3N31 to Peak 6705
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2014 2:00 pm
Rather than attempt the dirt-road drive up 3N31,
the girlfriend and I walked it during a rather warm day.
The road heads up a sunbaked tributary of Lone Pine Canyon and then switchbacks up a forested slope to the Upper Lytle Creek Ridge, where the PCT takes hikers around Peak 6705.
The expansive views of the North Fork Lytle Creek area, including the entire backside of the Baldy Backbone, were much appreciated after a rather boring experience on the fire road.
We did a half-circle around the peak on trail before ascending up another road to the summit
We took in some more views.
Then we returned to the car, dodging rattlesnakes along the fire road.
the girlfriend and I walked it during a rather warm day.
The road heads up a sunbaked tributary of Lone Pine Canyon and then switchbacks up a forested slope to the Upper Lytle Creek Ridge, where the PCT takes hikers around Peak 6705.
The expansive views of the North Fork Lytle Creek area, including the entire backside of the Baldy Backbone, were much appreciated after a rather boring experience on the fire road.
We did a half-circle around the peak on trail before ascending up another road to the summit
We took in some more views.
Then we returned to the car, dodging rattlesnakes along the fire road.