Mount San Jacinto

Good good good

I started around 6:45AM and there were several other groups starting too. I was able to get by them in the first 1.5 and set

Cool and clear conditions. Lots of hikers, many doing the Cactus to Cloud. For me? Not this year. 🙂

The hike was a busy all the way up in both directions. Loved meeting all the happy (sometimes exhausted hikers particularly the C2C who were

The ranger told us to be back by 5 for daylight so that was our goal. Weather was warmer than we thought. No bugs. We

Oh. My. Goodness. Steep doesn’t even begin to describe this relentless incline.  Though I’m in shape, this hike made me feel like I might puke