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[pct-l] Hike Invitation and plan!

Subject: [pct-l] Hike Invitation and plan!
From: scourtway at bpa-arch.com (Steve Courtway)
Date: Fri Feb 11 17:01:54 2005
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yeah fobbbes saddle to spitler flank heh heh.....what a climb.

consider me a definite maybe.  thanks for the heads up !!

s.c.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Saenz" <msaenz@mve-architects.com>
To: "Steve Courtway" <scourtway@bpa-arch.com>;
<so_california_backpackers@yahoogroups.com>; <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 1:56 PM
Subject: RE: [pct-l] Hike Invitation and plan!


> Maybe you mean the approach up Spitler from FoBes (I got it right!)?
> >From FoBes (6k) the PCT climbs 1,200' to the flank of Spitler (peak is
> 7.6). It does this in about 1.25 miles.
> >From Spitler to Apache, the topo reads generally as a ridge, dropping to
> 7k, then back up to 7.4k. This happens in about 1.35 miles
>
> Yeah, 1.2k in 1.25 miles is a bit of a climb. But it's only 1.25
> miles...
>
>
> So Steve- ya in?
>
>
>
> M i c h a e l   S a e n z
> McLarand Vasquez Emsiek & Partners, Inc.
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Courtway [mailto:scourtway@bpa-arch.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 12:05 PM
> To: Mike Saenz; so_california_backpackers@yahoogroups.com;
> pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Hike Invitation and plan!
>
> the approach to apache peak has got to be one of the steepest sections
> of trail on the entire PCT.....
>
> man it's steep, rather challenging even with a day pack.
>
> definitely an exception to the stock grade rule.
>
> are there any steeper ?
>
> and there's one b in fobes hahahaha fobes fobes !!
>
> s.c.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Saenz" <msaenz@mve-architects.com>
> To: <so_california_backpackers@yahoogroups.com>;
> <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 12:00 PM
> Subject: [pct-l] Hike Invitation and plan!
>
>
> > (Sending to both lists)
> >
> > All righty then!
> >
> > Ok here's the target dates and specs:
> >
> > March 5 & 6.
> >
> > Start at PCT/Hwy 74 (about a mile east of the intersection of Hwy 74
> > and Hwy 371, east of Anza) and camp at Cedar Spring.
> > Saturday 5th hike is 12 miles with about a 2k gain.
> >
> > Sunday's Hike is from Cedar Springs to Saddle Junction along the PCT,
> > about 17.3 miles and a gain of another 1.3k, then down The Slide a
> > couple miles to Humbar Park.
> >
> > PCT at Hwy 74 is at 4.9k. The trail into Cedar Springs from the PCT is
>
> > at 6.8k (Cedar Spring is about a mile downhill and north of the PCT).
> >
> > Saddle Junction is at 8.1k. The Devil's Slide is about 2.5 miles from
> > Saddle Junction to Humbar Park and a loss of about 1.6k down to the
> > parking lot.
> >
> > We'll be climbing the ridge between Penrod and Bull Canyons toward
> > Tunnel and Live Oak Springs, above a few gold mines around Shot Creek.
> > After that, we'll hike just past the summits of Lion Peak (6.8k), Pine
>
> > Mtn (7k) - where we should be able to see "Devil's Rockpile" just east
>
> > of Pine Mtn), Pyramid Peak (7k) and "Little Desert" (6.8k) before we
> > get to Cedar Spring.
> >
> > >From Cedar Spring, we'll pass Palm View Peak (7.1k), Fobbes Saddle
> > >(6k),
> > Spitler Peak (7.4k), Apache Peak (7.5k), Antsel Rock (7.6k), South
> > Peak
> > (7.8k) and Red Taquitz (8.7k) before we get to Saddle Junction.
> >
> > USGS 7.5' maps:
> > Butterfly Peak
> > Palm View Peak
> > Idyllwild
> > San Jacinto Peak
> >
> > Water should be plentiful at all the springs. With the recent rain, I
> > suspect most the ravines will be flowing as well.
> >
> > All are welcome to join! I expect to have at least two vehicles to
> > shuttle back and forth from the 74 and Humbar Park If many plan to
> > hike this, perhaps we can split the crowd: some doing Humbar to 74 and
>
> > some doing 74 to Humbar.
> > Fobbes Saddle and Cedar Springs is roughly the halfway point (roughly-
>
> > and the usual campsites).
> > I'll be hiking at dawn and scrambling up to the peaks as I pass. I'll
> > try to time my arrival at Cedar at around 4pm.
> >
> > M i c h a e l   S a e n z
> > McLarand Vasquez Emsiek & Partners, Inc.
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> >   _____
> >
> > From: t [mailto:ladywlkn@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 2:03 PM
> > To: so_california_backpackers@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [BULK] - [BULK] - [so_california_backpackers] Re: FW: [pct-l]
>
> > SoCa flowers anywhere?
> >
> >
> >
> > Right on....let's hear the specs! :)
> >
> >
> > --- In so_california_backpackers@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Saenz"
> > <msaenz@m...> wrote:
> > > My next hike will be PCT from highway 74 to Idyllwild via Saddle
> > > Junction and The Slide.
> > > Looking at the first half of March. All are welcome to join!
> > > Overnight camp at Cedar Spring near Fobbes Saddle.
> > >
> > > Unfortunately, I cannot make the Borrego Bloom. Hurry over, though.
> > > it's a week-long event at best....
> > >
> > >
> > > M i c h a e l   S a e n z
> > > McLarand Vasquez Emsiek & Partners, Inc.
> > > A r c h i t e c t u r e    P l a n n i n g    I n t e r i o r s
> > > w  w  w  .  m  v  e  -  a  r  c  h  i  t  e  c  t  s  .  c  o  m
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >   _____
> > >
> > > From: t [mailto:ladywlkn@y...]
> > > Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 1:05 PM
> > > To: so_california_backpackers@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: [BULK] - [so_california_backpackers] Re: FW: [pct-l] SoCa
> > > flowers anywhere?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Cool!  So plan a hike and post it and let's do it :)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -- In so_california_backpackers@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Saenz"
> > > <msaenz@m...> wrote:
> > > >  The anza borrego desert's flower show is peaking RIGHT NOW !!!!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > M i c h a e l   S a e n z
> > > > McLarand Vasquez Emsiek & Partners, Inc.
> > > > A r c h i t e c t u r e    P l a n n i n g    I n t e r i o r s
> > > > w  w  w  .  m  v  e  -  a  r  c  h  i  t  e  c  t  s  .  c  o  m
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: pct-l-bounces@m...
> > > > [mailto:pct-l-bounces@m...] On Behalf Of Steve Courtway
> > > > Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 12:33 PM
> > > > To: Ilja Friedel; pct-l@m...
> > > > Subject: Re: [pct-l] SoCa flowers anywhere?
> > > >
> > > > The anza borrego desert's flower show is peaking RIGHT NOW !!!!
> > > >
> > > > s.c.
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Ilja Friedel" <pctl@i...>
> > > > To: <pct-l@m...>
> > > > Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 12:31 PM
> > > > Subject: [pct-l] SoCa flowers anywhere?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Hi.
> > > > >
> > > > > some friends of mine want to see desert flowers this weekend.
> > It
> > > seems
> > > >
> > > > > early, but the weather has been warm the past two weeks. Are
> > > there any
> > > >
> > > > > displays within a 2 hour drive of L.A.?
> > > > >
> > > > > Ilja.
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> >
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