead. Getting to this trailhead requires driving 28 miles on unpaved roads, but the roads are easily passable by passenger cars. Several approaches exist for Organ Mountain, and we settled on taking the lesser-known Canon Hondo Trail. When we reached the Eddiesville Trailhead, we had the place to ourselves except for someone's partially assembled tent in the parking lot. After we cooked dinner and headed into our tent, the owners of the other tent arrived, packed up their tent, and drove off in a Honda Accord. It felt like we were miles from nowhere, especially with the occasional coyote howling during the night."

Even though you're planning to be there about five weeks earlier in the season, I think you should be fine.