San Gorgonio Climber's Log

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Smith93

Smith93 - Dec 31, 2005 8:28 pm

Route Climbed: Angelus Oaks to Vivian Creek along the Nine Peaks trail Date Climbed: June 29, 2003  Sucess!

Fourth peak of 4 climbed that day and the last of the "Nine Peaks" climbed on the trip. Ended up spending the night on top and it was the windiest night I've ever spent anywhere. Great trip to do though, I highly recommend it to anyone interested in a 3 day backpacking trip in the local mountains.

erock

erock - Dec 22, 2005 1:07 am

Route Climbed: Vivian Creek Trail Date Climbed: 12-21-2005  Sucess!

I made the summit today. This was my first attempt. Hurray! Ascent took 4hrs 15min, descent the same time. I'm not sure how that happened. Anyway, I hope this is a gateway for many more memorable hikes in the future (San Jacinto looked very tempting from the summit today). But now, I just want to go to bed.

Rileywyna

Rileywyna - Dec 19, 2005 11:05 am

Route Climbed: Vivian creek..I think Date Climbed: 2001  Sucess!

Attempted a one day snow shoe winter ascent. It was a long day and we didn't come close making it.

Well we would have been at least another 2 hours.

RyanMountain

RyanMountain - Dec 16, 2005 5:58 pm

Route Climbed: South Fork Trail Date Climbed: May 30, 2005  Sucess!

Very enjoyable hike! The wind made the summit very cold however. There were still about 5 feet of snow on the ground above 9000' too. Glissading back down on my butt was quite possibly the most fun I've ever had! Climbed San G's neighbor, San Jacinto, the next day.

graham

graham - Nov 25, 2005 3:12 pm

Route Climbed: Vivian Creek Date Climbed: Nov-6-05  Sucess!

Hiked as part of 9-peaks

forjan

forjan - Nov 6, 2005 5:32 pm

Route Climbed: South Slope from Dragon's Head Date Climbed: November 5, 2005  Sucess!

After a nice lunch (brought left-overs from home: chicken, rice with tomatoes & onions) at the top of Dragon's Head, took me about 50 minutes to hike from the Dragon's Head to San Gorgonio's summit via its south slope. Climbed both peaks (Dragon's Head & San Gorgonio) in under 6 hours. Left the summit at 2:30pm. Got to my car at the Vivian Creek trailhead just before 6:30pm.

ingthings - Oct 31, 2005 3:35 pm

Route Climbed: via Vivian Creek Date Climbed: October 30, 2005  Sucess!

no problem reaching top. A little bit of lingering snow on exposed trail at 11,000 feet and up. Gorgeous day with clear skies, no wind and very few people.

kpiljay

kpiljay - Oct 27, 2005 11:11 am

Route Climbed: Fish Creek, then straight up the north slopes Date Climbed: June 20, 2005  Sucess!

We went off the trail and climbed the snow slopes (yes, snow in June). Had a lot of fun glissading down.

rocketsredglare

rocketsredglare - Oct 24, 2005 10:29 pm

Route Climbed: Vivian Creek Date Climbed: couple years ago  Sucess!

Up and down in a quick day, pretty sore afterwards but that was when I wasn't in prime shape for higher mountains.

tdoughty

tdoughty - Oct 16, 2005 2:29 pm

Route Climbed: Various Date Climbed: Many  Sucess!

Vivian Creek day hikes, Fish Creek in the winter, and via whatever trail leads over "pop-out hill" back in my 1970's boy scout days.

Langenbacher

Langenbacher - Oct 13, 2005 3:40 pm

Route Climbed: Vivian Creek Date Climbed: July, 1968  Sucess!

I've climbed it at least 4 times, summer and winter, but the most memorable was when I spent the night on top under a full moon in 1978 - it was so bright and clear I could see the ocean at night !

Duffer

Duffer - Oct 4, 2005 1:38 pm

Route Climbed: Vivian Creek trail Date Climbed: 15 April 2001  Sucess!

Still a lot of snow.

mjstox - Sep 28, 2005 7:09 pm

Route Climbed: Vivian Creek Date Climbed: 9/27/05  Sucess!

Camped overnight at High Creek. Spent the rest of the day getting to the peak and down. Turned out to be a really nice two day backpacking get away. If you want you can summit in one day but will be sore after.

Al

Al - Sep 28, 2005 12:03 am

Route Climbed: Vivian Creek Date Climbed: Sept 25, 2005  Sucess!

Great day.

HeyItsBen

HeyItsBen - Sep 27, 2005 1:33 pm

Route Climbed: Fish Creek Date Climbed: September 2005

Multiple summits from all sides.

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The "quiet" side of the mountain. Extremely cold and windy at the summit. Saw an old plane crash on the trail, and water was tough to find.

mitch mcafee - Sep 18, 2005 10:08 pm

Route Climbed: Vivian Creek Date Climbed: 09-17-05  Sucess!

4th time to the summit, 1st time in 1 day, Rob, Jack

Aaron, Nick and I. Beautiful weather, more people

on trail than ever before.

pmlupi

pmlupi - Sep 15, 2005 2:12 pm

Route Climbed: Vivian Creek Date Climbed: 9/13/05  Sucess!

Unusually, cool day. 38 degrees at Trailhead to start. Clear and cool at the Summit. There was a little snow left on top. Second time up the Greyback. Left at 7:15, summit at noon, (had lunch with a few squirrels for an hour ) and made it back by 3:45.

thebeave7

thebeave7 - Sep 12, 2005 7:14 pm

Route Climbed: Vivian Creek Date Climbed: 09/08/05  Sucess!

4th time up the mountain, this time as part of the So Cal 8000m Challenge endurance event. San G was Mt #2 of 3 on the day, up and down in just over 5h.

mybackpages2007

mybackpages2007 - Sep 12, 2005 4:08 pm

Route Climbed: South Fork Date Climbed: 9-10-2005  Sucess!

Great day on the mountain. Left trailhead ~ 7:20 A.M. Arrived summit via dry lake trail at ~ 1:30. Spent 1- hour for lunch on the way up at the old plane crash. Arrived back at the car at ~ 6:00 PM. First ever summit on SanG.

Mike Carmody and Jon Ellsworth from Camarillo, CA

pauld932

pauld932 - Sep 10, 2005 12:52 am

Route Climbed: Vivian Creek Date Climbed: September 7, 2005  Sucess!

First trip to San Gorgonio. Great weather and the trail was in great shape. The best part of the hike was at the end just when my legs were screaming "no mas" , the final decent to Vivian Creek. I really liked that.



Respectable hike, but worth the work.



Bonus: Saw a herd of 10 Big Horn Sheep.



Paul

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