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Deb - May 16, 2011 10:44 am Date Climbed: May 14, 2011
4th of 4Traversed from Jepson after climbing Dollar Couloir, tagging both Charltons, then climbing the 3rd north gulley of Jepson. The wind was insane on the ridgeline! I got knocked over a few times and it was alot of work just to make progress to summit. We departed via Big Draw and that was easy. We finally got clear skies, no wind or graupel around 3PM. Beautiful day for climbing.
SurfinPeakScience - May 16, 2011 1:51 am Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2010
IndependenceBeautiful day!
SurfinPeakScience - May 16, 2011 1:51 am Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2010
IndependenceBeautiful day!
cwharringtonlaw - May 12, 2011 1:26 pm Date Climbed: Oct 18, 2009
Vivian CreekAt 7:30pm my friends and I bumped into a guy and his girlfriend without any gear at all who had "taken a nap" on the summit. Let them borrow an extra tent and space blankets.
Haddadb - Apr 16, 2011 12:49 pm Date Climbed: Oct 7, 2010
Fun but coldWas woken up by a rescue helicopter searching for a lost hiker at midnight. Took the South Fork Route.
Denjem - Mar 16, 2011 1:42 pm
south forknice
GigaMike - Feb 4, 2011 2:47 am Date Climbed: Mar 13, 2010
via SouthforkClimb Gorgonio & Jepson from the Southfork TH. Gorgonio is always a great hike/climb.
Greatshaitan - Jan 3, 2011 4:12 pm Date Climbed: Oct 9, 2010
Second Round = SuccessFinally made the climb up to the top after failing the first last year.
labgloves - Dec 21, 2010 2:02 pm
3X TotalTwice by Vivian Creek and once by Fish Creek. Though the drive is worse, I enjoyed the Fish Creek trail more.
MtnDoser - Dec 10, 2010 3:57 pm Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2010
Dollar Lake to Dry Lake Roundtrip22.3 mile day-trip. Started at Jenks' South Fork Trail to Dollar Lake, up to the San Gorgonio Peak, down to Dry Lake. Exhausted from my longest day hike I've ever attempted.
JanG - Nov 20, 2010 11:13 pm Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2010
Again on Vivian Creek with VivianTwo months after my first summit on San Gorgonio, my daughter Vivian and my son Christoph joined me on this very enjoyable hike. We left the trailhead in extremely hot conditions (over 90 F). Overnight at Halfway Camp, then a very pleasant early AM hike to the windy and quite cold summit. On the way down we encountered a huge rattlesnake "chilling" right next to the trail! We were back at our car by 5 PM. Vivian really enjoyed her first peak above 11,000 ft!
wvpelite - Nov 15, 2010 3:22 pm Date Climbed: Nov 13, 2010
WindyGreat hike up to the uncrowded summit, freezing temperatures and high winds.
setrent - Nov 8, 2010 12:48 am Date Climbed: Nov 7, 2010
Vivian Creek4 1/2 hours to summit. No snow on route. A neat hike up a large peak.
tfac2010 - Sep 22, 2010 12:22 am
Nice Day HikeNice day hike.
Rick Kent - Aug 23, 2010 6:54 pm Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2010
3x in a day!Summitted 3 times in a single day via 3 different trailheads (Vivian Creek, Fish Creek, and the South Fork). Total time: 21 hours. Distance: 48 miles. Gain: 14,000 feet.
rocketsredglare - Aug 9, 2010 6:19 pm Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2010
Three way with VivianA group of eight grew to nine and then shrank to four. Myself and brother in law, and two newbies being introduced to the mountains. My bro and I had done the mountain before, years and years ago. One of the group got twisted up like a pretzel on the way to high camp and we soldiered on without him and let him rest. We tagged the top, SLOWWWWWLY, celebrated with a little salami, cheese and whiskey. Got my second wind and ran down to camp. Low and behold came across our friend and he was on his way UP!! Really proud of him and had a great time!!
WoundedKnee - Aug 9, 2010 7:03 am Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2010
Vivian CreekNice hike...took 8 hours. Being a sea-level guy, definitely felt the thin air up top.
cp0915 - Jul 27, 2010 2:54 pm Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2010
Vivian CreekWith DB. Pretty peak.
MoapaPk - Jul 12, 2010 4:21 am Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2010
Various lumpsWent up S Fork, down Dollar Lake Saddle, over Jepson, Little and regular-sized Charlton. Nice flowers, and ... different. I'm amazed those three small subsidiary peaks have register boxes (though most are vandalized).
If San Antonio is Old Baldy, San Gorgonio should be Old Lumpy. The South Fork Trail takes forever to get to the point.
kk6yb - Jul 10, 2010 2:09 pm Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2010
4th of JulyWe hiked up the Fish Creek trail, camped at Mineshaft Flats and then hiked to the summit on Saturday. Still have several large snow fields to cross on the trail between Mineshaft Flats and the summit. If we had known we could have turned off the trail before the last snow field and gone direct to the summit, that snow was steep and slippery.