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Calif. Desert Peaks > Indianhead Peak > Climber's Log|
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| Nick Comer | Wrong Chute Date Climbed: Nov 29, 2008 | |
| I went for the direct assault path I climbed 2000' in under a mile but unfortunately I went up the wrong chute. Ultimately I was marooned on a ridge where I could not ascend any further nor return the path I came from. I had to bail off the mountain via an unknown route. I descended on the north east side going down a different chute. The descent was far worse than going up -2000' in under a mile is very hard on the quadriceps. See my Elevation Profile | |
| Posted Apr 2, 2009 12:59 am | ||
| SOCALHUSKER | What a day!!  Date Climbed: Mar 14, 2009 | |
| Climbed up from Borrego Palms Canyon. Did not go far enough into the canyon. Took the wrong gully up and climbed pretty much straight up from the west to the peak. Great climbing though!! Class 3 with some Class 4 sprinkled in!! Descended northwest to the saddle, took a gully back down and then followed the Canyon back to the TH. The place was packed when I got back to the first palms stand!! What a day!! Tough but beautiful!!My pictures from Indianhead and Borrego Palms Canyon | |
| Posted Mar 14, 2009 11:50 pm | ||
| oso1212 | South Ridge Date Climbed: Jan 25, 2009 | |
| Great day. A LOT of scrambling. Came down the drainage to the east of the SE ridge. 6 hours total. | |
| Posted Jan 28, 2009 2:50 pm | ||
| mdougherty | Tough Climb Date Climbed: Feb 16, 2008 | |
| Tough, but fun day of scrambling. Went up DPS route A, down DPS route B. Should have started earlier, I ended up walking down the canyon by headlamp. | |
| Posted Apr 22, 2008 3:22 am | ||
| NavySeabee | Spicy downclimb into the canyon! Date Climbed: Feb 25, 2008 | |
| Absolutely killer day! Lots of water flowing down the canyon and the demise of the first palm oasis from flash floods has been overexaggerated. Left the canyon just short of the north trib. to the pass at 3200' and then rather enjoyed the scramble along the western ridge to the summit. Had a few spicy moments on the way down along the canyon wall. Class 3/4 on crappy rock with cacti tentacles waiting can make you pucker! | |
| Posted Feb 25, 2008 11:27 pm | ||
| Dave Daly | Beauty and The Beasts Date Climbed: Nov 11, 2007 | |
| While the rest of California was getting unstable weather, my beautiful wife Deb and I enjoyed clear desert skies and loads of fun scrambling. We had hoped to find some 5th class along the ridge but it never materialized. We did, however, encounter a fun 15' dihedral (finger crack in a corner....perhaps 5.5) on the SE Rib, before intercepting the South Ridge. We decended via the gully just to the east of the summit. Our treat for the day...... runninng into 9 Bighorn Sheep, one of which let us oogle it from 20 yards. Note to environmentalists: No Bighorn Sheep were sneezed on, molested, spoken to, shook hooves with, butted heads, or any other social engagements. :P | |
| Posted Nov 12, 2007 2:14 pm | ||
| Deb | Happy Veteran's Day Darling! Date Climbed: Nov 11, 2007 | |
| Dreamy Hubby and I escaped the rain and headed to Anza-Borrego to trapse up Indianhead on a warm and humid day. I found nothing Class 5 on the South Ridge except the dihedral that Dave climbed twice for pictures. The Big Horn Sheep were really neat to see! | |
| Posted Nov 12, 2007 10:48 am | ||
| lasvegaswraith | from Palm Canyon | |
| Great views from the top. Saw a red diamondback rattler - the buzzing is LOT louder than you expect. Gave him a W-I-D-E berth. | |
| Posted Aug 25, 2007 1:50 am | ||
| VaughnH | First Mountain I Attempted In The West Date Climbed: Jan 6, 2007 | |
| Was concerned about returning to the canyon floor before dark so turned around near the saddle. Was fortunate enough to photograph bighorn sheep for 25 minutes at that point though. In the morning from the canyon floor discovered several alertnate routes to try when I return. | |
| Posted Jan 15, 2007 2:49 am | ||
| BCL | Borrego Palm Canyon Date Climbed: Nov 26, 2004 | |
| Annual post Turkey Day hike. The canyon had just been flooded. | |
| Posted Feb 23, 2006 4:59 pm | ||
| tpdwr | Route Climbed: From Palm Canyon Date Climbed: February 2, 2005 | |
| Harder than I thought it would be. Great Views! | |
| Posted Sep 27, 2005 2:36 am | ||
| HSeldon | Route Climbed: Henderson Canyon Date Climbed: January 22, 2005 | |
| I did this hike with a Sierra club group of about 13 people and everyone was in very good shape. There's not much of a trail, we just kinda followed various ridgelines to the top. It was surprisingly cold and windy at the top. We exited via Palm Canyon and got to see the changes from the big washout/flood through the canyon last year. There's not too many palm trees left, unfortunately. | |
| Posted Aug 31, 2005 1:02 pm | ||
| Langenbacher | Route Climbed: from park HQ via Palm Canyon Date Climbed: Feb. 27, 2005 | |
| Climbed with Mr. 1000peaks and the DPS. It was shorter, but tougher than Rosa pk. the day before. Nice view of Borrego Valley. My favorite part was seeing desert bighorn sheep for the 1st time in 30 years, though I hear they are a fairly common sight in this area. See pictures at http://community.webshots.com/user/langenbacher in the "Roas & Indianhead" folder. | |
| Posted Mar 17, 2005 1:51 am | ||
| 1000Pks | Route Climbed: Borrego Palm Canyon and South Ridge Date Climbed: February 27, 2005 | |
| 4.5 hours to the top. The canyon scramble to the start of the South Ridge took about two hours in itself. Lots of scrambling and some rock moves to avoid the raging stream were necessary. We crossed the stream about ten times. Three or four foot rock jumps required at points. Did this once before in 1985--nothing in the canyon is the same (flash floods since then). | |
| Posted Mar 4, 2005 1:22 am | ||
| thebeave7 | Route Climbed: Palm Canyon Date Climbed: Jan 19th, 2004 | |
| It was a nice slightly overcast hike. Went up the slope out of palm canyon a little too early, spent a lot of time dodging cacti. Great views of the desert from the summit. | |
| Posted Feb 21, 2005 2:21 pm | ||
| KathyW | Route Climbed: Palm Canyon Date Climbed: March 2002 | |
| Harder going down than going up. | |
| Posted Feb 17, 2005 1:02 am | ||
| Shano | Route Climbed: Henderson Canyon Date Climbed: 08Feb 2003 | |
| Did this w/ Steve Fausset on a Sierra Club trip w/ a group of great folks. Great weather and great bunch of folks. My first DPS peak!!! | |
| Posted Feb 16, 2005 11:26 am | ||
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