Comments on: Peoples Canyon

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 06 May 2014 23:16:30 +0000

PSA from the granddaughter of Tina & Erik Barnes who own the Santa Maria Ranch and the 40 acre parcel that is Peeple’s Canyon. While this is indeed a gorgeous hike, there seems to be some confusion about what is and is not private property. Entering through state grazing leases and the wilderness area from Hwy 93, you don’t actually hit “private property” until you near the canyon itself. Tina & Erik have been generous enough to give permission to enter to most of the people who inquire about hiking to the canyon, because they too believe it is a special place and should be shared with those who will pass through it respectfully. They do ask [after you've received their permission] that you not camp in the canyon itself and not go with a group of more than 7 or 8 people. Thank you for your understanding.

By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 03:49:02 +0000

You are one tough hiker. It looks like Matterhorn.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 04:58:44 +0000

iv climbed artillery peak!! it was “very” steep. 1300 ft. VIRTICAL (from neaREST TRUCK STOP)

By: avatar

avatar — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:52:43 +0000

has anyone climbed artillery peak? (s.w. corner of the wilderness) im planing to try. looks steep.

By: steepTrails

steepTrails — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 01:09:03 +0000

Well, from my understanding, the main access to peeples canyon was from an old road across from the turnoff to Bagdad on 93. But I never tried this route as it stated it crossed private land to get to the canyon and I wanted to avoid that. The access I tried, as I wrote, was from the South. I found the roads up on the plateau to be fairly easy high-clearance roads. To get to where I eventually parked the truck, I just picked what looked like it went to where I wanted to go – many old mining roads up there – and headed in that direction (nothing is marked). As soon as the road headed down toward the Santa Maria, the road got rough and 4wd was handy. At this point you are way out there… and don’t want to get stuck. Eventually parked it in an old mining area about two miles from the Santa Maria. For general access to the wilderness, there aren’t that many access points that are close. But I found the road to Arroweed Spring to be fairly easy going. It’s in the northern area of the wilderness off of 17 mile road and leads about 3 miles into the wilderness. 17 mile road is a well maintained gravel road and I found the spur to Arroweed spring to be sandy in sections, but not requiring 4wd. Finding the road required paying attention to the map, because it wasn’t marked. Once there the hiking is all wilderness hiking and the road end is somewhat non-descript so attention is needed if you’re doing a loop trip and want to find your car again.

By: tony

tony — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 18:10:01 +0000

I am mostly wondering about access to the arrastras. What do you reccomend for best access to peeples canyon? or any other good access points..

By: avatar

avatar — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:20:23 +0000

your trip is one iv allways wanted to take. peoples (peeples) canyon is the canyon of the gods!!