Fuller Ridge and Castle Rocks

[Lcpl Hughes]

sorry for the late post but went up Fuller Ridge with my friend Danny last weekend (Saturday) set up camp in Little Round Valley and then summited about 2 hours before sunset..just chilled on the summit until the sun went down and then headed back to camp in the dark..I was roughin' it with just a sleeping pad and my poncho liner..luckily it was not too cold and hiked back down in the morning..almost forgot about Castle Rocks..hit it on the way up, stashed our packs at the boundry sign and went straight up the side and scrambled to the peak, amazing views..

Also found the only cache on the Ridge
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_de ... 350a6a45e6
which has not been found since 4-09 and only 3 times since it was placed

[Lcpl Hughes]

My friend made a pretty cool video of our scramble up Castle Rocks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqII0GRu4W4

[Hikin_Jim]

My friend made a pretty cool video of our scramble up Castle Rocks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqII0GRu4W4

Pretty elegant climbing around 2:25.

HJ

[Andy]

Looks like you had a great trip. Thanks for the write up and video. Love that side of the mountain.

[Sally]

Nice trip report. That video made me a little dizzy!

[Lcpl Hughes]

My friend made a pretty cool video of our scramble up Castle Rocks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqII0GRu4W4

Pretty elegant climbing around 2:25.

HJ

You should see my circus act! haha

[Wild]

Pretty elegant climbing around 2:25.

HJ

You gotta love the boulders that make you work for your money


This trip was definitely awesome. Lcpl Hughes and I had a blast scrambling up Castle Rocks and San Jacinto, and we sure found out how much of a pain in the *** cleaning fresh tree sap off your jacket is

It's a beautiful area full of giant alpine trees and amazing boulders. The north face of San Jacinto blew my mind. It looks like a giant stone statue. I can imagine how fun of a route snow creek must be.