Tips for Snow-Play Visitors
TIRE CHAINS
Often required on Highways 243 & 74 Buy them before you start up. Caltrans QuickMap is an awesome help. http://quickmap.dot.ca.gov/ Options-Road Conditions-Chain Controls 
NO PUBLIC TOILETS
in Idyllwild! Seriously, true! The Fort's toilets are for their customers. The Snow-Play areas (scroll down) have parking and restrooms. 
NO TRESPASSING
on private property on any street. Residents routinely call the Sheriff. 
HUMBER PARK TRAILHEAD
(New, true name!) Closed to vehicles in snow or ice conditions. Not snow-plowed. Has a few parking spaces and 2 pit toilets for hikers. Is not a park. |
PLEASE NOTE!
Sorry, we know parking is difficult to find! But, vehicles parked illegally will be ticketed or towed. Residents report illegal parking. No parking on any paved part of the roadway which prohibits the free flow of traffic going both ways. (Usually 12' needed) CA Veh.Code 22651(b) 
ROADS TO AVOID
Fern Valley Rd. (upper) Pine Crest Rd. (upper) Franklin Dr. (upper) Residential road to left of Stone Creek Foster Lake Road All are either Steep & Slippery, have No Parking, or are Difficult to turn around. Fern Valley Road has no weekend snow-play parking. Residential roads leading to Thousand Trails have no room for parking. Pine Cove Park has no parking. 
LITTER
Take it home with you if there are no trash cans. We have no one to pick it up. It sets a good example for kids! |
Plenty of Parking, Restrooms, and Play are not in Idyllwild.
They are at locations below.
They are at locations below.
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Good News!
HIGHWAY 243 PULLOUTS between Banning and Idyllwild
Many are SNOW-PLOWED!
Some are huge!
They offer convenient parking and play! Good clean fun!
Avoid the traffic, parking mess, and CHP ticketing and towing in Idyllwild!
Many are SNOW-PLOWED!
Some are huge!
They offer convenient parking and play! Good clean fun!
Avoid the traffic, parking mess, and CHP ticketing and towing in Idyllwild!
Pine Cove, Idyllwild and Mountain Center Snow-Play Areas
These offer limited parking, restrooms, sometimes even showers, and space for snow-play!
Again, they don't compare to Big Bear areas.
Please note:
- No public restrooms in Idyllwild.
- The National forest is free, but access with parking is difficult to find.
- Humber Park Trailhead is not a snow-play area. It is closed to traffic in ice/snow conditions.
- Idyllwild, Fern Valley, and Pine Cove residential lots are not for snow-play.
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Stone Creek Campground - CLOSED WHEN SNOW
Highway 243 ( South of Lawler Lodge) Idyllwild, CA (951) 659-2607 Hopefully will be open for snow 2018-2019! 
Thousand Trails Idyllwild
24400 Canyon Trail RESERVATIONS 951.659.4097 Web Site 
Mt. San Jacinto State Park
25905 Hwy 243, Idyllwild (951) 659-2607 RESERVATIONS 1.800.444.7275 Web Site 
Idyllwild Park (County Park)
54000 Riv. Co. Playground Rd., Idyllwild (951) 659-2656 RESERVATIONS: 1.800.234.7275 Web Site 
McCall Park (County Park)
Horses in summer/ snow-play in winter! Covered picnic area, huge play area. 28500 McCall Park Road, Mountain Center (951) 659-265 Web Site
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