Anyways, this week's adventure has taken us to the back country of Mt. San Gorgonio. It was a shuttle hike so we met up at Onyx summit, off Hwy 38 and a few of us drove to Forest Service Road 2N09, dropped cars off, where the hike would end and returned to Onyx.
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First things first, H20 for the PCTers left by Mountain Mama and Papa Smurf.
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The trail was gorgeous! There was some elevation gain but not much as most of the trail was pretty flat with a few uphill climbs.
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Mt. San Gorgonio in the distance.
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Pretty flowers.
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There were tons of PCT signs. I was surprised to see so many in very good shape that looked almost new.
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It had rained the day before and some sections were still wet but the reward was finding some cool mushrooms along the trail, but I think this is the second largest mushroom I have ever seen!
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It must be mating season for lady bugs. Lots of tree branches were smothered by these lovely creatures,
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The last section of the PCT trail towards our destination was exposed but the weather was strange today as the sun was in n out of the clouds.
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We had beautiful views all around us.
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View of Baldwin Lake.
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Finally we approached our destination towards the cars but before we shuttled people back to our original starting point, we decided to walk a 1/4 mile and see the Eye of God Rock made of beautiful quartz.
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Overall, it was a very beautiful PCT trail, nicely maintained. The first 8 miles were in the shade and the remaining 6 were exposed.
Total stats: 14 miles.