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San Gorgonio snow climbs

PostPosted: Thu Jun 27, 2019 1:34 pm
by Ellen
Howdy All :)

On June 10, Miracle Marilyn, Sister Sally and I headed up the Big Draw (Jepson bowl) to Jepson peak. After lunch on Jepson, we headed along the ridge to Jepson Jr, dropped down to the saddle (Dry Lake View), climbed Little Charlton, then took the ridge by Charlton back down.

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Sally's pictures of Marilyn and I heading up.

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My pictures of Marilyn and Sally getting close to the top of the Big Draw.

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Looking at San Jacinto from Jepson peak.

Miles of smiles,
Ellen

Re: San Gorgonio snow climbs

PostPosted: Thu Jun 27, 2019 1:59 pm
by Ellen
Howdy All :)

On June, Sister Sally, Miracle Marilyn and I headed up the north chutes to San Gorgonio.

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Sally and Marilyn cresting the San Gorgonio backbone.

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Views from San Gorgonio.

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Views looking back at the north side as we're descending.

Hope we get another great winter in 2020!

Miles of smiles,
Ellen

Re: San Gorgonio snow climbs

PostPosted: Sat Jun 29, 2019 8:58 am
by Ed
Always love the trip reports, Ellen. Currently walking around the neighborhood with a cane, thanks to a hitch near my knee that keeps re-occurring, so I'm envious, but trip reports with photos are the next best thing to being out there.

Re: San Gorgonio snow climbs

PostPosted: Sat Jun 29, 2019 11:06 am
by guest
Wow Ellen,
Great TR as always, hard to believe there's that much snow still in June.
Love the cross-country & chute climbing, good on you gals!
ss

Re: San Gorgonio snow climbs

PostPosted: Mon Jul 01, 2019 6:14 pm
by zippetydude
Wow, I had no idea! BTW, I'll post my question as a separate thread, but after jfr's post about H i d d e n L a k e having water, I'm wondering if we might get a chance to see the Tarn with water in it. I'll post if I get any info. Amazing pics Ellen!

z

Re: San Gorgonio snow climbs

PostPosted: Mon Jul 01, 2019 9:57 pm
by arocknoid
Beautiful! Glorious!
Thanks for another great TR and the superb photos.
Glad to see much needed extra precip winter to help restore vitality to the forest habitat.

c ya out there,
arocknoid

Re: San Gorgonio snow climbs

PostPosted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 12:22 pm
by Sally
Zip, I don't know if there is water in the Tarn, but I took South Fork Trail to San Gorgonio Peak last week and took the side trip down to Dollar Lake. Hiking down through Dollar Lake Camp was bad...it was all burned up. But when I rounded the last bend, I was overjoyed to find that Dollar Lake had beautiful clear water in it and that the little cirque in which it was nestled had not burned and was alive!