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Posted by johnr
on June 24, 2012, 18:46:26, in reply to "Re: High Meadow Springs"
31.172.30.4
Thanks for the thoughts, Phydeux, but we're not in decent enough shape to do an extra five miles and bag four peaks after climbing to the summit. We're experienced enough to know our limits, which are about 6 miles and 3000 feet with a full pack. Dayhiking we can do 10-12 miles, but no way with the big packs. Especially not when getting up to high elevation from sea level where we live. I've been on the summit many times, but I've never overnighted there, so this is going to be the trip. I just hope it isn't too windy (fingers crossed).
--Previous Message--
: Unless you're REALLY set on staying
: at the summit, and in decent shape,
: you should be able to make it from
: Dry Lake to High Meadow Springs in
: the same day. It isn't that far
: from Dry Lake to the summit (via the
: Sky High Trail), and its all
: downhill once you get to the top of
: San G. I'd suggest you skip the
: ovenight at the summit this trip and
: come back next spring if you want to
: do an overnighter up there (I'd
: highly suggest it - pretty awesome
: to see both the sunset and sunrise
: from the top .
:
: --Previous Message--
: I'm going to be doing the 9 peaks as
: a
: backpack, starting from South Fork,
: staying the first night at Dry Lake,
: then tanking up on water and camping
: the second night on San Gorgonio's
: summit. Since there is no snow on
: the summit (sadly) by the time I get
: to High Meadow Springs for my third
: night's camp, I'm expecting to be a
: bit thirsty.
:
: The water source/conditions page no
: longer has anything useful on it
: about High Meadow Springs. I
: searched the forum and it appears
: that HMS always has water, even if
: it's slow. So that's nice, if true.
: Side question: I'm sure it was
: discussed here once but I missed it;
: could someone tell me what happened
: to all that old useful data that
: used to be on the page?
:
: Anyway, my main question is for
: Hikin Jim:
:
: Could you post the most exact
: location you can for where the
: spring is located? Using the trusty
: ACME mapper, of course, on satellite
: viewing mode, like this. Of
: course, an accurate gps-usable
: lat/lon coordinate would also be
: nice... Thanks in advance, Jim. I
: want to be able to walk right to the
: water without any trouble. Also,
: could you mark what your best guess
: is as to the campsite's location?
:
:
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