San Jacinto- Snow Camp

San Jacinto- Snowshoeing, Backpacking, Camping, Hiking

As part of the Wilderness basics Course, Sierra Club I ventured on a snow camp. San Jacinto is one of the mountains that gets snow and is part of the six pack of peaks (10,834 ft) . We took the palm springs route and the tram to reach 8000 ft. 

The icy trails made us to put on the snowshoes for better traction. 

We backpacked to the round valley for about 1.5 to 2 mile to setup camp.

Round valley and Tamarack valley have pretty good campgrounds

We did some cross country hiking across steep valleys in the hope of climbing Cornell peak. The views up there were spectacular.

The reason you want to climb those peaks are the inexplicable views

The 360 degree view from what we thought was Cornell peak. Unfortunately we saw that the adjacent one was the intended peak and not the one we climbed up. So much for reading the map wrong :P

Camping on the snow was a great experience. I survived the night and below freezing temperatures.

This reminded me of a "magical world..lets go exploring" view from Calvin and Hobbes :)

All I want to is to sit and stare..

San Jacinto is one of the best places to hike, snowshoe and for altitude training.

May the peace of the wilderness be with you ! :)

Happy Trails!