My friend Alpana and I got this idea to hike the SoCal Six Pack of Peaks together. Up to this point, we’d done Baldy (Mt. San Antonio) together. Gorgonio was our second peak challenge. We managed to get two other victims to do this extremely long day hike with us. I don’t think any of us knew what we were signing up for. The ascent isn’t too steep, but the hike is long. Hiking nearly 20 miles in one day is tiring.
On a personal note, I’m so happy that I finally summit-ed Gorgonio. This was not my first attempt to climb SoCal’s highest peak. The views were beautiful. Fortunately, the altitude wasn’t as hard on me this time around, and we didn’t get lost!
Accessing the Fish Creek trail head requires a high clearance vehicle. I took everyone for a wild ride on Kelvin’s 4Runner,. The trail head is 7 miles down a rugged dirt road.
Hike Basics
Miles: 19.94 miles, out and back
Duration: 11 hours and 30 minutes
Elevation Change: 3,938 ft
Permit Required?: Yes. You can apply here.
All pumped up and totally unaware of the adventure ahead of us.
Alyssa, Alpana and Alex
Alyssa, Alpana and me
The remains of a plane wreck.
Along the way, we found some snow and built a snowman.
Almost there!
The peak literally looks like a pile of rocks.
Yoda summited as well.
You never know what you’ll find at the peak. There was an American flag, a notebook to sign in and a few other random items.
