Skyline Trail

[tempusfugit12345]

Hello All,

Firstly I'm a new poster here and a novice by all comparisons from what I have read on this board

I was in Palm Springs a over the weekend and on a whim I walked/hiked up Skyline Trail to the picnic tables (great work out...it beat the hotel's gym 1000 times over!). I didn't go further since I really hadn't prepared for a long hike (I heeded the multiple warnings from locals and this Board). But I am very curious about elevation change and distance along this trail in the event that I return someday. I don't really intend on going to the summit, but to go further than the 25 minutes it took me to get to the picnic tables would be nice. So I was hoping that someone here would know of a good online source for this information (something like trail maps, landmarks, etc.).

In advance, thanks for your help!

Marc

[Perry]

Hey Marc, in the near future I'm planning to re-upload the Cactus to Clouds Hiking Guide with an updated version because things have changed. Here are a couple maps created in 2004:

Skyline Aerial View

[url=http://www.mtsanjacinto.info/skyline/images/skyline_topo_map.jpg]Skyline Topo Map
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They really put the picnic tables in perspective.

[KathyW]

Map with upload GPS track from Nov. 2011. There were a lot of different paths to follow down at the lower part of the route and it was hard to tell which was the most beaten path in the dark; so my track might not be the same as the next person's track.

http://kathywing.smugmug.com/Other/Maps/i-sszdHzC/0/O/skyline-11611-copy.jpg

[KathyW]

My track doesn't look much different than the track on the old map. Maybe a couple of less zigs and zags in the beginning, but that's hard to tell on the map.

[tempusfugit12345]

Perry and Kathy,

Thank you so much for the detailed information. I'm going to be in the area again next month and looking forward to exploring further.

Regards,
Marc