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| Page Type: Trip Report Lat/Lon: 34.26039°N / 117.8541°W Date Climbed/Hiked: Apr 13, 2006 | Page By: TacoDelRio Created/Edited: Oct 20, 2006 / Dec 12, 2007 Object ID: 236952 Hits: 673 Loading... Page Score: 67.12% - 4 Votes Loading... Vote: Log in to vote |
The hikeWent for a bit of a walk on April 13 2006. Parked at the gate closing R39 / Azusa Avenue off.
Got out, walked all the way up from the gate to Crystal Lake Campground. Talked to a few firefighters cutting brush.
Entered the area, took the turn west to Crystal Lake. Ate lunch. Headed south to connect to the primary trail that reaches Islip from the south. Walked up, got winded a buncha times (ruck was light), reached the top after slogging through some light snow and nearly eating it a few times.
Got down to the ridge connecting Islip and Hawkins, near Little Jimmy Campground, at sunset. Beautiful night. Continued down into the Crystal Lake "Bowl", and found one of the roads. Carefully followed that back to the main road (closed R39), and took it south. Got back to my car about 5 minutes before midnight, after hurrying because I didn't know if I'd get a ticket for havin a technically expired day pass (by minutes!).
Feet felt a tad soft. I was wearing some new issue infantry boots (old all-leather ones) that were a size too small and thin. Still had a good time.
Reached my car to find all the windows minus the windshield broken out with rocks, and the tracks bent where the windows go in. Fantastic end to a day! With april 14th being my birthday, it was the first present of the day at 12 midnight! Cut my hands up brushing the glass out of my car. I couldn't afford to fix it, since I'm not exactly a rich person by anyone's stretch of the imagination, so I had to sell the car off. I haven't done anywhere near as much climbing since then, and have really been forced to put my favorite hobbies on the back burner. I hope whoever did that burns in hell for a very long time. Or moves to Los Angeles. :-)
Total of about 30 miles (I think) in 12 hours 45 minutes.BikesHad a few guys pass me riding roadbikes. If you enjoy that kinda stuff, this route is excellent! It's steep, but not so much that you become airborne and launch off a cliff. You could ride up the hill (sucks), stash your bike in Crystal lake, and enjoy any surrounding peak. Then relax on the ride down. About 11-12 miles of paved road on R39 makes for a very easy ride down! Images
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