San Bernardino Peak, 10,649'

11-14-1998

On the Summit of SanBernardino Peak, 10,649'

San Bernardino Peak is in the same range as San Gorgonio and the trails and difficulty are about the same.  I started out for the summit around 6:00 am, set upon doing the entire hike in a day.  If I was not on the summit by 12:00 I was going to turn around, regardless of where I was, and start the hike back down, ensuring that I would have enough daylight left to get off the mountain safely.  I made great time up to around 8000', then I began encountering snow, much more than I had expected.  The 6" to 12" of new snow slowed me down slightly but losing the trail slowed my down even more.  After 5.5 hours of hiking I slowly came over the final rise and hit the summit with half an hour to spare.

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