Cornell, Miller, Jean Peaks 7/24/10 to 7/27/10

[jfr]

I'm usually long-winded, so here's the short TR (I'm still writing the long TR, and I'll put it on my Flickr page this weekend):

Day 1: Left San Diego at 4:30am. and caught the first tram Saturday morning. Hiked up the Sid Davis Drainage to our campsite in Tamarack Valley. Laid around reading all afternoon.

Day 2: Met Florian, and Vicki showed him the famous Florian Pruners. He hiked onward and then Vicki and I climbed Cornell Peak, which was right next to our campsite. A short but stimulating climb, and, as expected, I got stopped due to the exposure about ten feet from the pinnacle, just like Florain did not long ago. Laid around reading all afternoon.

Day 3: Hiked up the overgrown Tamarack Trail, climbed Miller Peak, then went up to the trail junction near San Jacinto Peak. We didn't climb SJ, but instead went off-trail to Jean Peak, via the Jean Peak Saddle. We descended from Jean directly downhill from the saddle. We hiked down to Wellmans Divide, then down the main trail to Round Valley and back to camp. Laid around reading all afternoon.

Day 4: Hiked back out to the tram via the main trail. Drove home and wished that I didn't have to go to back to work the next day. Laid around reading all afternoon (in between playing with all of our pictures).

It was a great weekend to be in the mountains!

(Too many?) Pics and videos here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/_jfr_/sets/72157624488391849/

Slideshow here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/_jfr_/sets/72157624488391849/show/

[Hikin_Jim]

That's some nice hiking!

Next time, you'll have to try Marion. I think the area between Jean and Marion is really neat, and Marion's top is a big chuck of rock, but it's a lot easier to climb than Cornell.

HJ

[bluerail]

Thats one of the nicest little campsites your in. I wonder if we saw you sat evening, Fern and I came passing through, kind of in a hurry, sat evening about 7 on our way to the tram. I agree, it was a nice weekend to be in the mountains, the weather has been so nice up there.

[Andy]

Thanks for the TR and pictures. I love the "laid around reading all afternoon" theme. Glad you had a great trip.