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Descanso Stories
Perfect Drought
Cover Story
| Descanso
| Guatay
| Pine Valley
Published Oct. 18, 2007
"It's catastrophic!" Duncan McFetridge flings his arms out. "Look, can't you see the change?" Several years ago, when I last came here to the Cleveland National Forest outside of Descanso, McFetridge's cabin nestled in a deep-shaded ...
Trek to the obscure summit of Guatay Mountain, between Descanso and Pine Valley.
Descanso
| Guatay
| Pine Valley
| Roam-O-Rama
Published Sept. 13, 2007
Guatay Mountain, a gently swelling, chaparral-covered ridge rising about 900 feet over the hamlet of Guatay, is distinguished by its old-growth population of Tecate cypress trees. This particular species of cypress has a very spotty native ...
Roberts Ranch Opens its Gates to Hikers in Cleveland National Forest
Descanso
| Roam-O-Rama
Published April 23, 1998
Thanks to the crusading efforts of Descanso cabinet-maker Duncan McFetridge, affectionately known by some as the "Robin Hood of Cleveland Forest," two inholdings (islands of private property inside public-domain lands) near Descanso are being added to ...