This weeks Bushwacking/boldering adventure video.

[Backwoods]

I did a overnight backpacking trip from home to fishermans point and down the cyn to the S fork of the San Jacinto river up the river to Webester trail and back home this week only about 16 miles total but they were some quality training miles I included a link for Video of the trip. I'v coverd a whole lot of the San Jacintos in the last few month's and still haven't done skyline. The plan is that Im doing a PCT Thru hike this year so my training includes carrying a backpack. Skyline is defenitly high on my to do list but it will be a one way to a camp spot a then hike on to Idyllwild the next day and I'm pretty sure I would be alot slower than the group with a backpack on. I would love to meet some of the group even if it's just shortly at the bottom and will make a point of doing just that one of these day's. Hope you enjoy the video I think I'm slowly getting better at making them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtfDGdTl ... F6pDL9935_

[Cy Kaicener]

WOW - i have never seen a bushwhacking video before
Thanks for sharing

[lilbitmo]

Great video, keep them coming, have fun on the Thru Hike.

Can you shed some light on the Webster Trail and is that the South Fork? or North Fork of the San Jacinto River? Cannot find either on the maps I have - where do they start and end?

Thanks in advance.

Lilbitmo

[HH8]

Hope you enjoy the video I think I'm slowly getting better at making them.

Excellent audio interplay between tunes and narrative. I'd say you're a quick study, not "slowly getting better"

They call it fishing, not "catching" after all. I must be part grizzly bear too, because one of my trail favorites is salmon and honey on tortilla.

[Andy]

Great TR and Video. The serene water and the colors are fantastic. I assume you hiked up the NORTH fork since that's where the Webster trail crosses. Or did you cross over the 74? Thanks again for sharing

[Backwoods]

Oop's thank's Andy I just figured that it was the south fork becouse it's the most southern part of the river's I hike past way up in the high San Jacintos. So I checked my map and sure enough Hurkey creek feed's lake Hemet and the south fork of the San Jacinto comes out the other end of the lake I was just thinking of one river coming down from 10.000ft splitting off and no other river comes from those cyn's south of it close enough except strawberry ccreek and it starts at strawberry Cienega.
Lilbitmo My hike started at my front door on strawberry valley dr/Saunders mdw I went L hwy 243 - R tollgate RD then control rd's to R at Fisherman's point then there is realy no trail except maby look for the biggest oak on the side of the almost cliff and start down about 100 ft further on and hope for the best. I'm sory but there are just no trails and The trails I have seen on maps and GPS were grown over many years ago they just aren't there now. Once you reach the river make a R there are no trail's there either it's 90% climbing over down'd trees and boulders and going from one side of the river to the other and up the cliff in spots untill you reach Webster about 1/2 mile up river it seem's like 10 miles but fun. Webster dosent go all the way down to the river but with luck you'll hit the rite game trail and find it. Maby you should just go down webster climb around down in the cyn for awile and back up Webster. there is a flat spot by the bottom of Webster if your spending the night. My spot is pretty hard to find.That's what I did the first time I have done it 3 times now in the last 3 months. I have mixed feeling's about giving up this remote hike and I hope if anyone on this list get's the chance to enjoy it they will treat it as well as I do.

[kd]

Hey Backwoods,

Every so often I do a Skyline then run over to Humber and then mountain bike down the control road near the starting point of your video down to the Hemet Valley. I was considering doing it this Sunday.

I usually only do it in April or October but with the dry winter, I was considering this weekend.

Let me know if you have any interest

Kevin

[Sally]

Thanks for sharing, Ken. That was great! You really have a gift for putting together those videos. You also have a gift for finding some out of the way places to hike!

[lilbitmo]

Oop's thank's Andy I just figured that it was the south fork becouse it's the most southern part of the river's I hike past way up in the high San Jacintos. So I checked my map and sure enough Hurkey creek feed's lake Hemet and the south fork of the San Jacinto comes out the other end of the lake I was just thinking of one river coming down from 10.000ft splitting off and no other river comes from those cyn's south of it close enough except strawberry ccreek and it starts at strawberry Cienega.
Lilbitmo My hike started at my front door on strawberry valley dr/Saunders mdw I went L hwy 243 - R tollgate RD then control rd's to R at Fisherman's point then there is realy no trail except maby look for the biggest oak on the side of the almost cliff and start down about 100 ft further on and hope for the best. I'm sory but there are just no trails and The trails I have seen on maps and GPS were grown over many years ago they just aren't there now. Once you reach the river make a R there are no trail's there either it's 90% climbing over down'd trees and boulders and going from one side of the river to the other and up the cliff in spots untill you reach Webster about 1/2 mile up river it seem's like 10 miles but fun. Webster dosent go all the way down to the river but with luck you'll hit the rite game trail and find it. Maby you should just go down webster climb around down in the cyn for awile and back up Webster. there is a flat spot by the bottom of Webster if your spending the night. My spot is pretty hard to find.That's what I did the first time I have done it 3 times now in the last 3 months. I have mixed feeling's about giving up this remote hike and I hope if anyone on this list get's the chance to enjoy it they will treat it as well as I do.

So it looks to me like Highway 74 is the dividing point between North and South Forks of the San Jacinto River and other streams feed into this. I now understand exactly where you dropped in and which way you were headed.

Last question, are you able to catch any fish? Trout?

Thanks for the clarity