Area around Walter's Camp S. of Blythe

[Boudroux]

By chance any of you familiar with this area? It is on the lower Colorado River, south of Blythe 30-40 miles off the 78.

I've been doing some desert coyote hunting around there and looking at the maps there is a massive chunk of BLM land between the River around Walter's Camp and the 78 that looks promising for Jeeping/Dirtbiking. Google kind of chokes when trying searches for this.

I've been hunting out of my full size truck so I've not explored around much.

 

[Lurch]

Have not been to Walter's Camp, but there is a lot of BLM land surrounding the Picacho State Recreation Area about 45 min north of Yuma as well. You can access the land from the 8 or the 78. There are a bunch of jeep trails and stuff suitable for full sized trucks on the public land part and great fishing along the river in the state park. I think the BLM land is called Indian Pass.

 

[cal]

Mr Overkill's family owns a cabin out that way. I stayed out there with him like 7 years ago and did some wheeling, nothing hardcore but pretty country.

I heard most of that BLM land was shut down though?

 

[Xtreme XJ]

I've only been S. of Walter's once... there are several trails off Hwy. 78 that work their way to the river... I think if you had a smaller rig you could make your way to Draper's Wash & Draper's cabin (google it).
A friend took his full size Dodge 2500 shortbed through Draper heading E. towards the river from 78, there is a choke where a large boulder is burred in the narrow part of the wash... no issue for an XJ, but i was impressed he squeezed the full size truck through there...
Google Earth shows trails... the bike wouldn't be an issue. as far as "legal" I haven't kept up with the area.
There looks to be some cool trail (exploring/camping S. of Milpitas Wash between 78 & the river...

Curt

 

[Boudroux]

Looking at my hunting maps software there is a Wilderness area E of the 78 and south of Walters camp so no vehicles there, another wilderness area just W of the 78 as well as the Chocolate Mtns bombing range but man is there just a ton of BLM desert out there to explore.

I'm just going to have to take the bike or jeep and see what is out there. I do know there is a shit pot of coyotes out there.

There has to be some good jeeping out there.