My original plan for the day was to try to summit Gorgonio from the Angelus Oaks trailhead. That would have made for 40 miles round trip and over 8,500' of gain…
Nice singletrack. Unfortunately it was also insanely crowded. It was Memorial Day weekend, so I knew it would be busy. But I thought this would be a less used…
A view of Santiago poking through the marine layer.
A cool look at the marine layer far below with Mt. Baldy in the distance.
Less than an hour later, and you can see the marine layer receding away.
The Washington Monument below San Bernadino Peak. I don't think I passed by this last time I was here in the snow.
Made it to San Bernadino Peak at 10,649'. As far as I had ever been on this trail previously. Fortunately, the crowds today instantly dissapeared past this…
Nice view of San Jacinto from the top.
View of Big Bear Lake.
Not too much further, and I'm on top of East San Bernadino Peak looking back at San Bernadino Peak.
Gorgonio still seems so far away, it almost looks like a different mountain range. And it's starting to become clear just how much negative gain there is on the…
Only time I've ever seen both San Gorgonio and San Jacinto together like this. Pretty cool view.
360 view from East San Bernadino Peak.
The only patch of snow I would walk across all day. At about 10,600'.
Moving on quickly, I couldn't imagine there would be a nice sign like this at the top of the little use trail coming up from Momyer. So I mistakingly thought it…
So I decided to turn the day into bagging as many peaks from the 9 Peak Challenge as I could in one day. I had 2 already, and had 3 more before Dollar Saddle,…
Looking back at East San Bernadino. The 9 Peak Challenge includes nine peaks on the ridgeline leading up to San Gorgonio that are all above 10,500'. The…
A look down the North side in the area of the South Fork trail. This whole area has been closed for the last few years because of the huge fire. It's just now…
Gorgonio still seems like a ridiculously long ways away.
360 view from Shields Peak.