Beyond the 49 Palms

Girl Hiker · Post by **Girl Hiker** » Thu Mar 23, 2023 2:34 pm

On St. Patrick's Day, I met my hiking crew at the 49 Palms Oasis trail.

The plan was to hike beyond the palms through the canyon over the ridge making it a loop hike back to the cars.

Well the rock scrambling was non stop with annoying cat claws that were unavoidable throughout the canyon. I got scratched up quite a bit and I got a nasty bump on my shin.

Anyways, the array of colorful rock formations kept my mind off the unrelenting rock scrambling.

We were close to the Ridgeline when 3 of us decided to call it quits. We sat on top of a cool dry waterfall with amazing views below and ate our lunch.

Meanwhile our leader who was a very strong hiker went ahead to the top the ridge as we waited for his return.

The canyon had a few caves along the way and huge pools.

Red Barrel cactus was everywhere.

It was a very beautiful hike but exhausting.

I would do it again with an earlier start time.

Post by **Sean** » Thu Mar 23, 2023 3:17 pm

Did you see palm trees?

Girl Hiker · Post by **Girl Hiker** » Sat Mar 25, 2023 7:57 am

Almost forgot here are the palms

Post by **Sean** » Sat Mar 25, 2023 8:24 am

Me likey, those are some nice palms.

Post by **HikeUp** » Sat Mar 25, 2023 12:35 pm

All 49 of them!

Post by **tekewin** » Thu Apr 13, 2023 7:16 pm

This looks awesome, where is 49 palms oasis trail?

Girl Hiker · Post by **Girl Hiker** » Thu Apr 13, 2023 7:58 pm

tekewin wrote: This looks awesome, where is 49 palms oasis trail?

https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/cali ... il--2?p=-1