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Trip Log for 12 September 1999
No. Mileage Time arrived Time left Altitude Comments 0 0.00 10:23 1550 Trailhead Parking. 84° 1 0.50 10:35 1600 Enter Wilderness Area 2 1.75 11:10 11:19 2150 First small shade. 85° 3 3.73 12:18 3000 Cross the drainage behind first "skyline summit" 4 4.18 12:34 12:47 3250 Finally, more shade, with a log to sit on! The previous south slope was very hot. Now 91° 5 5.00 1:20 3700 6 5.10 1:28 3750 Crest of the final ridge before Agua Tibia. 7 5.75 1:44 2:27 3700 Lunch and turnaround due to heat. 90° A few black flies here. 8 7.37 3:16 3300 =4 9 7.45 3:20 3:37 3300 Shade, no seat. 90° 10 7.80 3:47 3100 =3 11 8.75 4:10 2800 89° 12 9.25 4:27 4:44 2400 Rest in shade. 88° 13 10.50 5:15 1850 Upper end of rock vandalism. 14 11.27 5:41 1650 Car Trip Log for 25 November 1999
No. Mileage Time arrived Time left Altitude Comments 0 0.00 10:17 1220 Trailhead parking lot 1 0.42 10:29 1220 Trailhead 2 0.53 10:33 1400 Jct. Wildhorse Trail. 70° 3 1.85 11:15 2100 Begin switchbacks up first ridge 4 2.70 11:45 2450 Achieved first ridge 5 3.48 12:08 2900 Streambed on second ridge. 1.0 liter. 68°. Began pruning 6 3.77 12:24 3020 End pruning 7 4.75 12:58 3625 West side of final ridge. Turnaround. 8 4.85 1:05 1:25 3600 Lunch. 1.4 liters / 1.75 liters. 61°! Started pruning again. 9 5.00 1:45 3600 End pruning 10 5.96 2:09 3150 Jct. blocked-off trail to west. 11 6.20 2:16 3000 Streambed 12 7.75 2:55 2100 End switchbacks. (=3) 13 8.75 3:18 3:25 1700 Snack 14 9.23 3:36 1500 Trailhead 15 9.50 3:44 1450 Car. 2.1 liters. Trip Log for 9 December 1999
No. Mileage Time arrived Time left Altitude Comments 0 0.00 9:19 1250 Car. 1 0.40 9:27 9:38 1250 Trailhead. Traced trail from display there. 2 1.00 9:53 1625 On first minor ridge. 60° on ridge; 64° on south-facing slope. A low plateau seen to right of Santa Anas, either Chino Hills or San Jose Hills. 3 3.50 11:00 2975 Stream crossing past first ridge. 0.55 liters. 59°. 4 4.75 11:39 3600 Crest of second ridge. 1.0 liters. 58°. 5 5.00 11:47 3600 Jct. little trail to right. One "tick fly", easily killed. 6 6.70 12:42 4300 Lost trail in forest after walking ~0.1 mile extra. 7 6.75 12:44 4300 Made it! Sign: "Eagle Crag (left), Dripping Springs (back)" Left. 8 7.32 1:08 4525 Turnaround after slow-going on "road". Climbed over ~6 big trees. Only one glimpse of the fallbrook area so far! 9 7.75 1:25 1:36 4400 Fallbrook overlook. Begin pruning. 1.25 liters. 54°. 10 8.00 1:42 4300 Jct. Dripping Springs Trail. Right. 11 9.70 2:44 3750 Jct. little side trail. End pruning. 12 9.80 2:50 3:02 3800 Lunch spot from previous trip. Drank coke. 1.65 liters. 51°. 13 Yucca dropping seeds. 14 10.75 3:25 3350 Offending stump that felled me in February. High Point and 200" visible from here. 15 11.05 3:34 3150 Stream crossing 16 11.70 3:52 2900 54° 17 14.50 4:58 1600 Trailhead. 18 14.80 5:11 1575 Car. Sign: "Dripping Springs Trail 6.8 miles, 2760' change in elevation.
Wild Horse Trail 7.0 miles, 1,060' + 2.5 miles, 1,250' to Cutca Trail.
Palomar - McGee Truck Trail 2.8 miles, 450'.
Cutca Trail 3.5 miles, 370'."
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