The Warner springs campout will take place during the weekend
of 7/19/03 to 7/20/03. This is a great place for soaring and we will aero-tow
our
Blanik to the Sky Sailing airport
located between Hemet and San Diego. Keeping with the OCSA's goal of providing a
family atmosphere, the Warner Springs campout will have plenty of activities for
family members who don't fly sailplanes. So bring your family and join us for this fun
packed weekend campout.
For all our flying
members this is a great opportunity to fly with your club buddies at
a different location. Regardless of your experience level you will have
a great soaring experience at this campout. Our instructors will be
there to help you out.
For our non flying
members and family there will be plenty of activities going on
during the days. Evenings we spend together :) Warner Springs is located
in the beautiful "back country", California. Please refer to
the bottom of this page for a complete listing of the activities.
Location & Directions
Sky
Sailing is located in the beautiful "back country" in Warner Springs,
California. The airport is in north eastern San Diego County, east of the
Palomar Observatory.
To get driving directions to the airfield from your home simply
click on the mapbelow.
The following is general driving directions provided by Sky Sailing.
From San Diego
Go East on Interstate-8 to Highway 67 North
or
Take Interstate-15 to Scripps Poway Parkway (East) to Highway 67; North on Highway 67
Once on Highway 67, go North, through Ramona. In Ramona, Highway 67 turns into Highway 78. Continue to Santa
Ysabel.
In Santa Ysabel, just past Dudley's Bakery, turn Left onto Highway 79.
Continue on Highway 79 into Warner Springs.
Warner Springs Airport is 2 miles past the Warner Springs Ranch entrance.
From Los Angeles
Suffer along any of the freeways east (91, 60 or 10) to Interstate-15 South. South to Rancho California/Temecula. You will clear the smog and the congestion.
Now follow the directions from Rancho California (see below).
From Rancho California/Temecula
Take Interstate-15 to Highway 79 South to Warner Springs. Note: Hwy 79 SOUTH is the last exit going South in Temecula. It says, "Warner Springs/Indio". Do Not take 79 North or you will not get here! You get to travel 37 miles on the beautiful back country roads, we are right next to the highway, you can't miss us.
From Palm Desert
Go west on Highway 74 then South on Highway 371 to Aguanga. In Aguanga, take Highway 79 South to Warner Springs.
Flying In
If you are flying in you must have prior permission by phone.
Airport Identifier is CL35 (since Private, not on GPS)
NO NIGHT Operations
N 33 17.084' / W 116 40.144'
From the Julian VOR 10NM @ 322 degrees; Unicom 122.8
Lodging
Motel
The Apple Tree Inn is the closest and most inexpensive motel near Warner
Springs. It is 3 miles from Julian. The Julian area is expected to be
booked quickly for the Memorial Day weekend so it is highly recommended that
those who want to stay in a motel call quickly to reserve a room. The
Apple Tree Inn will give OCSA a 10% discount, so mention OCSA when you
make your reservation.
The
Apple Tree In
4360 Highway 78
Santa Ysabel, CA 92070
Tel: (800) 410-8683
Fax: (419) 844-9507
Camping
There are three camp grounds in the area: Warner Ranch, Oak Grove,and Lake Henshaw.
Warner Ranch is walking distance from the airfield while Oak Grove and Lake
Henshaw are both a few miles away. Lake Henshaw is located
closer to Julian compared to the Oak Grove. For a list of campgrounds in
Cleveland National Forest see: http://www.r5.fs.fed.us/cleveland/camp.html. Technically no
camping is allowed at the Warner gliderport.
Warner Ranch
Sky Sailing can get us into the exclusive Warner Ranch campground within walking distance of the airport for about $10 a night with a
reservation. If you would like to stay here
you will need to make reservations through Sky Sailing:
The
price include up to four persons. There is no access to electricity,
but to water. They also have rooms which cost 99 dollars per night for
one to four persons.
Oak Grove
The Oak Grove is located north of Warner Springs on Hwy. 79. It's a small quiet campground without a lot of activities around. This campground does not take reservations so we will need to send an early scouting party down on Friday to hold a group of sites.
Lake
Henshaw
Lake
Henshaw is a much bigger campground with activities like:
Vollyball/Basketball
Pool & Spa
Playground
Boat Rentals
Horseshoe Pit
Fire Rings
To make reservations call (619) 782-3487. Click here
for prices and more information about the camp ground.
Program
Please
email our Membership Director
and let us know
about what family member activities you would like to see. We want everyone to have a good time so don't miss this opportunity
to customize the activates to your preference.
Pilots
(Flying members)
Saturday
10 am
Pilots
Meeting (Mandatory) and GENERAL MEETING at FBO Sky Sailing
7 pm
Dinner
out or BBQ
Sunday
10 am
Pilots
Meeting
Dusk Flying at Warner Springs (mandatory)
3
pm
Disassemble
or fly aircraft back to Hemet
Activities
There will be plenty of activities for non flying family members. Please
click on the links below to find out more about what you can do in the are.
The
Spa at Warner Springs
Sky Sailing will be able to get all interested OCSA members a $10 Day Pass into the spa/pool area at the Ranch. No reservation required. Kids can splash,
non-flying members can lounge, cocktails at sundown.
Julian
A friendly, historic townsite not far from where we are staying. This
website has many additional links to other activities in the area.
California
Wolf Center Your chance to see real live wolfs in their natural environment.
Please note, the Center has one program per week, 2pm Saturday and
reservations are required!
