Passing through the shady trees and beautiful meadows of Round valley
Lillies were in full bloom
A couple of miles from San J peak were some interesting trees.
Before bagging San J Peak, took a detour and headed up a slightly use trail up to Miller Peak 9466'
Enjoying the views from Miller Peak while watching hikers across the way on San Jacinto Peak
San Jacinto Pk
Next stop was Jean Pk 10,670' which we could clearly see in the distance.
The climb to Jean Pk was easy. Found the register hidden under some huge boulder and climbed up for a summit pose.
We then met a man who was descending from Jean Pk and told us that there was a short cut down to the main trail. It was really fun descending down.
I had my eyes on Cornell peak since we started hiking this morning and I was intrigued by the awesome rock formations seen from the trail. I was very excited that we werre finally on our way to attempt the steep climb of Cornell Peak 9750' on the way back.
We had to descend down then had to climb up again via the Tamarack Vly Trail.
Unfortunately, for the deer he didn't make it to Cornell Peak
A closer look at this beautiful peak from the trail!
I couldn't wait to start climbing!
Trying to negotiate the best approach
Didn't make it to the summit block of Cornell Pk, but to the base of the peak. There was obviously some class 4 involved from a narrow chute that I just couldn't climb up. Probably because I'm short lol, or perhaps there was another approach from the other side that we were unaware of.
I will definitely go back some day to climb the summit block and do some more research on this awesome Peak!
