HIKES & EVENTS
The Jackson Five
Backpacking
DATE: Mar 21, 2015
END DATE: Mar 22, 2015
Hike/Event Location: Los Angeles CA
Trip Leader(s)
CJDGO
Phoenix, AZ United States
Meeting Time: 7:00 AM
Max # People: 6
Hike Guiding / Event Fee: No, I will not be asking participants for money
Hike Difficulty Level:
Strenuous
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Summary
The Dick Smith Wilderness in early spring is a fantasyland of rushing streams and green meadows full of wildflowers. This backpack, on the far eastern edge of the Sierra Madre range, will take us into a high-elevation oak savanna with sweeping ridgetop views over condor country.
This will be a strenuous backpack, covering over 26 miles in two days at a purposeful pace, so this trip is suitable only for experienced backpackers in very good shape. Most of our trail will be along well-graded fire roads, affording us fast, obstacle-free mileage and wide-ranging views of the Los Padres backcountry. But we’ll push into the bush for a couple miles in order to reach a primitive campsite near the Jackson Five swimming holes. Therefore, we’ll cheerfully face the possibility of some bushwhacking, ticks, black bears and rattlesnakes fresh from hibernation, and possibly a bit of poison oak. Because of the strenuous nature of this trip, the leader reserves the right to qualify participants. This is a consciously low-impact outing, so carpool participation is encouraged and participants are urged to contribute to their vehicle’s shared mileage and gas costs.
This trip is strictly dependent upon a favorable weather forecast. A National Weather Service forecast of rain within 72 hours of our start will cancel or re-route this trip at the sole discretion of the leader, as will fewer than three confirmed signups as of 8:00pm, Wednesday, March 18. This trip will be by individual commissary, and we’re not planning any shared meals, so please plan to provide your own two-day supply of food.
Directions To Trailhead Parking Lot
We’ll meet up to consolidate our carpool at the Camarillo Park-and-Ride lot (Pleasant Valley Road x US101) at 7:00am (SHARP!) on the morning of Saturday, March 21 in preparation for our hour-long carpool to the trailhead. L.A.-based hikers should plan on leaving L.A. no later than 6:00am.
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Pack plenty of water (3+ liters), as we'll be on a ridgetop fire road and away from water sources until nearly the end of our hike on Day 1.
Hello there, I'll be driving from LA, Highland Park, to the meeting place. Let me know if someone wants to carpool.