02-10-09 In the Shadows of Iron Mountain

[EnFuego]

The Trip Report is posted here:

http://sangabrielmnts.myfreeforum.org/about1205.html

[Cy Kaicener]

Thanks for posting David. Those pictures were outstanding and the trip report very interesting. I was on McKinley Mountain (3700 feet) above Highland (San Bernadino foothills) yesterday and was amazed by all that snow on Baldy, San Gorgonio and San Jacinto. I had snow the last 600 feet but it must have been freezing where you were.

[EnFuego]

Cy - the temps were very pleasing. When we left the vehicle at 7:45 am, there was no wind and I would guess the temps were in the upper 30's. We put on a heavy thermal, but quickly abandoned it for jsut a thin base layer and no shell. Later in the day, a few places in the shade got cold, but only because we were bush whacking part of the time im snow covered brush and were getting wet.