Wildhorse Canyon Hike
Oct. 9 and 10, 2004

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Unloading at the trailhead
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Ready to head out
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The first mile of the trail follows an abandoned jeep trail that has turned into a wash for most of its run.
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The typical chaparral on the lower portions of the trail
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As the trail rises the total washing of the trail decreases as we continued hiking on the grading of the old road.
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I'm a sucker for the weather of a downed cedar. Love that texture.
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Finally bits and pieces of real trail with a nice bed.
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A bit of fall color.
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Back to the road grading
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Love the color
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A packs off rest after a couple of hours.
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The lack of footprints and a cactus growing on the trail gives away the light usage of this route.
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Now this looks like a Southern California trail to me.
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Sugarloaf Mountain. Our goal for the next day.
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The haze is working its way up the canyon from Mentone.
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Looking down at the switchback and Matthew poling his way up.
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A look at Gorgonio peaking from around the front slope.
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More bits of nice trail.
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A mountain-blue sky.
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Making way fro the new forest.
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The few trips I have made with the trail builders has really made me appreciate the engineering of a good trail. A lot of stones were moved to fill this washed out area.
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Beautiful fall bloom.
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The LA Haze is now over taking us.
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Four and a half hours to the campsite.
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The trail to Sugarloaf Mountain crosses the creek here. the log bridge would be very useful in more water abundant time of year.
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