
| Started at Sandstone Quarry, went up the wash (same cairns from 15 months ago!), to La Madre, then took the ridge west over El Padre (8093'), west over 7900' point, to just before 7986' point, then south down the class 3/4 canyon to near Key. Thr. trail and over E. About 12 miles total, 5100' accum. elev. gain. Went with Mark B. who complained of weakness from a cold, but still made it to top of Madre in less than 3 hrs. The real adventure was yet to come.
The ridge W of La Madre is great.
Also went from N side in Jan 2002, from Brownstone Basin Nov 2004, and over the east ridge in June 2007 (2x one day!). Met SusanM on top in 2004. |