Mt. San Jacinto Outdoor Recreation

by **Cy Kaicener** » Sun May 27, 2012 4:29 am

Congratulations. I WISH i could have been there. A small trip report would be nice when you recover

by **srjohnson** » Sun May 27, 2012 11:43 am

Yeah we didn't head up then for that very cold reason. Heading up tonight, but think we can leave a little later than midnight, forecast says 60s until about 5 am, but heat's coming back tomorrow during the day. Anyone heading up tonight/tomorrow morning? I have lots of extra water and snacks...

by **Cy Kaicener** » Sun May 27, 2012 1:27 pm

Here is a trip report for someone that started at 7.20 at night

http://sangabrielmnts.myfreeforum.org/S ... t4647.html

by **halhiker** » Sun May 27, 2012 8:41 pm

srjohnson wrote:Yeah we didn't head up then for that very cold reason. Heading up tonight, but think we can leave a little later than midnight, forecast says 60s until about 5 am, but heat's coming back tomorrow during the day. Anyone heading up tonight/tomorrow morning? I have lots of extra water and snacks...

Maybe it's me but I have no idea why anyone would leave so early with the weather we're having. If I we're going--though I'm not because I hate crowds--I wouldn't leave any earlier than 5. To do so seems silly.

by **bluerail** » Mon May 28, 2012 7:38 am

well, if you leave at midnight..you'd avoid the crowd

by **halhiker** » Mon May 28, 2012 12:14 pm

bluerail wrote:well, if you leave at midnight..you'd avoid the crowd

I'd also avoid any sleep.

by **cynthia23** » Tue May 29, 2012 5:15 pm

I'm totally with Hal on this one. If the weather is decent, why not hike the trail during mostly daylight hours, when you can actually see many of its beauties? Not to mention get a decent night's sleep. My body just doesn't seem to like strenuous exercise at 3. a.m., unless it's dancing in a nightclub

I took advantage of the cool temps on Saturday too and trudged my way up to 4300 (getting there in my usual 'majestic' time of 3.15.) As I toiled s-l-o-w-l-y upwards, at around 10.30 a.m. on the shady slope, I ran across no fewer than three out-of-town folks who were self-rescuing--i.e. descending--from an attempt at a full Skyline/C2C after discovering halfway up that their quads and lungs weren't up to the task. While chagrined, none suffered any effects beyond brusied egos and sore legs.

Now, wonder what would have happened to them had the temps been the normal 102?

by **bluerail** » Tue May 29, 2012 7:36 pm

yea..we spent a little time with them and gave them a few goodies to help them out...glad they got down ok..

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