Silver Fish Road to Sentinel Peak
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2017 5:37 pm
A couple years ago I read through Dan Simpson's hiking blog. An entry for Summit 2843 stuck in my mind all this time, because I thought he had a cool name for it: Sentinel Peak. His blog describes the entire hike in detail, so I'll make this report short and sweet.
Willie and I parked at the Silver Fish Rd. early this morning. We had the trail to ourselves and watched steam float up from the wet, sun-kissed canyon.
Another fine feature of the day proved to be the band of clouds encircling us the whole time.
We also saw a couple fresh spider webs which glistened in the dawn light.
The overgrown brush on Silver Fish Road was still very wet from the cold night. I knocked most of the dew droplets off the branches with my hiking pole before passing through the vegetation.
We also contended with a few ticks. One of which followed me home to my shower.
The stream made lots of noise in Water Canyon. We could see a small waterfall by peering through a tree.
It took a couple hours to reach the summit.
We ate some breakfast with a splendid, clear view that stretched all the way to Baldy. Then we came down the steep ridge route. At the road gate we encountered a couple Sheriff's SAR officers driving ATVs.
They were scouting the road to check its viability for use in potential future rescues in the area.
Willie and I parked at the Silver Fish Rd. early this morning. We had the trail to ourselves and watched steam float up from the wet, sun-kissed canyon.
Another fine feature of the day proved to be the band of clouds encircling us the whole time.
We also saw a couple fresh spider webs which glistened in the dawn light.
The overgrown brush on Silver Fish Road was still very wet from the cold night. I knocked most of the dew droplets off the branches with my hiking pole before passing through the vegetation.
We also contended with a few ticks. One of which followed me home to my shower.
The stream made lots of noise in Water Canyon. We could see a small waterfall by peering through a tree.
It took a couple hours to reach the summit.
We ate some breakfast with a splendid, clear view that stretched all the way to Baldy. Then we came down the steep ridge route. At the road gate we encountered a couple Sheriff's SAR officers driving ATVs.
They were scouting the road to check its viability for use in potential future rescues in the area.