For this weeks Show Us Your California contest by @socalsteemit I take you to one of the most visited wilderness areas in America...
The San Gorgonio Wilderness!
The San Gorgonio Wilderness is 94,702 acres of pristine sub-alpine mountain scenery right here in Southern California. It's in the eastern San Bernardino mountain range and is named for the the highest peak in the area, the 11,503' tall Mt. San Gorgonio!
Mt. San Gorgonio from Sugarloaf mountain
The summit of Mt. San Gorgonio
I've been visiting the San Gorgonio wilderness for over twenty years now. My parents started taking me out hiking and backpacking there at a young age. Nowdays, I've hiked every marked trail in the area and a bunch of the unmarked trails and cross country routes. I've climbed almost every peak and camped all over the wilderness. I've climbed to the summit of Mt. San Gorgonio nine times now. I've climbed it more times than I've climbed any other mountain. My mom even got married to her husband on the summit!!
My mom @doverland and I on the summit of Mt. San Gorgonio in 1995
*photo by @doverland
Me, my mom, and a few friends on the summit in 2012
*photo by @doverland
The San Gorgonio Wilderness is a huge place and there's a lot more to it than just the summit. Streams, lakes, meadows, wildlife, flowers... it's truly an amazing place. So today I'm gonna show you a few of the awesome places to visit within this spectacular wilderness area!
Backpacking on the San Bernardino peak trail
Columbine springs
The headwaters of the North fork Whitewater river
Camping near Jackstraw springs
Dry Lake
Wildflowers
Big Meadow
The Aspen Groves
Hiking on the Momyer creek trail
Alger creek
Upper Fish Creek meadows
In memory of a plane crash on the northeast face of Mt. San Gorgonio
The plane wreckage is scattered all across the mountainside
Overlooking Mill Creek canyon from near San Bernardino peak
Overlooking the Tarn and the Dragons Head from the Sky High trail
View of Mt. San Gorgonio from Jepson peak
View of San Jacinto peak sticking out from the cloudy valley below
Sunset from the Vivian Creek Trail
Thanks for coming along on this quick little tour of the San Gorgonio Wilderness!
I really hope you've enjoyed this weeks glimpse into My California!!
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Always great pictures! Was once my favorite place to hike. Great photo of the Aspens, I never saw them that beautiful. I've been to 9 summits in that wilderness.
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Whoa, how many kg have you carried in those backpacks and for how many camping nights? Our looks smaller and we are packed for 1 year trip :D
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Usually anywhere from 10-20kg depending on the trip.
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Dear @derekrichardson,
Thank you for supporting our tag #archisteem. For your information, we are currently running the project – 1001 Places to Remember. Do drop by and take a look :)
Stay tuned and Steem on!
@archisteem and team
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Hiya, @livinguktaiwan here, just swinging by to let you know that this post made the Honorable mentions list in today's Travel Digest #365.
Please drop by to check out all the rest of today's great posts and consider upvoting the Travel Digest if you like what we're doing.
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Sweet! Thanks again!!
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Splendid pics and the weather
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Thanks @psyceratopsb!
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O wao second and last photographs are amazing..
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Thanks @clicked!
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I love this my California post idea. When I get some time, and then the motivation Ill be doing mine soon. Got to showcase the Monterey County, which IMO is the heart of Cali ;)
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Heck ya @jonyoudyer. We'd love you join the contest!
Also I wanted to let you know that there's a Steemit meetup group starting up in San Francisco. I just learned about them yesterday. You can read about what they're doing in this post. They seem pretty cool. I'm hoping to work together with them in the future. Anyways, when I saw that I knew I should share it with you!
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always enjoy reading your posts! Also your mom is adorable and I have given her a follow, hahaha. I will have to add this place to my list of places to visit here in Socal! (also wow new banner! it moves!)
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Thanks Corinne. I always enjoy your posts as well! Thanks for following @doverland, hopefully I'll talk her into posting on Steemit more. She always has lots of great content she could be posting.
Oh ya, how about that awesome banner! That's all thanks to @zord189 right there.
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The view from San Jacinto peak is gorgeous. I have never done intensive back packing and I hope to experience San Gorgonio at least once in my lifetime. Are there a lot of bears around the back packing trail?
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You climbed San Jacinto? That's awesome! I love the San Jacinto wilderness too. Unlike the San Jacinto wilderness there ARE bears in the San Gorgonio wilderness. But not a lot of 'em, and they're black bears which are usually not aggressive. To be bear safe just counterbalance your food in a tree at night or bring a bear canister.
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Oh I only wish lol. I was referring to the photo that you shared of San Jacinto was gorgeous. Highest peak I climbed so far was a volcano that I shared last year and last one was the 1000 steps to the three crosses in Mt. Humarap. About the bears didn't know the black bears are not aggressive. Everytime I see videos of camping in the wilderness, I always think about the bears. If ever we go backpacking in the wilderness, we'll look you up to ward off the bears lol. Cheers!
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I would love to hike this beautiful wilderness!
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You should check it out sometime!
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I will if I ever so lucky to travel to that part of the world!
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Photo diary on the region a wonderful keepsake and awesome share. Stunning mountains above and beautiful valley passes below, thanks for this incredible visit @derekrichardson
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My pleasure @joanstewart!
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Wow, those are amazing photos! That must have been a fulfilling hike. Thank you so much for sharing this!
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Thanks @sgbonus! I've had lots of very fulfilling hikes in the San G wilderness. I love it up there.
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Hearing that your parents got married on the summit of that mountain gives me a perfect insight into why you spend so much of your time in nature! That’s awesome. :) Thanks for sharing another lovely post!
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That was quite a day. The preacher had hiked all the way up there that morning... he was exhausted! lol. They had to let him rest for awhile before doing the wedding. Then we all drank champagne before hiking back down to camp.
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Hello @derekrichardson, thank you for sharing this creative work! We just stopped by to say that you've been upvoted by the @creativecrypto magazine. The Creative Crypto is all about art on the blockchain and learning from creatives like you. Looking forward to crossing paths again soon. Steem on!
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Hey @derekrichardson
Another amazing post. You are blessed with some special terrain in California. The photos are incredible. I especially like the above the clouds shot San Jacinto Peak. Stunning.
Gaz
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