Spend the night at the tallest peak in Southern California.  Normally, when we hike to peaks, we have a limited time to visit before we have to descend.  On this trip, we are camping at the summit, so we will get to see the vast vistas in all the changing light until dusk and then wake up and see the sun rise.   We will be approaching San Gorgonio from the north side at South Fork trailhead and end at the Aspen Groves on the the other side of Grinnel Mountain  

Nestled in the beautiful San Gabriel mountains of the Angeles National Forest, this day hike climbs alongside San Antonio Falls to LA's highest point of 10,064 feet.  This year we will be offering an extension to the traditional Baldy hike.  We will be heading North beyond Baldy to a trail that traverses both Pine and Dawson Peaks.   This is a very steep and grueling hike.  Not only is the elevation gain intense but this is not a a simple up and down hike.  Rather it is up and down and up, then down and up and down.   However the endorphins and the views make it worth it.

We will continue our exploration of the San Gorgonio Wilderness.  We will summit three Peaks: Alta Diablo, Sheilds and Anderson.   We will also be approaching the peaks from the South via the Momyer trail. 

Join us on our journey on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT 15) as we meander through Little Horsethief Canyon and pass through the historic Cajon Pass (on foot) underneath the interstate 15.  On this trip we walk over the top of the San Andreas Rift Zone and then climb up Swarthout Canyon to Upper Lytle Creek Ridge, where beautiful views of Lytle Creek Canyon and Lone Pine Canyon to each side await us.

This is one backpack you will not want to miss in our epic Pacific Crest Trail journey (PCT 16) as it passes through the protected Sheep Mountain Wilderness and probably the most beautiful and remote high country of the San Gabriel Mountains.  In this adventure we will see Sierra like views of the highest peaks of the San Gabriels and look down at mind boggling steep canyon reaches. This hike proceedes through a forest of Jeffrey, sugar, lodgepole pines, and white fir and also passes rare 2,000 year old Limber Pines, ancient and enchanted trees that can only exist above 9,000 ft.