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Death Valley, DPS, Trip Reports
-Telescope Peak & Rogers Peak-
07.17.11 | Permalink | 1 Comment

DPS: #4

Elevation: 11,048 & 9,994 ft.

Date Hiked: 7-16-2011

Trip Report:
I had wanted to hike Telescope peak for a long time and finally had the opportunity this weekend. Eric, Dave and I drove from San Diego to hike Telescope and see Death Valley.

Telescope Peak
DPS, HPS, Trip Reports
-Martinez Mountain-
10.12.10 | Permalink | 2 Comments

DPS: #3
HPS: #18

Elevation: 6,560 ft.

Date Hiked: 10-10-2010

Trip Report:
Martinez Mountain is in the Santa Rosa wilderness in the desert of southern California. It is a difficult mountain to get to requiring a long approach. The most recent entry in the summit register was over a month and a half ago. For southern California mountains this is a long time. The plan was to bag both Martinez Mountain and Sheep Mountain with Mark, Florian, Lee and Paul from the meetup.com SoCal Hikers and Peak-baggers group.

Martinez Mountain
Misc, Sierra Nevada
-Sierra Photo Drive-
05.02.10 | Permalink | Comment?

I made a drive to the southern Sierra for the second time in a week. I had to pick up my car which was in the shop getting a new transmission. Last Friday on my way to Onion Valley campground I hit/was hit by a rock and terminated my transmission. A week later I had a new one and needed to make the 300 mile drive to pick up the car. I though this would be a good opportunity to take some photos of the southern Sierra and post them.

Most of the couloirs I saw had lots of snow. The east side of the range had snow above about 8-9,000 ft. The snow in the Inyo Mountains had mostly melted.

The Beginning of the Owens Valley
Anza Borrego, DPS, SDC, Trip Reports
-Sombrero Peak-
02.16.10 | Permalink | 3 Comments

DPS: #2
SDC: #18

Elevation: 4,229 ft.

Date Hiked: 2-13-10

Trip Report:
This was the second Omega Group hike I did and was also my second DPS peak. Although I have not hiked Jacumba Mountain I believe this peak to be the easiest DPS peak in San Diego county. This peak has two routes, a longer more gradual ascent from the west or a shorter steeper ascent from the east. We chose to ascend from the east.

Sombrero Peak Summit View
Anza Borrego, DPS, SDC, Trip Reports
-Indianhead Success-
02.15.10 | Permalink | 3 Comments

DPS: #1
SDC: #17

Elevation: 3,960 ft.

Date Hiked: 2-12-10

Trip Report:
I attempted this peak just 6 days earlier in the rain and solo. I did not summit and wanted to return as soon as possible. This was a difficult climb and after completing it this week knew I had made the right decision by turning back last weekend. Although I had made it to 3500 ft. I still had hours of climbing before returning to the car. This weekend I attempted this peak again, this time with a climbing partner, Peter and in clear weather.

Indianhead Peak
Anza Borrego, DPS, Trip Reports
-Indianhead Attempt-
02.07.10 | Permalink | 4 Comments

Elevation: 3,960 ft.

Date Hiked: 2-6-10

Trip Report:
I had wanted to start hiking the Desert Peaks Section (DPS) list for awhile. This was one of the peaks on the list and was supposed to be a good climb with solid class 3 sections on the SE Rib route. The route climbs over 3000 feet from the desert floor to the summit in just a few miles on this route. This was also the third weekend in a row I had gone hiking. On Saturday February 6th it was raining throughout San Diego County. Since this peak was in the desert I gambled the weather would be better there.

Indianhead Peak