Tag: San Bernardino Peak

Perfect weather to put in a long hike. Very few bugs. Water available at around mile 6. Views along the trail are great. The “Bench”…

Our last attempt at a 6POP hike didn’t go all to well. We saw a mountain lion on the way to Ontario Peak and decided…

San Bernardino peak one of my favorites! Hiked on a Tuesday. Started hike 530am with friends. Was able to see the beautiful sunrise while hiking…

Peak #4!! I did this hike with my son Griffin.  Getting to the trail head was not too hard but the last 100 yards is…

Not very crowded. Starts out pretty hard then easy then hard at the top. Took about 9 hours. Some bugs and rocks on the trail…

Just shy of 17 miles, something like an Alisha Keys song for today, “My feet were on fire!”

Such a beautiful trail, I’m now conflicted between Baldy and SB as my favorite 🤔 There were very few people on the trail, the weather…

What better way to spend my 4th of July then in the mountains with friends. The last time I did this hike was in the…

I met with a group of friends at the Angelus Oaks Trailhead at 4am we made our way to the peak while taking pictures of…

Another great day to hike and enjoy the spirit of the 4th.  The trail was quiet and shaded with and early start.  There is still…

San Bernardino Peak was a gorgeous trail. Perfect weather for this long trail but has plenty of shade

Weather was perfect!!!  Great view!  Air quality for Greater Los Angeles is much much improved.

This trail is very easy to follow. It was a beautiful but long day. The bugs were not bad and it was just a gorgeous…

I have only hiked to San Bernardino peak once before, and I remember being woefully unprepared. Also, my memory of the trail seems to have…

Good solid trail. Couldn’t find the USGS marker but found the sign. Road to the trailhead is rough.

Great hike with my Trail Sisters together w/Gabe. Weather was perfect. Very few people on the trail which was nice. We saw and spoke to…

First time hiking San Bernardino peak and got to say the views were amazing. It was pretty rough at first trying to get to the…

Monday Funday hike to San Bernardino Peak with my favorite trail sister. We practically had the trail to ourselves. We saw a total of six…

We are getting strong! Longest hike this season and the most enjoyable. The weather was great. A cool wind blows through a good chunk of…

That day was nice and windy! Made the trail so much more enjoyable.

This was an absolutely beautiful hike. I am not sure why, but for some reason I was not too excited about this one at first.…

It was a very long, 17 mile hike.  It is a beautiful trail, my favorite so far.  We took several short rest stops including a…

I find that although bagging peaks alone may be satisfying, it’s the good company that gives it another dimension of enjoyment. San Bernardino peak had…

Long hike, but gradual incline with rewarding views

Started early about 5am not a lot hikers yet.  Once I got to the summit just a few of us.  On the way down. Not…

Great day – lot was full at 8:00 AM, but parked 1/4 mile away on the side of the dirt road.  Trail is in excellent…

This was a beautiful Hike, Id like to do it again when it’s not hot. I discovered I got 1/2 size too big on my…

although we did a day hike saw many different camping spots in the future. limber pine flat has access to a creak and beautiful views.

The dirt road to the trail head is in bad shape. Drive a high clearance car. Bugs were here and there. It was a beautiful…

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This year instead of taking all these long trails in a day,  and with COVID-19 keeping us indoors for soooooo long, backpacking has been a…

Hike up from Forsee. Stayed at Jack Straw Springs. Lots of bugs, but water was flowing. Peak was extremely crowded by 10:30. Headed back to…

Dirt road to parking lot was a little rough for my Chrysler Pacifica minivan but definitely passable. Trail is in great condition. Weather was hot…

Got to the trailhead around 545am and there were already about 10 cars. Please note that the last quarter mile from the fire house to…

By far one of the most beautiful trails I’ve been on. So many beautiful places to take a picture and just enjoy the scenery. And…

The hike from Pico de San Bernardino (3,246m) is hard but rewarding. I really liked this hike. The fauna is beautiful, and offers wide views…

Views were amazing. Stream was still running.

This was a very long hike but the views were spectacular! I’d love to return doing this again as an overnight as there were some…

besides the bugs it was an absolute beautiful hike and soooo green. The road to the trailhead is rough so go slow if in a…

I forgot how pretty San Bernardino is.  Really enjoyed today.  7 1/2 hr hike with Kelly and the weather was beautiful today.  A little warm…

My last Peak San Bernardino, we star at 7 am , was almost perfect  weather, trail was good  few patch of snow. I’m very happy…

Weather was really nice, started at 6:50 am  very few hikers on the trail

A tough but good hike with great views. Lots of water at Limber Pines Spring.  Met a USFS Volunteer , Michael, who was spending the…

One of my favorite hikes of the original 6-pack: the variations between the oaks at the lower switchbacks, the open landscape of the manzanita flats…

Perfect day!

Great training hike woke early for this one

I would not take a low clearance vehicle up this dirt road to the trail head parking lot. At this time, permits are NOT required…

Not too crowded out there today. Beautiful hike with all the Manzanitas. Bugs were annoying at times but not terrible. Only little patches of snow…

Trail conditions exelent !!! Perfect Weather , I feel amazing !!! the trail is two hours away from my house so to start at a…

The trail was well maintained, no snow on the trail. Weather was moderate, bring sunscreen. No bugs present when we went, however, there was a…

Epic hike starting at Forsee Creek and making our way up to Jackstraw Springs to set up camp.  From Jackstraw, pushed up past Trailfork Springs,…

Started early. Weather was nice and clear. Lot full by 6:00am.

The dirt road leading up to the trailhead is getting worn.  Low-clearance vehicles not recommended.  Get to the trailhead parking before 6 a.m. on the…

This was the furthest of the peaks I’d visited so far, so had to get up in the middle of the night and drive a…

Very beautiful hike.

The parking lot was already full at 6:00 a.m. Despite the many groups that were hiking, everyone maintained social distance. It was a beautiful, sunny…

This was another great hike, I started just a few minutes before 7 am on Thursday and there were only a handful of cars in…

Beautiful trail, not technical at all just long AF!  Got real warm on the way back.

Now into the second half of the “Original Six”, each one more challenging than I’d ever done before! Nice climb the whole time, more or…

Glad we did this on a cool, cloudy day. Once we hiked above the clouds, the views of the surrounding peaks were magnificent. Not sure…

Awesome hike with great friends…

One of my new favorites! So beautiful. We had the perfect day cloudy, cool hiking above the clouds.

One of my new favorites! So beautiful. We had the perfect day cloudy, cool hiking above the clouds.

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Challenging but beautiful. Hiked above the clouds

Ran half of the way up it and then hiked the rest. Ran the whole way down. Beautiful and quite. Not a lot of people…

#12/18 Beautiful day for a hike with friends. Post holing straight up as the trail was not passable. Still lots of snow at the summit.…

We backpacked this peak for my wife’s birthday. There are a lot of snow on the last two miles to the peak. But we were…

We backpacked overnight. The trail is very easy to follow however the last two miles to the summit has still a lot of snow. Our…

Tough, tough hike today. Hike #16 of 18 of the Six Pack of Peaks Challenge didn’t disappoint. I’ve hiked this particular trail at least 3…

This trail was hard. Lots of elevation and overgrown brush. Minimal shade and once we got to East San B the snow was thick and…

All of our snow hikes have been in the San Gabriels, so we’ve grown accustomed to ice, hard neve, and the occasional patch of knee…

Sunrise to sunset hike, snow, snow more snow. Hiked straight up from Limber Pine Bench, post holed 100 plus times throughout the day not bad…

There were Icy patches lower and still a lot of snow higher past the wheel barrow, I would recommend some gear! Also watch out for…

Trail was pretty snowy after 9k feet, couldn’t follow it after reaching the saddle, but luckily you’re just aiming for the high point anyways.

San Bernardino was my final peak to bag.  Last Sunday I completed the NorCal Challenge and so this was Peak 12 for me.   I…

Sunday Funday in the mountains for an EPIC snow ❄️ hiking to San Bernardino Peak, total of 16.9 miles with 4,672’ total elevation gained and…

Apparently, yesterday was national take a hike day and I just happened to go on my longest (by distance) day hike to date, up to…

Started hike at 10am and got back down at 6pm. The 0.5 miles to the parking lot of the trailhead was rough, lot’s of rocks…

The trail in good condition. The view on the way up is very beautiful, but the top is not very pretty though.

I figured with 9 bagged peaks of the 12, I should be good to go. At about mile 5, I cramped up in three spots…

Gorgeous hike, I really enjoyed it! It felt a bit long, but the drastic changes in scenery helped.

This started as a solo hike for me at about 6:15 am, still dark with the sky beginning to light up. There were no other…

All done! San Bernardino was my last Peak to complete the Six Pack. What a gorgeous hike. Started a little late but knocked it out…

Great loop hike from Forsee Creek TH to Anderson Peak to East San B to San B down the divide trail and back to the…

What a day!!! This was my favorite peak out of the true 6. I had also started training in the hills behind my house wearing…

Beautiful scenery all the way along this trail.  Trail is in excellent condition.  Water flowing from the little creek beyond Limber Pines campground.  Cold hiking…

Last but not least!

Climbed to Lumber Pine Campground, set up camp, then proceeded to the peak. We knew all week that there would be strong winds in the…

Gorgeous day for a hike. Beautiful scenery. 12 hours from start to finish. Very little wind. Hiked above the clouds most of the day. The…

One of my very favorite trails I hiked this summer. Hardly anyone on the trail but it was very well maintained. Gorgeous scenery from the…

This is a very well engineered trail, steady slow incline with a lot of flat areas for you to recover. On the way up only…

We started 9/28 at 7am and hiked to Limber Pine campground and set up our tent and had lunch. Took off for the peak with…

Cloud coverage offered beautiful views today.

Nice day hike above the clouds.

We started in the dark and then, the rain came. It was a light, cold rain but it helped keep the bugs at bay. Just…

We saved the best for last for sure.  First of all, what made this hike so special is that we came up a day early…

#10/12 San Bernardino Peak✅ After a three week hiatus from working almost 100hrs a week in between two jobs, great to be back on the…

We could not gave had more beautiful weather today!! After weeks of really hot weather we hiked in the mid to low 70s.  In fact,…

Another great hike w/ my son yesterday! I recommend: Start early (7 hours moving time/9 hours total), What to bring:  plenty of water (son 6.5…

The hike was good but definitely a long one.   Trail was a bit tight through the manzanita groves at time, pants would be good…

Views that exceeded expectations…another beautiful hike! Pinecones dripping sap in the sun leaving little beads of diamonds scattered along the trail. Bugs started coming out…

San Bernardino Peak started out a little late at 9am once again. This was a beautiful hike. The meadow about a third of the way…

VIEWS!! Great last peak for a look about..been there done that! Did I say DONE… YEP!!

Absolutely wonderful hike! Meadows were a dream. Definitely want to do again.

Beautiful hike, forest most of the way. There is a nice flat area through Manzinita from about 3.2-4.3 miles.Great views around every corner, still a…

First time on this trail, loved the variations in the trail conditions between the lower, middle, and upper reaches of the trail.  Fantastic views of…

Summited San Bernardino as our second peak in our overnight trip. Although the elevation gain was modest from our camp site at Red Rock Flat,…

Our second peak on an overnight trip. Can’t believe al the trees lost from the 2015 fire. Ground vegetation making a comeback. Summited San Gorgonio…

This is a very nice trail. Enjoyable hike, we started early and had plenty of time to finish before dark. (I’m a slow hiker) The…

All right, So Chris, Jade and I started off at 6:30 pm on Friday .  The trail was beautiful, the incline easy, all the way…

San Bernardino was our last hike in the challenge. It was bittersweet. I enjoyed this hike so much. It was nice to have done San…

We headed out Friday afternoon and arrived at the trailhead around 6:30PM. Hiked the ~6 miles up to Limber Pine Bench Camp and setup under…

Our first adventure was getting to the trail head on the very bumpy, rocky road. I was concerned for our small car to be able…

Great solo hike yesterday! The weather was perfect, and I pretty much had the mountain to myself. I only saw 3 other hikers throughout the…

It was a beautiful day to hike San Bernardino Peak. It did get a little windy towards to the top. The views were amazing throughout…

It is time to pump up the energy for six peak challenge hikes !

SO WINDY! Be prepared with a jacket, almost turned around but walked it off 😅

My first hike along of this challenge. I feared I wouldn’t encounter others at 6 AM, but I was very wrong. The meadow was my…

Escaped to the mountains while parts of Southern California were experiencing some degree of heat wave. Surprisingly, heat was not an issue for this hike.…

Got up early on 9/15 to summit San Bernardino with my friend who shared in my journey summiting my very first #SixPackOfPeaks! Got to the…

This trail was awesome, I really enjoy it being my first time hiking this trail I got to see the other 5 peaks bundled into…

Hit the trailhead at 830am Friday morning.  The parking lot was nearly empty with only 4 other cars there. We got permits for Limber Pine…

As noted, lots of chipmunks running about. Not a lot of signage on this trail, but fortunately was able to check my AllTrails notes, which…

Solo backpacking trip on Sept 11. A sad day of remembrance and a moment of silence to honor this day. This hike was not easy…

This one was longer than I expected but the views from the peak were the best I’ve seen  

Started early so we could beat the heat. It was cold and windy. The hike was beautiful and it got warm the last half of…

I’m still feeling the pain

I would only recommend a car with good clearance attempt the dirt road to the trail head – it’s in very poor, rocky, and uneven…

Awesome hike!  Weather was nice and cool until the afternoon – Summited a little after 10am, back down by 2:20pm.  Cheers’d with a couple of…