Hike Log

Peak Trifecta

Trailhead:

Forsee Creek

Type of Hike:

Overnight

Trail Conditions:

Minor obstacles posing few problems

ROAD:

Road suitable for all vehicles

Bugs:

Bugs were not too bad

Snow:

Intermittent snow – not hard to cross

My friend Lance Dempsey and I started about 8am on the 17th at Foresee Creek Trailhead. The trail was clear for the most part all the way up to Trailfork Springs campsite. The trail became hard to follow soon there after do to large patches of snow. That being said there was a lot of snow free ground and we were able to pick our way up to the ridgeline without any troubles. Our plan was to get to the ridge line, bag  East San Bernadino Peak, and San Bernadino peak. After bagging the peaks we were going to spend the night at   Limber Pine Bench campsite. Our first peak we (mistakenly) summited was Anderson. We had mistaken it for East San Bernadino Peak. As it turned out we needed to bag this peak to be able to move on to the other two peaks. The snow was predominantly on the north side of the ridgeline, so by staying on the top of the ridge we were able to pick our way around the snow drifts. The saddle between Anderson Peak and East San Bernadino was clear of snow. The toughest stretch of the hike was between the two San Bernadino peaks. The saddle between these two peaks is a fairly narrow ridgeline. We had to take our time and work our way over some snow drifts. In other areas we had to blaze our own trail and then connect back up with the real trail. Once we summited San Bernadino Peak we headed west along the ridgeline until we were able to find the main trail again. The rest of the hike was uneventful. We topped off our water bottles for the night at Limber Pine Springs. The next day we hiked out and completed our loop through the Johns Meadow trail. This was my 4th of 6 peaks. San Jacinto, and San Gorgornio are next.

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