Level of Difficulty
Easy
0 to 500 foot elevation gain, approx. 3 miles
Moderate
500 to 1000 foot elevation gain, approx. 7 miles
Moderate/Strenuous
1000 to 1800 ft. elevation gain, approx. 8-12 mi.
over 1800 ft. elevation gain, over 10 mi.
REQUIREMENTS (schedule below)
Good hiking boots and socks; 1-4 quarts of water; rain jacket/windbreaker;
hat, gloves, sunscreen, etc. depending on the season.
Hiking poles are recommended to improve upper body strengthening and improve
personal stability.
Snacks or a lunch are optional depending
on the length of the hike. Please no pets.
The National Forest Adventure Pass [ NFAP ] may be required.
NFAP - May be purchased at the US Forest Service Visitors Center on Highway
18 in Sky forest and at the following locations: Crestline: 7-11on Lake
Drive; Twin Peaks: Pine Rose Cabins; Lake Arrowhead: Lake Arrowhead Resort,
Chamber of Commerce, 7-11, Coldwell Banker Skyridge Realty, Agua Fria:
Above and Beyond Sports; Cedar Glen: Trading Post; Running Springs: Chamber
of Commerce, Ito Ski and Rental; Arrowbear: Deer Lick Lumber.
Call the hike leader to register and find out the meeting place and
other instructions. The hike leaders set the number of hikers and what
they will need to carry. Trips can be booked with the hike leader starting
a week in advance up to 8pm of the day before. As a courtesy we ask that
you cancel by the morning of the hike with the leader if you can not attend.
To ensure your place on the hike, please call early.
Some of our hikes will require carpooling so we ask that a donation be made by each hiker to the driver of $1 per 20 miles for gas, cleaning, etc.
MOUNTAIN TOP HIKING CLUB
FEBRUARY 2012 HIKING SCHEDULE
Saturday,
January 28, 2012
PACIFIC
CREST TRAIL (SOUTH) FROM I-10 –
Sierra Club, Big Bear Group
8:30 AM, strenuous, 10 miles
through hike, 2,000 ft.
elevation gain, taking 5 hours
to complete. The Pacific Crest
Trail (PCT) comes down the north
face of San Jacinto Mountain,
spilling over into the San
Gorgonio Pass, across I-10, and
northward up the slopes of the
San Bernardo Mountains. We will
hike south from the San
Bernardino Hwy (I-10) to Snow
Creek Canyon. Later in the
spring of 2012, we will hike PCT
down the San Jacinto Mountain
from Fuller Ridge 16.3 miles
connecting with Snow Creek Road.
Meet on I-10 and Haugen-Lehmann
Way off-ramp on the north side
of I-10. We will shuttle return
cars to Snow Creek Road. BRING:
Ten-essentials, layered
clothing, adequate water,
lunch/snack, sunscreen,
sunglasses, hat and gloves.
RESERVATIONS: Call LEADER Ed
Caliendo (760) 328-1090 or
dogs111@msn.com.
Monday Meanders –
Big Bear Lake area – WEATHER
PERMITTING
9:00 am, Big Bear Convention
Center, parking lot at the north
end (corner of Big Bear Blvd and
Division). Group will
collectively select an easy to
moderate hike typically lasting
2 hours, covering 4 miles with
moderate elevation gain. Bring
water, snacks, layered clothing,
winter boots, snowshoes and
poles. National Forest Adventure
Pass maybe required. Any
questions contact Janet (909)
585-8511
Tuesday,
January 31, 2012
SAND/BOW CANYON LOOP,
SNOWSHOE/HIKE – Sierra Club, Big
Bear Group
9:00 AM, moderate, 6 miles,
cross country hike/snow shoe
below the southern ridge line of
the Big Bear Valley. This will
be a snowshoe if conditions
permit and a hike if they don’t.
Contact the leader prior to the
hike for conditions. Meet at the
Von’s parking lot in Big Bear
Lake at 9:00 AM to car pool to
the trailhead which has limited
parking. For additional
information please call Ed
Wallace, Hiking Leader at (909)
584-9407.
Monday, February 27, 2012
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
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Sierra Club, Big Bear Group PCT
Challenge Recognition Program
Each calendar year the Big Bear Group awards special recognition badges for accomplishing special hiking achievements. A new program for 2011 programs is described below.
Hike Section C of the Pacific Crest Trail: Hike the
historic Section C (between San Bernardino, Interstate
10 to Interstate 15 near Cajon Pass) Pacific Crest
Trail during the summer of 2011 and/or 2012 and
receive a special achievement patch and recognition in
the Palms to Pines bi-monthly newspaper.
Background: The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) designated for hikers to travel from the Mexico border to the Canadian border covers a total of 2,638 scenic miles. Section C of the PCT travels through the San Gorgonio wilderness and the Big Bear area for a total of 132.9 miles.
Challenge Description: The hiking challenge is
separated into eleven (11) segments, culminating in a
three-day backpacking trip. The hiking segments can be
accomplished over the years 2011 and 2012. In other
words, a hiker may choose to complete all segments
over a two-year period.
Enthusiastic hikers may contact Hiking Leader, Ed
Caliendo, at (909) 878-3813 or contact either
co-leader Ed Wallace at (909) 584-9407 or co-leader
Vicki Hobbs (909) 771-9899 for additional information.
The hiking schedule will be confirmed by-monthly and
published in the Palms to Pine publication and on the
Sierra Club website. The 2011 tentative hiking
schedule is provided below.
Hike#2: May 21, 2011
–Silverwood Lake Area entrance road to 2N33 near Cedar Springs Dam – This is a 6.0 PCT through-hike.Hike#3: June 4, 2011 –Cedar Springs Dam to Mojave River Forks Reservoir Dam – This is an 11.1 PCT through-hike.
Hike#4: June 11, 2011
–Deep Creek Bridge (near Lake Arrowhead) to Mojave River Forks Reservoir Dam – This is a 14.4 mile PCT through-hike.Hike#5: June 25, 2011 – Little Bear Springs Trail Camp to Deep Creek Bridge/Lake Arrowhead – This is a 12.8 mile PCT through-hike.
Hike#6: July 2, 2011
– Van Dusen Canyon Road to Little Bear Springs Trail Camp, northwest of Fawnskin, CA – This is a 10.7 mile PCT through-hike.Hike# 7: July 16, 2011 – Van Dusen Canyon Road, near Big Bear City to Hwy 18 Cushenberry Pass near Baldwin Lake – This is an 8.9 mile PCT through-hike.
Hike# 8: July 30, 2011 – 2N01 to Hwy 18 Baldwin Lake Cushenberry Pass – This is a 10.5 mile PCT through-hike.
Hike# 9: August 13, 2011
– 2N02 to Cienaga Seca Creek turn-off on Hwy 38 – This is a 7.0 mile PCT through-hike.Hike# 10: September 10, 2011
– Cienaga Seca Creek turn-off to Mission Creek Trail Camp- Day Hike – Southeast of Big Bear, located on Hwy 38. This is approximately an 8.9 mile PCT through-hike.Hike#11: October 21, 2011 to October 23, 2011
– This is the final leg of our PCT Section C journey, a three-day backpacking adventure from Mission Creek Trail Camp to Interstate 10 near Whitewater River Canyon Preserve. This last leg of the journey is a 29.5 mile PCT through-hike. This completes the 132.9 mile PCT Challenge. 
July 2010
PACIFIC CREST TRAIL-WHITEWATER TO CAJON PASS
The following is a breakdown of hikes that we will be offering along our section
of the PCT.
We have broken the trial into 16 segments that can be comfortably hiked in a
day.
They vary from easy to very strenuous.
Please look for the segments in the regular hiking schedule.
Some will be offered more than once over the course of the year.
Most of the PCT hikes are shuttle trips. We need to
know the number of people planning to attend shuttle
hikes so we can arrange to have the proper number of
cars at either end of the trail.
So please register with the hike leader two days
before the day of a shuttle hike.
PACIFIC CREST TRAIL-WHITEWATER TO CAJON PASS
0. Whitewater
1. Mission Creek Trail Camp – 14.0miles, Very strenuous
2. Coon Creek Jump Off – 6.6 miles, moderate
3. Onyx Summit – 5.7 miles, moderate
4. 2N02 – 9.4 miles, strenuous
5. Dump RD. 3N08 – 6.2 miles, moderate
6. Van Dusen Road 3N09 – 6.9 miles, moderate
7. 3N12 – 6.3 miles, moderate
8. Little Bear Springs – 4.4 miles, easy
9. Crab Flats Road – 6.5 miles, moderate
10. Deep Creek Bridge – 6.0 miles, moderate
11. Devils Hole – 5.0 miles round trip, easy
12. Mojave River Dam – 13.0 miles, Very strenuous
13. Cedar Springs Dam – 9.4 miles, strenuous
14. Silverwood Entrance – 6.0 miles, moderate
15. Silverwood Lake to Elliot Road – 9 miles, strenuous
16. Crowder Canyon (Elliot Road to Cajon Pass) – 4.5 miles, moderate
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