Halloween on the Summit of San Gorgonio

He219 · Post by **He219** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 7:17 am

See simonov's Sleep on the Summit of Mt San Gorgonio Halloween Lollipop ..

Headed up at 7am as a group of seven via South Fork to Dollar Lake and along the Jepson ridge route.
Reached the summit at 3:40pm and setup camp.

Temps only went down to 35F with very mild wind and a beautiful full moon.
We had a little Halloween party with wine, cookies, kitkat and recess cups.
It was a long 13 hour night from sunset at 6pm to sunrise at 5:56am, plus an extra hour for the end of daylight savings.

Couple of pix:

Snowcreek within grasp!

Halloween madness ..

Sunset Shadow of SanG over 29 Palms

Sunrise, Nov. 1st with Salton Sea clearly visible.

Sunrise Shadow of SanG over the San Gabriels

Group Shot

Homeward bound ..

Elwood · Post by **Elwood** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 7:27 am

Very nice! Looks like a lot of fun.

simonov · Post by **simonov** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:10 am

My pics aren't up yet, but will be here later this week.

But this summit panorama gives an idea of how clear the air was on Sunday morning:

The summit is my favorite trail camp in the San Gorgonio Wilderness. It's just a little challenging to get to.

It was 13 miles down via Dry Lake, a pretty long haul for me and hard on my feets. I was glad to see the parking lot.

BTW, the guy at the right in the group shot above is Sharo. He is 66 years old and this is his third backpack trip. He did great.

edenooch · Post by **edenooch** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:24 am

cool comrade

Post by **Taco** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:38 am

Some pics

Jepson's summit

Hole tree

New neighbors

PICTURE TAKING A PICTURE TAKING A PICTURE

SUMMIT VIKINGS! They do not respect your pathetic bearproof canisters.

Couldn't sleep at all

Bivy time

Dawn

lilbitmo · Post by **lilbitmo** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 11:49 am

Nice Trip Simonov, Taco and company.

Did any of the Bighorn Sheep come up for breakfast?

How about other hikers from the Vivian Side?

Who won best costume this year?

And since Taco was the Russian this year, did he remember the "Vodka"?

Post by **Taco** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 12:15 pm

We all forgot our booze.

Zach · Post by **Zach** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 12:36 pm

very nice photo... was that taken with a tripod and long exposure?

Post by **Taco** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 12:51 pm

How would you know about my tripod, Zach?

I put it on a rock next to me, long exposure.

simonov · Post by **simonov** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 7:52 am

Finally got all the pics up last night.

I was hoping Hikin' Jim could take a moment from diaper duty to see if he could shed any light on this:

norma r · Post by **norma r** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:37 am

Great photos from all and info from Siminov. that was a spooktacular way to spend Halloween.

edenooch · Post by **edenooch** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:42 am

the cosmonaut was even more spooky

JEFFSCOF · Post by **JEFFSCOF** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 4:09 pm

Nice Pics guys, looks like you had a blast. Any of you guys down for New Years Eve?

Post by **Taco** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 5:58 pm

JEFFSCOF wrote:Nice Pics guys, looks like you had a blast. Any of you guys down for New Years Eve?

Sounds fun. Ideas?

canoeman · Post by **canoeman** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:44 pm

Hmmmmmmmmm. I think its either a Six or a Nine..........

simonov · Post by **simonov** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 7:12 am

TacoDelRio wrote:
JEFFSCOF wrote:Nice Pics guys, looks like you had a blast. Any of you guys down for New Years Eve?
Sounds fun. Ideas?

https://eispiraten.com/viewtopic.php?t=2131 ?

Funyan005 · Post by **Funyan005** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 11:56 am

Im itching for a san gorgonio summit!