Hiking 10:00:00 [3] 20.0 mi (30:00 / mi)
San Jac Summit Day!
Had the weekend off and originally planned for Xterra Laguna Beach on Sunday, but mentally moved on to ultras a while back due to time comstraints.
Shuttled the grom down to grandma's house and actually had a weekend with the wife ALONE for the first time since G was born. Whoa.
Broached the idea of tagging the peak to Holly a while back and she was totally down. I had this route in mind for a while now, and was itching to knock it out.
Up early, on the trail just before 7 and up Deer Springs Trail. Nice and cool in the early AM. Snack break at Strawberry Junction and onto the PCT toward Marion MTN trail. Some rad fern forests, huge trees, lots of green and plenty of water on the west side. Motored over to Fuller Ridge and then the BIG climb to Little Round Valley camp and up, up, up, the switchbacks to Peak Junction.
Rock scramble to the peak shelter and then the peak! Only there's 40-ish people there and it's a ZOO. FAIL. Snap a photo, lunch, rest up and headed back down the east side, really wanted to show Holly the Wellman's Cienega, and Angels' glide section. Plus I needed to see as much of "my trails" as I could.
Still water at Wellman's Cienega (would have to dam it to fill up) and Strawberry Cienega (flows over a rock and better flow): re-filled here. Another snack/ rest stop at Strawberry Junction and back down.
Epic day, lots of smiles. AWESOME to spend the day with my sweets and a great reminder of why we got married in the first place.
East side of the MTN SUCKS with all the KOOKS (fucking IDIOTS) that ride the tram up. Stick to the wet, west side and dig on the solitude.
Trail signs are fine, navigating is so easy Holly figured it out just by reading the trail signs. People who get lost up here are working very hard to do so.
I wan to RUN this route. No joke.