Due to the Lake fire 2 years ago and the resulting closure of most of the wilderness area permits for hikes in the San Gorgonio Wilderness (SGW) are hard to get on short notice. There are only 3 open trails. So it was no wonder we did not get our first choice (San Bernardino Peak) which would have been a little cooler (more shade, north facing side of the mountain) then what we ended up with: Momyer trail and then the steep San Bernardino East Peak trail. The trail head was very busy even before 8am in the morning. We encountered a few groups along the way to the turnoff to the peak. After that we were on our own, it’s just too steep for most 😉
San Bernardino East Peak from trail
Just a few small patches of snow left
Made it to the peak!
Great Views from the peak
Panorama from the peak
Lots of fallen trees to cross on this trail
Boulder field to cross around 10k feet
Still plenty of color along the trail
Cooling off in the unusually deep Mill Creek
On the return we did not care about wet feet