Author Archives: Jack

After 2 months of quarantine, it was time to go to the mountains.

Parts of Anza Borrego Desert State Park were closed: camping grounds,  parking lots, visitor center, and some developed trails, but limited hiking was still allowed.

Joel is back. He’s playing for 2 softball teams, so he doesn’t have much time, but he wants to finish the San Diego 100, and he decided Sunset Mountain was the next up.

There are 13 mountains that have been de-listed from the San Diego 100 list. I thought it would be interesting to add these to my ascent list.

The Thousand Palm Oasis lies in the middle of the Coachella Valley Preserve. Dorie and I did a little Valentine’s Day hike along the San Andreas Fault that runs through this part of the valley.

Dorie and I expected a nice fall vacation in Alberta, Canada. An early Canadian Rockies snowstorm changed it into more of a winter vacation.

For a long while, the desert divide portion of the Pacific Crest Trail has been closed due to past fires. Finally, it has opened up and gave us the opportunity to climb several peaks previously closed. John, Uwe, Kevin and I took off to bag Red and Grey Tahquitz, and South Peak.

I reviewed other hikers reports for these three peaks. The total was about 9 miles, however;

What a difference 10° makes on a desert mountain hike.