{"id":170,"date":"2018-03-20T00:58:49","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T00:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whitethaiger.net\/hikers\/?p=170"},"modified":"2018-06-12T16:26:02","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T16:26:02","slug":"pine-mountain-lion-peak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whitethaiger.net\/hikers\/2018\/03\/20\/pine-mountain-lion-peak\/","title":{"rendered":"Pine Mountain & Lion Peak"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 5 hikers +1 started out yesterday for Pine Mountain and Lion Peak on the Desert Divide. We expected the start to be on the cold side \u2013 high 30\u2019s, but it turned out to be in the low 30\u2019s. The surprise to us came when we first started to see the Divide from Highway 371 above the Paradise Caf\u00e9. There was snow on top! These mountains are only ~7,500 feet and we didn\u2019t think the recent storm snowed down that low. Matt, Kevin, and John were prepared with micro spikes and waterproof shells. The rest of us, not so much.<\/p>\n

None of the concerns mattered until we reached the route to summit Pine. Until that point the snow was soft, only 2-3 inches deep, and only on the north facing and shaded parts of the trail. At the Pine turnoff there was a lot of bushwhacking, but the only problem was the snow-covered brush and trees. We were soaking wet when we summitted. Luckily the weather had warmed to the 50\u2019s and there was no wind. Matt and Kevin did their free climbing thing to reach the summit boulders. John, Srisuda, Uwe and Jack enjoyed lunch and the sunshine. As usual, on the way down from the summit we ran into a perfectly good trail that would have required no bushwhacking if we\u2019d have found it on the way up.<\/p>\n

On the way back, we did a quick summit of Lion Peak. After that it was almost all downhill to the cars. Matt got significantly ahead of the group and missed a turn, so he recorded an extra mile of hiking and got to see Tunnel Spring :). Srisuda was the only casualty with a couple of blisters, it was her first hike in over 5 month. Otherwise another great day. (Please click on any picture to enlarge to see slide show)<\/p>\n

Approximate hike stats:<\/p>\n

15 miles, 3475 ft elevation gain, 9h away from vehicles (incl. ~1h 45min in breaks)<\/p>\n

(Photos by Uwe unless otherwise noted.)<\/p>\n

\"Yucca <\/a>
Yucca plant with wind blown ice <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Yucca <\/a>
Yucca plant with wind blown ice. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Snowy <\/a>
Snowy PCT around PCT mile 160 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Actually <\/a>
Actually a few inches of snow on the trail <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Admiring <\/a>
Admiring the iced trees (Photo: Matt) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Taking <\/a>
Taking in the rare (for SoCal) winter scenery <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"On <\/a>
On the PCT just below Lion Peak <\/div> <\/div>
\"View <\/a>
View towards San Jacinto in the distance <\/div> <\/div>
\"Goal <\/a>
Goal in sight: rock pile on Pine Mtn <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Had <\/a>
Had to rush past that tree with all those big ice chunks getting ready to drop <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"En-route <\/a>
En-route to Pine Mtn after leaving PCT <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Getting <\/a>
Getting close to Pine Mtn <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Top <\/a>
Top of Pine Mtn <\/div> <\/div>
\"Almost <\/a>
Almost on top of Pine Mtn <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Squeezing <\/a>
Squeezing through some iced rocks and trees <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Break <\/a>
Break on Pine mountain. The more adventurous can be seen on the rocks in the back <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"As <\/a>
As high as felt save for the climbers in the icy conditions (Photo: Jack) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Climbers <\/a>
Climbers View on Pine Mtn. boulder (Photo: Matt) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Panorama <\/a>
Panorama from one of the boulders on Pine Mtn. (Photo: Matt) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Heading <\/a>
Heading up Lion Peak <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"On <\/a>
On Lion Summit (Photo: Jack) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Hike <\/a>
Hike profile (via Google Earth) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Track <\/a>
Track of the hike <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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