mountain_seed

McCLOUD RUVER

mountain_seed, Feb 20, 2026 at 6:23 AM

Middle Falls.. autumn.. I'll try and locate a Spring runoff photo.. You won't believe it.. Hearst built another 'castle' downstream from here.. actually, it's a village.. WYNTOON Based on fascination with Grimm's Faery Tales.. just don't get caught on their property..

McCLOUD RUVER
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    • viking_
      Love a waterfall in a forest, so therapeutic
      Great shot
    • ~Zen~
      Very interesting history to Wyntoon.
    • mountain_seed
      @~Zen~

      I wasn't sure if you'd read up on this or were commenting on my comments..

      fascinating place..
      they keep gobbling up acreage for investments and insulation from common people..

      Wyntoon - Wikipedia
    • ~Zen~
      Those Hearsts... haven't changed in generations.

      There is a long wikipedia page about Wyntoon. Closed the the public of course... wonder who gets to enjoy it these days!
    • mountain_seed
      @~Zen~

      I avoid the village
      I didn't even know it was there 45 years ago when I left LA and explored the area for prime fishing locales.. eventually worked with a guy who lived in McCloud all his life.. I explained the walls of volcanic rock with 24/7 rivers of water cascading and diff colored rainbows and 4 lb Brown trout..

      He told me I was in Hearst property with armed guards..

      so I donned still went in 3 tines
      rafters took over river and put-in upriver where generations of dads and kids had fished and screwed up tackle..

      they prevailed in court that law allows passage on any CA waterway up to prevailing high water mark.. Heart/visitors so angry their retreat was invaded by SF "lower-class" while they were sunning and having cocktails on banks, the rafters would just float through..

      kind've funny that commoners were allowed in..

      I have until apps showing every CA parcel/owners/contact info

      amazing how much acreage Hearts are gobbling up to keep people away with locked gates..

      my son picks licks when we go in scouting
      got caught once but talked our way out of it.. said gate was unlocked 17 miles away

      guard didn't want to go back so asked us to lock it behind us..
      "sure happy to"
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