Expanding our horizon a little over the San Jacinto and San Bernardino mountains we ventured into the San Gabriel mountains for this one. These mountains are pretty busy, particularly the roads with motorcycles and sports cars. Generally one can find some “solitude” off the trail and further from the trail heads, but forest roads, peaks full of antennae and big power lines are a common sight in these mountains. This hike is named for the Monte Cristo Mine it loops around.Continue reading “Monte Cristo Loop, Angeles NF”
Water Hike
Uwe and Kevin have planned a hike for record speed up San Jacinto via the Skyline Trail. (9 miles 8,400 ft vertical gain). Kevin’s trying to break 4 hours and Uwe 5 hours.Continue reading “Water Hike”
Sandia Mountain Wilderness, Pino Trail
During a visit to Albuquerque, NM we had some limited time for a hike. We decided on Pino trail since it’s a shorter trail and we hadn’t done it in over 23 years.Continue reading “Sandia Mountain Wilderness, Pino Trail”
Multi-SAR 2018
This past weekend was our annual Multi SAR weekend. Continue reading “Multi-SAR 2018”
Tip Top and Gold Mountains
Quinn came down from San Francisco to spend some time with Dorie and me at the cabin. We decided to add a couple of hikes to the visit.Continue reading “Tip Top and Gold Mountains”
Cuyamaca and Stonewall Peak
Susana left for Argentina on Thursday 4 Oct. Saturday morning I hiked Monserrat with the Spartan group. Pretty easy day. Sunday I hiked it again with a twist.Continue reading “Cuyamaca and Stonewall Peak”
Margarita Peak
I’ve been working on a small list of peaks that were on the original San Diego 100 Peak List,Continue reading “Margarita Peak”
Quick Sierra Backpack – Taboose Pass
Last weekend Kevin suggested to go up to the Sierra for a quick 1-night backpacking trip. Initially I balked at the 300 miles driving each way, but then his enthusiasm got me exited and I signed up for it.Continue reading “Quick Sierra Backpack – Taboose Pass”
Three More Days in Piatra Craiului
The week after our hiking road trip Bianca was off to Antwerp Tuesday-Saturday for a work conference so I rented another car and headed back to the Piatra Craiului mountains for three more days of hiking. The weather didn’t completely cooperate and rained a bit each day, but I was still able to get some great hiking in. I car camped in the foothills outside the town of Zărești and went hiking from there. The first day I went on a short day hike up Vf. Ascutit and the second two days I did an overnight hike along the main ridgeline.
Romania Hiking Road-trip
From 8/8 – 8/14 Bianca and I went on a hiking/camping road-trip around Romania, hitting several of the country’s beautiful national parks all located within the Southern Carpathian Mountains. We started with a nice hike in Bucegi, then two hikes in Piatra Craiului, and finished with a hike to the top of Vf. Moldoveanu, which at 2,544m tall is the highest point in Romania.