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:
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Snowcreek within grasp!
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Halloween madness ..
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Sunset Shadow of SanG over 29 Palms
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Sunrise, Nov. 1st with Salton Sea clearly visible.
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Sunrise Shadow of SanG over the San Gabriels
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Group Shot
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Homeward bound ..