As we reached the ridge at the start of Upper Holy Jim, the clouds were starting to get dark, and it looked like the rain predictions might turn out to be true.…
As we approached the summit, a light rain started, which turned into a heavy rain, which then turned into sleet/hail, which then turned into full on snow. By…
Dr. Rock making the final approach to the summit.
Made it to the top. The temperature is in the low-to-mid 30s and I'm only wearing shorts, a long sleeve t-shirt, and a light wind shell. It's uncomfortably…
As we descended, the snow turned back into rain, which made it warmer but definitely wetter. The trail was a river running the whole way down Upper Holy Jim and…
Running on single track while trying to straddle the river was an interesting challenge. Dr. Rock shows how it's done.
Dr. Rock making his way down a technical section of trail.
There was a lot more water flowing on the way down than on our way up.
Back down to Lower Holy Jim and the rain had mostly stopped. We took the detour out to the waterfall, which looked amazing as usual.
Dr. Rock at the waterfall.
Evidence of a really muddy Trabuco Creek "Road".
A video look at the heavy snowfall. Fairly rare for Santiago. We didn't spend much time on the summit since it was so cold, we had to keep moving! I was…
The wet conditions made the Fall colors particularly amazing.