Defenders of the San Gorgonio Wilderness Map

[Hikin_Jim]

I referred to this map in a post elsewhere. I thought it worth a post:


HJ

[Andy]

Neat stuff Jim. What are the gray/hashed areas on the map? They almost look like snow field areas.

[arocknoid]

Those are Pleistoccene glacial fields.

*vintage* snow fields.

Thanks for posting the map imiju, Jim.

[Sally]

I think Ellen has a copy of this map. Is it the one with all the cross-country routes on it? (I can barely read the lettering on my screen, but I think I see the routes.)

Very cool, HJ!

[Andy]

Vintage. I like it. must be around the area of one of Jim's posts on "Glacial Chop" ...or something. Very cool indeed.

[Hikin_Jim]

Andy, Indeed, the hashed areas are where glaciers carved their way down the mountain in the Pleistocene age. What they left behind below Big Draw (all that rubble and weird topography) is what I call the Glacial Chop Country of the San Gorgonio Wilderness.

Sally, If Ellen's map is printed on green paper, then, yes, it's the same map.


It's really a gem of a map, loaded with a lot of information. It's a true labor of love done by someone with far more familiarity with the SGW than I will probably ever have.

HJ