Mount San Jacinto

7th SoCal peak completed for 2024. My friend and I took the tram route up to San Jacinto peak. There were snow patches, but we

Lots of snow at the top and very challenging due to slippery conditions as the day went on.  Very long from Deer Springs, much longer

We started in Idyllwild and took Deer Springs up to Strawberry Junction and then hiked up to the peak. It was pretty grueling at times

The hardest sretch of the hike, I swear, was the cemented on-ramp back to the tramway station. After 10.5 miles of potholing in the melting

Met up with my hiking partner Phil around 5am at Marion Mtn TH to stage vehicles then headed down to Humbler Park in his truck.

It was a gorgeous day on the trail! We hiked from the tram to Wellman's Divide and then took the winter route up to the