Tachevah Ridge (trip report)

[eric1234]

"Tachevah Ridge" is a name I dubbed for an unnamed Ridge branching northeast off Skyline Ridge. The name is derived from a nearby canyon called Tachevah Canyon.

I recommend this route to those who are looking for a different and more difficult approach to C2C.
http://peaksforfreaks.blogspot.com/2013 ... cinto.html

[Florian]

Nice report. I've been up that ridge to about your "flag point" but not all the way to Skyline. Been thinking might be an interesting route.

-Florian

[bluerail]

Once again Eric, great write up and beautiful pics. Nice work !

[Hikin_Jim]

Nice write up. Just what we need, a harder way to do Skyline. But, seriously, good stuff.

HJ

[arocknoid]

Nice TR, eric.

"Tacheva Ridge" offers much more than "a plain view" in your fine photos. 8-p

kind regards,
arocknoid






"Ta che vah is a Cahuilla phrase and place name meaning “a plain view.” It is correctly pronounced in Cahuilla as taw-cheh-váh.

According to tribal elder Francisco Patencio, Ca-wis-ke-on-ca, a head man of the Cahuilla migration legend, once went hunting and looking over the country. He saw a green spot which is now Palm Springs and called it Seche (boiling water). He also saw a canyon with an unusual rock formation now called Dry Falls. This canyon he called ta che vah, which means ‘a plain view.’

About Tachevah Canyon & Tachevah Creek

The entrance to Tachevah Canyon, located at the end of Alejo Road, was known as Ng-natches-pie-ah in Cahuilla. It was here that fine white sand, so prized by medicine men for their work, was obtained. Translated, Ng-natches-pie-ah means “spreading sand.”

Tachevah Canyon formally obtained the name “Tah-che-vah” when an early settler filed for water rights to the creek’s water on December 18, 1893. Tachevah Creek is about two miles long and flows northeastward into the Colorado Desert at Palm Springs. The name “Tahchevah” first appeared on a 1901 U.S. Geological Quadrangle map."

[Perry]

Very cool. I've been interested in this area recently but have not had the time or conditioning to explore.

[DancesWithTheMountains]

You did a great job with marking out the trail on this not so well known area of Palm Springs. Just wanted to let you know however, that, the area you access the trai,l is on private property and you mentioned all the parking available on that street. First of all, that area is a very quiet residential area of Las Palmas and the last thing they want is a bunch of cars and loud hikers trekking through the private property to get to the trail head that really doesn't exist. I understand you doing it yourself with one other person, but, by posting it, you now invite a lot of outside the area hikers that don't realize that this is private property and that this area is untouched and pristine. I lived on that street for 15 years and I know the owners of the vacant land. Please be more careful when you post these hikes. I would hate to see this destroyed like Skyline was.
I've done part of this trail with the owners of the land and like I said, you did a great job with the outline of the trail.
Doreen

[bluerail]

Doreen, I really wouldn't worry about this becoming a problem, there may be a few people that try this out but honestly, skyline will be the traffic ridge, these subsidiary ridges are just sorta novel. They don't offer enough to make them worthy of exploring, they aresimple ad and sort of uneventful, to the people that want adventure the mountain has better areas than the eastside.

[DancesWithTheMountains]

Hi Steve,
I guess you are right. I am just so over protective of this area because its so special to me for so many reasons. Thanks for bringing me back down to earth (lol)
Doreen

[eric1234]

We hiked this ridge as a warmup for several of the more adventurous northern routes (Windy Point Ridge, Snow Creek, Cold Creek, Folly Ridge, etc). With Skyline so close by, there has not been much interest in this route, and I doubt there will be much more.

I remember getting several emails from people who were interested in Leatherneck Ridge when I posted a report, and since then only two of those people have actually climbed it.