A few days ago we hiked up San Jacinto mountain. It was somewhat funny to be at a 10,800 foot elevation (surrounded by snow), and look down at the desert floor. We camped that night at around 8000 feet and woke up in a cloudy hail storm. It was too cold to eat, so we just packed up as quickly as we and ran down the mountain to warm up. Finally we got down to 3000 feet and were able to set up camp. However, low and behold, another hail storm with gale force winds hit us. We ended up holding our tents together by hand most of the night. Thankfully, by luck and some feats of human engineering, everyone's tents made it to morning.
The next day we hiked out to Ziggy and the Bear, where we were able to hitch a ride up to Big Bear Lake.
Leaving Idllywild for San Jacinto
Lunch around 8000'
Hiking through snow- I didn't think we'd be doing this till the Sierras!
Made IT!! And finally a group photo...
So this is snow...and that is the desert. If you look closely you can see a wind farm.
Slack packed the last 1/4 mile to the top... Felt amazing!
Cold snowy morning
At the 200 mile marker!
Holy Shit, a rusty pipe!! Why?? Because Guthook says so...
Where am I...??
TRAIN...cool
PCT... That's right, under the train 😎
Ziggy and the Bear... Pasta time.
Are we ever going to get out of here?
Yes we are!! Making it to Big Bear