The area to the east is now protected in the Owens River Headwaters Wilderness, effectively killing the ski area expansion described here http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/152690/san-joaquin-mountain.html and eliminating motorized vehicles north of Deadman Pass. See http://www.friendsoftheinyo.org/foi/gallery/v/sitephotos/wilderness_proposals/owens/orhwbig.jpg.html for approx. boundaries of the new Wilderness Area.
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