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Anza Borrego, Trip Reports
-Canyon Sin Nombre-
12.28.11 | Permalink | 2 Comments

Date Hiked: 12-27-2011

Trip Report:
Canyon Sin Nombre is a gorge in Anza Borrego near the Imperial County border. It as well a the Mud Caves are located in the Carrizo Valley.

Canyon Sin Nombre
Anza Borrego, Misc, Trip Reports
-Valley of the Moon-
11.21.11 | Permalink | Comment?

Date Hiked: 11-5-2011

Trip Report:
Valley of the Moon is one of the premier rock climbing destinations in southern California. There are plenty of established routes and it is never crowded, it is also a great place to hike and explore. This area contains the point at which San Diego county, Imperial county and Mexico meet.

Valley of the Moon

Photo by Bruce
Misc, Trip Reports
-Blue Angels Peak, Valley of the Moon-
11.26.10 | Permalink | Comment?

Imperial County HP

Elevation: 4,548 ft.

Date Hiked: 11-26-2010

Trip Report:
Blue Angels Peak is the Imperial County High Point, located just north of the Mexican border and just east of the San Diego county border. This peak is also located next to one of the best bouldering areas near San Diego, Valley of the Moon. We decided to park in the Valley of the Moon and Hike to the peak. This way we could also explore the valley when we got back.

Blue Angels 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
Anza Borrego, Trip Reports
-Anza Borrego Wildflowers-
03.15.10 | Permalink | 3 Comments

I had the opportunity to visit Anza Borrego and see the wildflowers. There were many flowers already in bloom but the peak is supposed to be a week from now.

Ocotillo Buds
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
Anza Borrego, HPS, SDC, Trip Reports
-Whale Peak-
01.31.10 | Permalink | 2 Comments

HPS: #11
SDC: #16

Elevation: 5,350 ft.

Date Hiked: 1-30-10

Trip Report:

This was a trip done with the omegameaniacs from The Omega Group. I had wanted to hike Whale ever since I first saw it from Monument Peak. This mountain is located in the center of the Anza Borrego State Park and is a literal island in the sky. It rises over 4000 feet above the surrounding desert and has pine trees at the summit. This peak also happens to be both an SDC and HPS peak

Granite Peak #2 from Pinyon Mountain Rd and S2
SDC, Trip Reports
-White BM and Bonny BM-
01.23.10 | Permalink | 2 Comments

SDC: #14 & 15

Elevation: 5,326 ft. & 4,574 ft.

Date Hiked: 1-23-10

Trip Report:

I had been looking to go for a hike for the past few weeks. This past week southern California had an epic series of storms which left snow above 4,000 ft in San Diego. Although there was up to two feet of snow I was still going to try and bag an HPS and a few SDC peaks. I choose to hike San Ysidro mountain becasue you can also bag 3 SDC peaks (The Thimble, White BM and Bonny BM). These peaks aree located west of Borrego Springs along State Route 22. The directions from the HPS site were dead on.

White Benchmark