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| Jared Rader | West Ridge Leg Burner  Date Climbed: Jun 5, 2007 | |
| I first tried to climb Mt. Isabel several months ago, but lost my way on the way up and had to abort due to time constraints. This time I was successful. The sun was shining bright, the ticks were out in force, the terrain was brutally steep in spots, and the chaparral was thick and thorny. All in all, it was a good climb. I recommend wearing pants because you'll need to cross through spots of chaparral on the west ridge route. The fireroad up the west ridge is also overgrown with dry annual grasses and there are a whole lot of ticks out this time of year. I wore shorts and gaiters on top of my trail shoes and scratched my legs and arms up extensively from the bushwacking. I also attracted more ticks then I'm used to. I don't know what would happen if someone at the Smith Creek CDF station saw you pass, since the gate here is locked, but I chose to be discreet and come up on the West Ridge fireroad out of sight of the CDF station. Finally, it seems that the summit register might have been tampered with. The metal can is in a different spot than it is in the photo section, and the sign-in log is no longer there. Instead, there's a note informing us that Mt. Isabel is on private property and the fine for trespassing is at least $200. There's also a coin in the register along with what I left. | ||
| Posted Jun 5, 2007 3:09 am | ||
| iamthebest1122 | I continue to amaze myself Date Climbed: Mar 11, 2007 | |
| Biked to the top with david and then off-road part way over to Pyramid Rock. The parts that were not too steep to bike up and the downhill were good but there was a lot of really steep stuff that we couldn't bike up that sucked. Anyways, pretty fun. | |
| Posted Mar 13, 2007 3:15 am | ||
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| Rad Thibidauoxx | Re: West Ridge | |
| was the summit register we left still there when you went up. | |
| Posted Aug 17, 2006 8:17 pm | ||
| Bob Burd | West Ridge Date Climbed: Mar 24, 2006 | |
| What do you know? A second ascent inspired by David and his pals. I never knew there was a road going to the top - how convenient. And David's route description was excellent. A very enjoyable outing on an overcast and cool spring day. Very short Trip Report | |
| Posted Mar 25, 2006 4:06 pm | ||
| Al Pine | the blistering burns brought on by the bagging of the peak, and the big bad boars | |
| it was a really good hike | |
| Posted Feb 26, 2006 8:07 pm | ||
| McCannster | Mt. Isabel...finally! Date Climbed: Feb 25, 2006 | |
| Long anticipated hike I did with Rad and Al Pine. Had to a little bit of route finding and navigating, but nothing to the extreme. Very enjoyable hike with the second highest peak in Santa Clara County conquered. Let's see, Rad mentioned the boars... Returned March 11, 2007 with Ben (iamthebest1122) with a mountain bike ascent of the peak. We had to walk quite a few of the steep sections of the fireroad. We saw the register we had placed a little over a year ago and there were only 7 sign ins since the last time we'd been there. From the summit of Isabel, we biked cross country down the east side, then hooked up with the ridge that led to Pyramid Rock, 2 miles southeast. Pyramid Rock wasn't really a rock at all, yet the views were very nice, not many people get to experience these views. We retraced our tracks, crested Isabel again, and tore down from the summit on our bikes in about 15 mins summit-trailhead time! That ended the fun, yet somewhat exhausting day. | |
| Posted Feb 26, 2006 4:59 pm | ||
| Rad Thibidauoxx | Oh, it's a deep burn! Date Climbed: Feb 25, 2006 | |
| Very steep climb. The title refers to the burn you feel in your legs while you're making the ascent. The creek didn't present a problem for me or David because our boots are water-proof but Al Pine felt the chilling waters of the creek. Got attacked by some boars (not really but it sounds better than, "We ran away from some boars." | |
| Posted Feb 25, 2006 11:18 pm | ||
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