Tag: San Gorgonio

Distance: 18 mi Elevation gain: 5451 ft Moving time: 8h 18m

Summit on the 29th and then spent a beautiful night at High Creek! Tough climb but truly amazing scenery. Met some awesome people on the…

Perfect day. 20.2 miles logged. Long hike with lots of gravel. Last one. #18/18

Starting at 6:00 am, a bit cold. Lots of burnt trees. Loved the fern so green and luscious.  The Airplane wreckage was a surprise, didnt…

What a day. I got a 2 hour late start due to work. My two friends got started on time at 0630. I started at…

Loved every Mile of Old GreyBack.. first 7 miles were breeze, last 2ish miles were exposed and luckily for us the weather was nice but…

We started at 6ish am. I was in absolute awe with how beautiful this trail was. When I got to 10,300 I started to feel…

It was hot but manageable. Good hike.

I’ve done San Gorgonio from Vivian Creek in the past, but this time there were no more permits available for Vivian Creek for the 14th.…

Started the hike at 6 am with an amazing group of people. Saw a few deer while going up. As for the weather, I couldn’t…

Did the lollipop loop-clockwise.  I saw a bear crossing the trail near Dollar Lake.

This was supposed to be my 6th and last from the Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge, but due to fire closure at San Bernadino, I hiked…

On August 8 my group of 10 was fortunate enough to join some mountain legends on our 1st attempt to summit San Gorgonio.   We started…

I was a little worried about comments of this Trail having too much of a burn scar, but it wasn’t bad at all. The views…

washouts on the roads up are all cleared. we started early to give Kayla some practice hiking in the dark with a headlamp – it…

Started around 6AM and came back at 6PM. The guides say that this is a 10-hour hike but that for people younger than us! The…

A tough hike to the top of Southern California. It took us a little over 12 hours to complete the trip. The views from the…

This hike is always streneous but well worth it.  The weather was a combination of hot,cold and warm. We started at 4am… we met a…

Long day. Started at 4:50am, summited at 10:50am, returned to the vehicle at 3:40pm. The last mile down right where it started to get steep…

I summited the crown jewel of Traverse Range and officially completed the Six-Pack of Peaks challenge in 36 days. My friend Stephen and I began…

Great hike, just long! But great to be on top of the SoCal world. Trail in great condition. Steady elevation all the way up.

Gorgonio is a beast! But so great to be on top of the SoCal world. This hike is long with consistent, but not punishing, uphill.…

My first trip to San Gorgonio Mountain, and because I’m me I made it a peakbagging trip. Not satisfied with simply doing the 18 mile…

I really enjoyed this solo day hike and would highly recommend the same to anyone seeking to summit San Gorgonio. This was one of the…

WOW – still trying to take it all in! This was my first backpacking trip as well as the final peak in my 2021 Six…

First time up to 11,500 ft!!

Fish Creek is the easy way up San G- I almost feel like we were cheating ???? After doing Baldy Ski hut last weekend, the…

Hiked up on Thursday to Dry Lake from North Fork TH. Dry Lake is very Dry indeed, but Lodgepole Spring still has water. Ranger Dan…

So even though I completed six peaks, how could I pass up San Gorgonio? (and maybe a few more too). I arranged a small group…

So glad that the San Gorgonio wilderness is open again!  we backpacked in and stayed near Dollar Lake (which was dry) and hiked up to…

Fourth of July overnight on Mt San Gorgonio. We started at Vivian Creek TH and hiked the 5.5 miles to High Creek Camp. The next…

Third attempt and succeeded!!! Vivian creek trail doesn’t get old.  There is less water compared to my previous hike in May but still as beautiful.

We started the hike a little after 6am. The upper lot was almost full. Trail conditions were perfect, not too buggy, and not too hot…

Started around 3 am and it was a really long day. No water at the lakes so make sure to bring your own. Great day…

For my sixth final peak and for the first time, I finally made it to San Gorgonio.  I couldn’t do it last year because a…

Amazing trail with unbelievable views at peak. Had a blast camping at the summit!

Why go back down after 10 miles and 6,000 ft elevation gain when you can pitch a tent at the Summit and enjoy all the…

Trail is in good condition. The weather is good. Started early and temperature was cool due to the rain last night. Water from stream is…

Beautiful day. I liked the mild grade but I logged 22 miles, too much for me on a day hike. Will camp at the peak…

Watch out for that log crossing at mile 1.  Not bad going up, steady incline, nice meadow areas.  Coming down those last 3 miles felt…

7/3/2021. San Gorgonio, The Beast with beautiful heart & soul, I finally met you!! It’s been a pleasurably painful hiking experience…see you…again…but not soon!! ????…

Wrapping up our 4th of July celebration with a visit to the beach with family. But first a weekend picture overload.???? Another awesome 4th of…

I happened across a single permit available for a weekend hike 4th of July weekend about a month ago, and decided I wanted to give…

This was a first time to hike San Gorgonio on an overnight backpacking trip. We camped at High Creek campground on the first day (July…

First time summiting San Gorgonio via Vivian Creek Trail.  Mile 2 and 8/9 are pretty stout.  We have the Excessive Heat Warning in effect up…

Optimal weather. Not too hot or cold with a bit of wind.

Challenging and wonderful at the same time! Tree cover on the first half of the trail and then reaches a point towards the end where…

We started the hike at 6:30 AM, and the weather was quite pleasant. Not long before it started to get warmer, but we were in…

Peak #6 bagged and challenge completed! This is a great trail with some pretty steep sections, mostly at the beginning and end of the trail.…

Absolutely gorgeous day! I’ve done this hike before from Vivian Creek- but this route makes for a long but relatively easy day. The parking area…

Beautiful Strawberry Full moon hike to the most amazing sunrise from the San Gorgornio Wilderness with my trail sisters! New route from Fish Creek did…

Better late logging than never…life get busy. Thank God for hiking!

To know you made it to the summit requires: finding the trail sign and seeing the stunning view you just worked so hard to see.…

We hiked to San G via Fish Creek Trailhead. The night hike was amazing with the bright full moon beaming down to us. We saw…

definitely a kick ass, but I’m soooooo waiting for snow season to this beautiful hike ????

Love this Hike! Easy to follow. Started at 5:30 am and finished around 3 pm.

Early start at 4:30AM, Summit at 8AM. Burn area wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be.

First time on this trail. It was going great until the altitude got me and my legs turned to concrete. I kept on trucking and…

My longest day hike.

Long but epic.  Clocked in at 19.3 miles, + 5,420 ft gain.  Epic beautiful trail in the beginning, saw 2 baby deer.  Nice meadows and grass/trees…

Whew!! This was a butt kicking beast of a hike! Tracked over 19 miles & 5400 elevation gain. Trail was in great condition.  Lots of…

Incredible full day yesterday, we did it! Up at 3:00am and home slightly before midnight-10 hours of hiking ???? San Gorgonio Mountain ???? and an…

San Gorgonio Peak did not disappoint, amazing trail, amazing views, felt amazing to hike this peak for the first time ???? I will definitely be…

Hiked by myself. Decent water flowing at high creek camp for water fill up before summit. Felt crazy tired after the switch backs and wanted…

Big old Greyback or for us Aussies who struggled initially to pronounce Gorgonio, San G! Absolutely stunning trail and hike, another part of SoCal I…

I’ve always been so intimidated by this mountain but I felt so good and strong that day, it was easy peasy!

Reached the peak of San Gorgonio the second time after I summited it for the first time just a seven days ago. The weather was…

El camino hacia San Gorgonio estaba en buenas condiciones empezamos temprano en la mañana el día estuvo muy tranquilo no mucho calor ni frío solo…

It was beautiful and interesting going through the burn area. i felt strong and it was a great day!

Great hike. Trail is well maintained. Nothing sketchy. Beautiful day and packed summit! bring plenty of water as it was hot!

This was my first time at San G. So beautiful ???? Plenty of other hikers on the trail to not be alone but not too…

Beautiful trail. Not as bad as. I thought.  Many river crossings. Rocky paths. Went clockwise, made easier on knees coming down. Not much  shade.

First time up San Gorgonio. Only saw a handful of hikers on the trail. Did loop up by Dry Lake and down Dollar Lake. Trail…

Bucket list peak!  Trail was nice, maybe one scramble, a few easy-to-pass downed trees.  The weather was perfect.  The 8 mile road in is doable…

Vivian Creek Trail is beautiful! Just ignore the first switchbacks that goes up about 1K EG and it’s all flat from there. I was feeling…

This was my 2nd summit of San G from this trailhead (4th overall) but this time the effort was more brutal than before. I could…

They say that things happen for a reason. Maybe my NO turn, causing me to start more than an hour later than I had planned,…

We hiked South Fork Trail to San Gorgonio Mountain via Dry Lake to the top. and via Dollar Lake on the way back. The forest…

This was a long and gruelling hike – 21.3 miles and about 4700 ft elevation gain. I carried 3 litres of water, bit it wasn’t…

Fantastic day! Water at .95 miles and 2.5 miles from start of Fish creek trailhead. No water on trail past that. Total RT was 20.5miles

Definitely a very difficult hike. Tested my mental capacity for sure.

The first and the last mile were pretty steep and challenge, especially the last mile as you’re tired and at higher elevation, but the the…

Definitely a very difficult hike. Tested my mental capacity for sure.

What a day, got to do San G via south fork up dollar down dry, the loop. Such a pretty hike and the weather was…

My longest and highest hike ever! Such a feeling of accomplishment on such an amazing mountain ☺️ The scenery was incredible- from the forest areas…

I started at 6:00 am and the weather was just right, not too cold. And the weather was still nice descending down. Trail was easy…

Trail conditions were perfect but my body was not. Hungover, with a 12pm start, we tackled San G, last minute, to prep for Whitney. With…

South Fork TH with 8 friends. At Dry Lake split, continued on South Fork Trail to the west and to the summit. This was like…

Beautiful trail

Beautiful

great trail, tough for a mile in the beginning and for a couple towards the end, but overall very steady. not a ton of people…

Perfect Day – the trail is in great condition!!

My first backpacking trip!  We hiked the South Fork trail to Dry Lake and camped for the night.  The next morning we went to the…

With Vivian Creek trail being closed up until recently, the hike from the South Fork trail is a sweet alternative.  I actually prefer this trail. …

Last year I wrapped up “All Eighteen” peaks with San G., so it was only appropriate that this year I completed “All Seventeen” (SD +…

San Gorgonio 05/15/21 via South fork trailhead to dry lake. we started out at 7:30am with heavy loaded backpacks for an overnight camp, got up…

San G is open again and I got a permit as soon as I could. Went up hikers, Fabienne, Flora, Anthony and Julio. We went…

Hiked on 5/15/21. 18.6 miles. 5,482 ft. elevation gain. Hike took 9:05. This was (expectedly) a tough one, and the first time I’ve really felt…

Hiked on 5/15/21. 18.6 miles. 5,482 ft. elevation gain. Hike took 9:05. This was (expectedly) a tough one, and the first time I’ve really felt…

It was just like i remember San Gorgonio really hard but it was worth it!!!

We couldn’t have picked a better day for this hike. Getting a permit for a Friday hike meant we had the trail/mountain to ourselves! The…

We started at 8AM and by the time I got back to the camp grounds, it was 8PM. Was a long and grueling day hiking…

A brutal hike in the best and worst ways! It definitely challenged me both mentally and physically. It was my first hike that was over…

Took us 12 hours

Felt so good being back at San G! Couple snow patches left but nothing you can’t walk around.

San G is a killer – but a beautiful hike. Plenty of fire damage from last year, and previous fires. South Fork is the long…

After a long 8 months of waiting to hike this, the trail did not disappoint . Even though there were parts that were damaged from…

Today was tough the altitude and mileage were the main challenges. The trail was incredible! Views and terrain change often so it was so much…

It was extremely windy for the last mile of the hike. Got really cold and windy, so I only stayed up top for about 15…

Trail conditions were decent, many rocks and pinecones on the trails. Some snow once you pass High Creek camp but not very much as of…

This a fairly easy trail just long ,  got some snow almost by the peak , not to bad tho.  I wanted to do this…

This was my first time hiking this beautiful trail. I went with my friends who have mostly done it before. The gradual incline was brutal…

No spikes needed at all. Well marked trail. Great conditions!

Beautiful day and first time on this trail.  Really nice trail and challenging as San Gorgonio always is.  It was really interesting seeing the fire…

Super windy at the top 30mph, it’s sad to see the burned section. Trail was in good condition a few patches of snow but nothing…

Actually not as strenuous as I was expecting! Beautiful views on the way up. Crazy fire broke out on our way up, so I am…

Started bright and early- I believe we arrived at the parking lot around 6 and it was already pretty full. The first mile or so…

Fantastic ass kicker day hike! You hike through beautiful terrains, prairie like areas, rocky, and just stunning views. Possible to do in a couple of…

The El Dorado Fire broke out as we were ascending and there were several discussions with other hikers about whether we needed to turn back…

long challenging hike , went with two friends that love a challenge! unfortunately did see el dorado continue to grow as we were there and…

We hit the trail @ 5:30AM on Sat., Sept.5th. The bugs were a huge annoyance! Two of us ended up with a bug in our…

We started early on one of the hottest days of the year. When we got high enough, we saw that the ridge on the other…

This was a beautiful and challenging hike. Beginning and ending were challenging. The elevation definitely was tough. The vivian creek was beautiful. I loved this…

This was the most difficult hike for US. It was absolutely amazing! Always humbled by nature.

We started the hike early in the day and it was beautiful seeing the sun come up and fill the valley with light. We knew…

Went up via South Fork Trail-Dry Lake Trail-Sky High Trail. We only met couple of hiker on our way to Dry Lake which was not…

It started off another Hike in the dark to beat the crowds. Hike was great until the last mile when the winds picked up. It…

This was my first time to hike from the South Fork Trail. The plan was to head to San Gorgonio via Dry Lake and then…