Up just a little after 4:00am, out the door before 5:00am, get my permit in Idyllwild just around 7:15am, on the trail by 7:45am. I decided to take the Deer…
I have a thing for a cool tree pictures.
A look towards Suicide Rock. It's about a 2mi. round trip detour there. I had hoped to take it today, but decided not to. One of these days...
Some very interesting looking pine cones.
From the main junction on the Deer Springs trail, I took the popular Little Round Valley trail on the way up, and the less traveled, but more amazing Wellman…
Who says there is no good trail running in Southern CA?
This is actually a huge rock. I'm not sure how the holes formed there.
How could you not want to run/hike down that trail?
Too bad this picture doesn't have sound.
I was surprised how green it was up here on August 1st. Maybe because of the cool summer? Or is it always this green? Regardless, it was amazing.
More green.
Made it to the summit shack. Quite a bit easier than in the snow! I was worried the trail would be really crowded on such a beautiful day, but it wasn't too…
One good thing about summitting on a nice summer day is that there are plenty of people there to take a picture of you.
Always have to include a picture of the marker.
This guy is at 10,833.5'.
I believe that is Gorgonio in the distance?
The obligatory 360 degree summit video. Judging by the conversations going on, I would say at least half of the people here took the tram up to Mountain Station…
On the way down, I took the Wellman Trail route. Deer Springs was such an awesome trail, I was really afraid I would regret taking this other route. It sounded…
Here I am approaching Wellman's Cienega. I'm not sure exactly what a Cienega is, but I assume it means amazing green place. I felt like I was walking into a…
Deeper into the Cienega, the trail is almost overgrown with chest and head high ferns. This trail is definitely not heavily traveled. It is amazing to think…