Visitors planning at travel to the San Jacinto Mountains should be prepared for winter conditions. Nearly a foot has fallen this week, with more coming Thursday. Conditions can change quickly, and freeze/thaw cycles mean black ice even when the highway has been plowed. Chains may be required at any time.
Snow play is not allowed on private property, and parking on surface streets is limited and must not block snowplows.
Designated snow play areas are:
Hurkey Creek Park
McCall Park
Idyllwild Regional Park
Idyllwild Community Playground
Mt San Jacinto State Park
Idyllwild Nature Center
For current Highway conditions visit Quickmap.dot.ca.gov. Choose QuickMap “options,” “road conditions,” and be sure to check all the boxes. You want to see slow travel, closures, incidents, the progress of snow plows, etc. Zoom to the area you wish to travel in.
For more information visit:
For trail info visit the San Jacinto Trail Report at: SanJacJon.com
The trails are only for the well prepared, but anyone can visit sanjacjon.com and take a look!
