FYI New Camping Restrictions: Alabama Hills, CA

[alex]

Unfortunately the west side of Movie Road in the Movie Flat area is for day use only now. You will see new "No camping" signs. Such a shame, this is one of my favorite places to go camping!

Alabama Hills | Bureau of Land Management

1/17/2025- Inyo County Public Works has announced that Whitney Portal Road will be open to vehicular traffic starting at 8 a.m. Saturday, January 25. Please note that there may be additional work performed under traffic control, as needed. 9/25/2024 -Starting October 1, camping at designated...

www.blm.gov

 

[Sid Clayton]

Most likely because of all the idiot city people coming in there and leaving trash

 

[Howling Offroad]

Unfortunately I fear we will see more of these sort of shut down and restrictions as more and more uneducated people use these places

 

[DaveInFresno]

So sad

 

[V8Runner]

That's sad, hopefully this doesn't happen to more places around the area

 

[Mojave Traveler]

Yep, heard about this over the weekend. Horrible. Just sucks. As always good things end because of small part of population. Hopefully this isn't permanent.

 

[Time Keeper]

They should set up a permit system to give accountability

 

[Kyle Martin]

Down side to overlanding becoming popular, it will attract people who have no common sense. Very unfortunate.

 

[Richard Valladares]

Unfortunately, there are more people heading out and just how it works, a portion of those people are going to be idiots who only care about themselves and will leave their trash behind, ruining it for the rest of us.

 

[Steven Abra]

They should start issuing a permit system, new people have greater restrictions than the more seasoned people.

 

[Marion Carter]

so sad

 

[Mike Clark]

The down side to permit system, is to staff the people to handle that, will cost $$. That $$ will need to come from somewhere.

 

[Brooks]

BLM lands all over are getting trashed and overrun with homeless people

 

[Tucker]

I always pick up trash, even from others. I shouldn't need to, but I do. Last year I stopped some high school kids when they were leaving a camping site, they had left trash all over. I made the pick it up. I wouldn't be surprised they just tossed it out when out of site, but hopefully they didn't and my talk smartened them up.