Hike Log
13/18 Sawmill Mountain
Trailhead
Mount Pinos Trail
Type of hike
Day hike
Trail conditions
Trail in good condition
Road
Road suitable for all vehicles
Bugs
Bugs were not too bad
Snow
Snow free
Also on this hike
Sawmill Mountain
May 9th, 2020
3 take aways from this hike; and then some:
- OPEN! Gates open, lots of cars parked at the trail-head, it’s time to hike again (although i never did stop).
- It was hot AF. I think the most difficult part about this was how hot it was.
- My personal opinion: This hike should be replaced by another mountain. Last year I had written about this hike being very easy, but apart from that this hike is at the border of Ventura county and Kern County, aka Bakersfield….Bakersfield. I think this hike is a central valley hike and maybe we should start a central valley community as well? Nonetheless for Sawmills being so far away from most other mountains and the difficulty, perhaps we could swap it with another mountain. If I could recommend a replacement for this hike, I’d suggest Iron Mountain , it would benefit the hiking community by increasing the difficulty and ultimately preparing people for other strenuous hikes. Again, this is my personal opinion and regardless I will continue to support the hiking community.
Extra notes:
- I started at 10:15am and finished around 2:00pm
- No snow 🙂
- saw a good amount of hikers and others who were just going to mount pinos, it was nice seeing people out again
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