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Tracy and I had our weekend plans go awry so we ended up in Big Bear as a backup. We left La Habra at noon on Saturday and took Hwy 38 up the hill. We stopped at the Mill Creek Ranger station to inquire if the winter closures had been re-opened and the rangers behind the counter told us no.
The clouds on the way up were really cool the way they were sitting in the Santa Ana River valley.
Once at Onyx Summit on Hwy 38 we headed offroad on 1N01. We found the gate open at 1N01A and we headed up to Onyx Peak. Great views of Lucerne Valley and the Santa Ana River Valley.
There were some gnarly trees on top of Onyx Peak.
Back down 1N01 to 2N68Y
Down 2N68Y to 2N01. 2N01 to 2N04 Broom Flat/Arrastre Creek and back to Hwy 38 ending our Saturday.
Sunday we met Jim Hoeltgen at AM PM and we headed for 2N27 Sand Canyon. After winding our way around we took 2N60 up to an unnamed peak at 8220 elevation with fabulous views of Snow Summit, Big Bear Lake, Baldwin Lake, Sugarloaf Mountain and Lucerne Valley.
Leaving the unnamed peak we took 2N93 Wildhorse to 2N93D and lunch at Yellow Post 54 (a great campsite!)
Leaving YP54 we took an unnamed road to the top of Lightning Gulch peak at 9385 Elevation. Once more fabulous views of the surrounding areas.
Back down to 2N93 and over to Hwy 38. Down Hwy 38 to 2N06 Radford Truck Trail. Up 2N06 to 2N10 Skyline Dr. West on 2N10 to 1N54 Clark's Grade. We played in the snow a bit on the top of Clark's Grade.
Down 1N54 to more cool fog/cloud pics of the Santa Ana River valley.
to 1N09 to Seven Oaks Rd to 1N07 Middle Control Rd to Angeles Oaks.
Temps in Big Bear were in the low 70's both days with lots of sunshine.
The trails were all green easy with a couple of sections of blue square. The rangers at Mill Creek had wrong info about the winter trail closures. They are all open!
The clouds on the way up were really cool the way they were sitting in the Santa Ana River valley.
Once at Onyx Summit on Hwy 38 we headed offroad on 1N01. We found the gate open at 1N01A and we headed up to Onyx Peak. Great views of Lucerne Valley and the Santa Ana River Valley.
There were some gnarly trees on top of Onyx Peak.
Back down 1N01 to 2N68Y
Down 2N68Y to 2N01. 2N01 to 2N04 Broom Flat/Arrastre Creek and back to Hwy 38 ending our Saturday.
Sunday we met Jim Hoeltgen at AM PM and we headed for 2N27 Sand Canyon. After winding our way around we took 2N60 up to an unnamed peak at 8220 elevation with fabulous views of Snow Summit, Big Bear Lake, Baldwin Lake, Sugarloaf Mountain and Lucerne Valley.
Leaving the unnamed peak we took 2N93 Wildhorse to 2N93D and lunch at Yellow Post 54 (a great campsite!)
Leaving YP54 we took an unnamed road to the top of Lightning Gulch peak at 9385 Elevation. Once more fabulous views of the surrounding areas.
Back down to 2N93 and over to Hwy 38. Down Hwy 38 to 2N06 Radford Truck Trail. Up 2N06 to 2N10 Skyline Dr. West on 2N10 to 1N54 Clark's Grade. We played in the snow a bit on the top of Clark's Grade.
Down 1N54 to more cool fog/cloud pics of the Santa Ana River valley.
to 1N09 to Seven Oaks Rd to 1N07 Middle Control Rd to Angeles Oaks.
Temps in Big Bear were in the low 70's both days with lots of sunshine.
The trails were all green easy with a couple of sections of blue square. The rangers at Mill Creek had wrong info about the winter trail closures. They are all open!
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