We headed up to Big Bear for a nice weekend away. We came up Friday and drove past the trailhead of Castle Rock on our way to our hotel. We had no plans for the weekend, we just figured we would play it by ear. We checked into our cute cottage of Cathy’s Cottages on the…
Tag: Mountain Views
Duck Pass & Duck Lake, Mammoth CA ~ June 25th & 26th 2016
When we first started to plan this trip we were planning on going to Lake Dorothy above Convict Lake but at the last minute we changed our plans due to a message I got from a fellow Facebooker that the stream that we had to cross was now a raging river and completely impassable. So we made…
Mt. Baden-Powell via Vincent Gulch ~ May 29th & May 30th 2016
My trip started off with a knock on my brothers door on Sunday afternoon at 2 pm. I was unannounced and uncertain if he was even home. He answered the door rubbing his eyes as though he was just waking up. I was having none of that on Memorial Weekend. He had no plans for…
Tahquitz Peak via South Ridge Trail- San Jacinto Mountains ~ May 15, 2016
The view from Tahquitz Peak in the San Jacinto Mountains was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! The day started off cloudy while driving up the 74 to the small mountain town of Idyllwild, but as we got closer to the ranger station the clouds started to disappear and the sun began to shine through. The ranger station was just off the highway but wasn’t open…
Mt Whitney Summit in 2 Days ~ July 20, 2013
Five people, two days, twenty two miles and over 6000 feet of climbing, Mt Whitney Conquered! Thursday morning two families set out to Lone Pine to put use all the months training by climbing Mt Baldy. We headed out from Riverside around 8 am and made it to the Visitor Center right outside Lone Pine…
Training for Whitney in the Angeles National Forest ~ 2013
My family is one of those families that like to conquer things. My dad has been the leading force behind our family conquests. From cycling centuries, hunting deer, racing a Trophy Truck in the Baja 1000, deep sea fishing in Alaska, flying an airplane to jumping out of one my dad has done more in his 58 years…