Mt. San Jacinto Outdoor Recreation

by **Wild** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:11 am

On 4/16, Lcpl Hughes and I completed our first C2C. It was pretty freaking awesome, I must say. This route is amazing and deserves all the credit it receives. The snow was pretty soft all around and there were plenty of post holing opportunities. It was considerately warm at the museum when we hit the trailhead at 4:30 AM. I was surprised to start sweating so much.. We took a little break to enjoy our surroundings and eat some breakfast when we arrived at the picnic tables. I remember dropping my pack on a table and looking up towards Palm Springs at an incoming headlight.. I knew who it was right away. I couldn't even see the outlines of a person yet... but I knew it was Ellen! And sure enough, there she was, and then there she went! It was nice seeing you again on that trail Ellen, I hope you had a beer or two for us at the bar!

All went well; we took the sid davis drainage up to the peak and had the pleasure of seeing steve, fernando, and a few others topping out on the summit from snow creek. It was nothing short of epic to witness! Very cool to get to know you guys, and good job on the bad ass adventure. It was all smooth 'til we walked out the door at the lower tram station. Don's truck was still at the museum.. So we decided to walk it and we thought, "Hey maybe we'll get lucky and get a ride from somebody driving down." ...And what do you know, the snow creek gang drives by and we hop in their truck bed all the way down the road.. Man, were we stoked! Then Steve brought us back to the museum.. It was really more than we could have wished for! Thanks a lot guys, that was really nice and helpful of you guys. Don has some good pics of you guys at the top, I'm sure he will post them here.

Here are my pictures and video to come later...

https://picasaweb.google.com/1086639589 ... sToClouds#

by **Hikin_Jim** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 8:36 am

Pretty cool.

HJ

by **tinaballina** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 3:58 pm

congrats to you wild.

by **Ellen** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 6:45 pm

Howdy Wild Danny

A big OORAH and HOOAH to you and Lcpl Don -- I have never done a full C2C with snow on San Jacinto

Hope you're able to join us on the moonlight Skyline hike on Sun May 15.

Miles of smiles,
Ellen

by **zippetydude** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 8:27 pm

Danny! Wild Man! Congrats to both of you! And running into such good company while you're up there! You should be buying lottery tickets...

Thanks for sharing the fun, and hope to see you soon on the trail.

z

by **Sally** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:12 pm

Way to go, you guys! Congratulations, and thank you for sharing the pics and writeup.

by **bluerail** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 5:51 am

It was great seeing both of you at the peak, doing a c2c with snow still up there will take the last bit of energy out of you..nice job guys.

Hope we see you out there soon.

by **Wild** » Sun Apr 24, 2011 9:49 pm

Thanks guys!

I have to admit that doing the C2C was very inspired from many of you here on the boards, thanks for that extra motivation guys

See you guys out there!

by **Lcpl Hughes** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 1:52 pm

Right on Danny!

Good times brother, we will have to do something again soon..really thinking about either Iron Mountain or San G via Vivian Creek..

and thanks to everyone for their inspiration and to Bluerail for the ride back to the museum

Onward and Upward!

by **DaddyLongLegs** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 11:40 pm

Nice job, fellas! That's a big day.

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