Oh, Icehouse Canyon, we meet again…

Let's skip over that part, yes? So we took the split to Cucamonga Peak from the trail junction and are immediately hit with epic views on the most harrowing of ridgeline trails to date. Focus on the Dr. Seuss side-ways trees (see reference pic) and not the precarious drop of impending doom. And up and up and up we go. Almost took a detour off trail, cuz I'm good at what I do (clearly missing the little rocks highlighting the border of the trail) and still up and up we go.

We left the trailhead in the early afternoon since we were camping at the summit and it took me until early evening to summit. It was heavy pack, ok? I'm not out of shape, just not in thru hiking shape yet…

Summit, we did. Camping up at the top is worth every hype and can't recommend it enough. I almost said I would hike it again just to camp there, if that says anything about the views.

On the trek down we decided on the Chapman Trail detour, which was a mistake. Completely exposed summer ridgeline trail with no water sources until two-thirds down. Thankfully it wasn't too busy, because there was absolutely no room to pass people. What can I say, we like challenges….or poor decisions.