4 miles / 500 feet gained
Two more short hikes in the Palm Springs area.
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Hikes by Jen in 2019
5 miles / 1,750 feet gained
We were staying in La Quinta for a few days, and the mountains just rose right out of the backyard! We did a sunset hike and the next morning I came back and scrambled up to the nearest high point at dawn. Loving all the flowers, butterflies, lizards and cool rocks.
5 miles / 1,250 feet gained
Desert in bloom! Lovely rock formations and slot canyon fun.
9.5 miles / 1,000 feet gained
Have to start from the Wind River road. 2.5 mile ski up the access road to the TH. Over the weekend, snowshoes plowed a trough that is now well packed, so now you could hike it without snowshoes. At TH we stepped out of the sticks and hiked to the falls. Had microspikes on but they were not necessary.
8 miles / 2,250 feet gained
Today I did something I thought I'd never do Went hiking with a group of 22 We started early and were quite fast and efficient on stops, not agonizing at all!
5 miles / 1,000 feet gained
First hike for BCEP-with all this snow, it's going to be tough finding appropriate hikes for climb school.
10 miles / 2,250 feet gained
The road is plowed to about mp 7. Yahoos with big trucks have gone further, but at around mp 9, it was just snowcat tracks- some nice person groomed it yesterday for us, and there was a fresh inch or two of new snow on top of the groom. However that ended at about mp 10.5 (yes they went beyond the gate). We then had to break trail in some deep stuff, slow go...
12 miles / 3,750 feet gained
Was supposed to be a bluebird day and it started out that way. We made fast time to the lower Ellinore TH in microspikes. Switched to snowshoes and slowed down a bit. At the point where the summer and winter route splits all tracks had disappeared, and the snow was deep and heavy. Difficult to manage the steep slopes in snowshoes. As we made our way up to th...
7.5 miles / 2,000 feet gained
We were supposed to hike Mt Rose, but couldn't quite get to the TH. maybe we should have skiied the road to get there... Decided to try the Big Creek loop and spur to the low Mt Ellinor TH just to see if it was feasible to attempt a summit the next day. The trail was well packed and doable in spikes. Snowing at higher elevations. Lovely creek and well loved ...
8.5 miles / 2,000 feet gained
Worked on my skills in both directions on this tour. Very exhausting to go uphill on the TJ trail without skins, but snow was great so we dug in and trudged upwards. The downhill via the open burn and then wagon road was superb. Yay powder.
8.5 miles / 1,000 feet gained
Fun ski tour from the Kalama Horse Camp. Last 1/2 mile we had to break trail to get to the marsh, snow was heavy. Downhill was mighty fine! Just a few noise machines around today.
7 miles / 1,000 feet gained
Crazy ski tour/bushwack adventure to roaring hidden waterfall.
7.5 miles / 1,000 feet gained
Ski schwackin ski tour in the Crazy Hills. We stayed overnight at the Government Mineral Springs cabin-very charming in a beautiful old growth forest. Would definitely go back there.
6 miles / 2,000 feet gained
Escaped the rain for a mystical hike up into the snow zone on top of the wall. Fresh tracks for hours!
6 miles / 1,000 feet gained
Went up to check on the wildlife cam.Got a bobcat picture!
