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So, from my house, I can see the (now closed) Big Cucamonga Tree trail. The San Savaine road still goes to the Joe Elliot campground, but there the rest of the road is barricaded. The USFS says that the road is washed out at Day Creek Canyon to the point that there isn't even a ledge left.
Here's one view of the trail from my house (the red arrows mark a closed portion of the trail, and the yellow arrow marks Day Creek Canyon):
The gate for San Savaine is only open from the day after Labor Day to the beginning of March. I've been wanting to hike from the barricade out to the wash out, but my days free never seemed to match up with the weather to make it a good outing.
Today was a gorgeous day, so Sharon and I headed up to hike the trail:
The main feature that we could see as we started the climb was the parking lot called I-15 with all the folks trying to get up the Cajon Pass. It was bad all day:
The trail starts with switchbacks almost immediately:
We stopped to look for the old indian morteros. I had to dig the deepest one out and pull overgrowth away from it:
The wide one was easy to find:
The gate to the tower was open so we headed up to check it out. 4x4 was required because the trail had a fair amount of snow, but we made it to the top with no trouble:
Great views from the top:
The snow was fairly thick on the north facing slopes:
We finally got to a point to where we could see the area where our house is:
I zoomed in and snapped a pic and got lucky! My house is under the arrow:
Not far from the campground, the road switches to a north slope shelf road. Significant snow started showing up on the road:
About 100 yards and the tracks stopped. The snow was probably 1.5 feet deep:
It was almost to Sharon's knee:
I was pretty sure that we could push through it to the campground, but the road drops downhill into a lower area just before the end of the trail. I was concerned that we wouldn't be able to get back up the hill if we tried it. So, I backed up the 100 yards to the first turn around.
Two more Jeeps rolled up and one gave it a shot, but backed out as well. We stood around and chatted for a while and enjoyed the fantastic views:
It was a great day, but I still want to hike to the wash out. Maybe next Monday if the weather stays warm....
Here's one view of the trail from my house (the red arrows mark a closed portion of the trail, and the yellow arrow marks Day Creek Canyon):
The gate for San Savaine is only open from the day after Labor Day to the beginning of March. I've been wanting to hike from the barricade out to the wash out, but my days free never seemed to match up with the weather to make it a good outing.
Today was a gorgeous day, so Sharon and I headed up to hike the trail:
The main feature that we could see as we started the climb was the parking lot called I-15 with all the folks trying to get up the Cajon Pass. It was bad all day:
The trail starts with switchbacks almost immediately:
We stopped to look for the old indian morteros. I had to dig the deepest one out and pull overgrowth away from it:
The wide one was easy to find:
The gate to the tower was open so we headed up to check it out. 4x4 was required because the trail had a fair amount of snow, but we made it to the top with no trouble:
Great views from the top:
The snow was fairly thick on the north facing slopes:
We finally got to a point to where we could see the area where our house is:
I zoomed in and snapped a pic and got lucky! My house is under the arrow:
Not far from the campground, the road switches to a north slope shelf road. Significant snow started showing up on the road:
About 100 yards and the tracks stopped. The snow was probably 1.5 feet deep:
It was almost to Sharon's knee:
I was pretty sure that we could push through it to the campground, but the road drops downhill into a lower area just before the end of the trail. I was concerned that we wouldn't be able to get back up the hill if we tried it. So, I backed up the 100 yards to the first turn around.
Two more Jeeps rolled up and one gave it a shot, but backed out as well. We stood around and chatted for a while and enjoyed the fantastic views:
It was a great day, but I still want to hike to the wash out. Maybe next Monday if the weather stays warm....
If you go be sure to take a lot of pictures.
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