
| Penelope May and I went to check out the Black Mountain Road on February 21, 2011. We found a neat set of fresh ski tracks in the powder snow right off Highway 243. Since we started late (9:30) we skied only about 4 miles up. There we found Deb Castro-Daly and Dave Daly (SP Members) who (nicely) broke the trail for us. But we didn't make the summit, the day was too short for us. After a huge snow storm the next weekend, we tried it again on February 28, 2011. We started early and skied the 6-7 miles to the Lookout tower and the summit. We had to break the snow all the way this time, so it was a good workout. The ski down to our car parked on Hwy 243 was really nice. RT of about 12-14 miles. This is yet another great AT trip in the "Not so Alpine" land of Southern California. |