Auburn Sra - Mineral Bar Campground And Backup

[moxford]

I have a few friends who've never been panning/detecting before ... a couple of whom have never even been camping ... even car-camping!

So now that I'm done with SAR and have some availability, I'm going to go show them a good time.  =)

I was looking at Auburn SRA's Mineral Bar, but it does not look like they take reservations there and we're coming from the Bay Area (about 4 hours out.)

Any suggestions on a good backup spot?  Any good access points to NF land we could camp on and then drive in?

Thanks in advance!

-Mike

 

[Reno Chris]

Was there a few weeks back during the week and and no one was in the Mineral Bar Camping area. There is gold along the river there, I would recommend hiking up Pennyweight trail on the north side of the river. Water is high because of spring run off and a decent rainy season. The mineral Bar campground has pit toilets - no flush ones.

Back ups include the Placer county campground on the Bear River at Colfax and the RV park at Auburn (see: http://www.auburnrvpark.com/