It’s another drought year in California, not good. A side effect is that hiking in the Sierra starts earlier. Olancha Peak has been on my radar for a long time. I drove up to the Sage Flat staging area in the afternoon, set up camp, and turned in early since I wanted to start withContinue reading “Olancha Peak and 10,000-foot Peaks in the White Mountains”
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Owens Peak and some of its neighbors
Owens Peak is the highest point in the southern Sierra Nevada and really stands out when one drives up to the Sierra via Hwy 395. Time to check out it’s like on top.
Granite Mountain and Palen Mountains High Point
A little break in the weather in the desert (temperatures < 90 F (32 C)) made another desert trip possible. We picked a couple of desert peaks with over 2000 ft of prominence.
Joshua Tree NP – April 2021
Jack, John, and I set out for hiking some more peaks in JTNP before the desert gets to hot. It almost was too hot already.
Anza Borrego – Pinyon Wash
We needed a slower-paced camping trip with a focus on food and hanging out. A couple of nights in Pinyon Wash in Anza-Borrego State Park sounded good.
Red Mountain (CA) Plus
There are a couple of mountains that we always look at for quite a while when driving up/down Hwy. 395 on Sierra Nevada trips. We never have the time on these trips to hike them, so I put together a separate trip for these.
Marble Peak Northwest
There is some confusion about the Marble Peak that is mentioned in the “Desert Summits” book by Andy Zdon. My 2006 edition of the book does not give a description of how to get to the top, in fact a Marble Peak is only mentioned on one of the small maps. Some list this peakContinue reading “Marble Peak Northwest”
Mount Marie-Louise, The Pinnacles, Deer Mountain
Checking out three small mountains on a short overnight trip to the San Bernardino NF north of Lake Arrowhead.
Cady Peak, Sleeping Beauty, Van Winkle Mountain
Another outing to scramble up some desert peaks in Southern California. This time we had our eyes on Cady Peak, Sleeping Beauty, Van Winkle Mtn., and others time and conditions permitting.
San Bernardino Mountains, Desert Peaks (East)
A 3-day outing to hike Black Mountain, Chaparrosa Peak, Bighorn Mountain, Meeks Mountain with John, Jack, Frank and Ilian.