11-13 January 2021 11 miles (+2,000/-2,000 feet) The pandemic rages on, and Half Cookie and I have been going stir crazy. So we jumped at an opportunity to stay at a friend’s cabin in Big Bear, where we could change the scene and do some hiking. Big Bear Lake hosts ski resorts and snow parks,…
Category: San Bernardino
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PCT Halfmile 314.3 to mile 304.3 and back (20 miles, +3,200/-3,200 feet). Just like me, Barnfinder is section hiking the PCT. But his goal is not just to cover every mile. He wants to do each mile both north and south! So I offered to join him as he works on this doubly-challenging goal. We…
Deep Creek
PCT Halfmile 297.7 to 314.3 (16.6 miles, +2,100/-4,000 feet). The wind calmed down last night, which was great because it was COLD! Our water bottles didn’t freeze, but it certainly felt like it was that cold in the extremely dry desert air. We started packing up around 5am and were on trail half an hour…
Holcomb Creek
Cougar Crest Trailhead to PCT Halfmile 297.7 (22 miles, +2,100/-4,000 feet). Today Half Cookie and I were supposed to be hiking the Tonto Trail in the Grand Canyon today. So why aren’t we, you ask? Because of our dear President. He has scared everyone, calling Mexicans “rapists” and threatening ICE deportations and complaining about immigrants…
San Gorgonio Pass
PCT Halfmile 201.7 to Whitewater Preserve (17.5 miles, +2,000/-5,000 feet). I was so worried that it would be windy last night, given how much it howled during the day. But the wind disappeared at sunset and it never came back, giving me a perfectly calm night and a great sleep. My knees ached from yesterday’s…
Icy Falls
Deer Springs Trailhead to PCT Halfmile 201.7 (22.3 miles, +4,300/-6,700 feet). As I have slowly creeped my way north on the PCT, there has been a missing section that has nagged at me. On past trips I have explored all around San Jacinto Peak and the San Gorgonio Wilderness, but I never connected the dots,…
Bulletproof PCT
Wrightwood to Cajon Junction (24 miles, +3,500/-6,700 feet). Today I had the opportunity to finish up the part of Section D that Half Cookie and I missed when we had to leave trail early last May. It was a gorgeous day starting out in the low 30s and peaking somewhere in the 50s, and I…
Oops, I Did 28!
Hwy 173 (PCT mile 314.3) to Cajon Junction (mile 341.9) (28 miles, +4,200/-4,400 feet). It’s been a wonderful wet winter here in Southern California, so I was eager to get back to the PCT to take advantage of its unusual lushness. I thought I would pick up where I left off with Barnfinder, finishing the 28 miles of…
A Deep Creek
Holcomb Crossing Trail Camp (PCT mile 294.1) to Hwy 173 (mile 314.3) (20 miles, +2,700/-4,800 feet). Last night was COLD! The thermometer said 18 degrees. My toes said numb! I need to remember my extra sleeping bag on these winter expeditions…. At daybreak we packed up quickly and headed into the morning light. There were…
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