Lower Great Range Dec.28-30 Fri-Sat-Sun

[ALGonquin Bob]

Lower Great Range Fri-Sat-Sun
Due to a recent change of plans, I’ll be heading up to the Garden for a solo hike again this weekend. Not that I want to do so many hikes solo, it just turns out that way quite often, as happened on 2 of my last 3 planned winter hikes now.

If anyone would like to join me, know that I’m a relatively slow hiker (and sort of old) , but I’m quite persistent. The plan now is that I’ll drive up Thursday night, and get an early start from the Garden on Friday morning; I‘m aiming for a 7AM start.

I’ll decide what to do when I get there, but I plan to backpack to the JBL area and make base camp before starting on one of 2 or 3 day hikes from that area. Tentative plans are to do UWJ and Armstrong on Friday, then Saddleback, and possibly Big Slide on Saturday.

If you can’t join me on my hikes, please just hike up all those trails the day before I go. Thank you…. Thank you very much…

 

[bubba]

Travel safe. Let us hear about the adventure and how wonderful it was to have somebody break trail the day before!

 

[alistair]

Bob
I'm hoping to climb the lower range this coming weekend, how was your trip?

 

[ALGonquin Bob]

Alistair, It was a "Great" trip! I'll post a TR on New Year's Day.
Bubba, thanks for the good luck.

 

[ALGonquin Bob]

TR is now up!

Gentle Reader,
My trip report is now up on 3 sites, for your reading pleasure.

 

[alistair]

How long did trip take?

 

[ALGonquin Bob]

speed, or lack thereof

I'm sort of slow on the trail, and stop often on the steep parts to catch my breath, or to stop the screaming in my legs. It took me about 4 hours from the OreBed LT to the top of Saddleback. On Saturday, I left the WJ lean-to around 12:30 and summited Armstrong just after 6PM. Long days.... HAPPY DAYS!