Field Reports

route launches, stewardship campouts, events, and other musings.

Tehachapi Trails
Gabriel Tiller Gabriel Tiller

Tehachapi Trails

Another, more direct entrance into the Paiutes than Jawbone Canyon, is Tehachapi. This small community has partnered with a local cement company to build a robust and ripping trail system right on the edge of town.

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Jawbone: Gateway to the Southern Sierra
Gabriel Tiller Gabriel Tiller

Jawbone: Gateway to the Southern Sierra

For the most part, Orogenesis has been designed within a contiguous swath of public lands that loosely follow the mountain ranges that give Orogenesis its name. But several large swaths of private land present problems—the Mojave Desert, the Paiute Range, and the Tehachapi Mountains make up one of these.

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