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Joe Devel - Pickering - Newcomb
Incredible traverse from Joe Devel to Pickering to Newcomb with gorgeous sunset over the lake 12129
This was yet another crazy-long weekend, my first time hiking of the Cottonwood pass trailhead. It all started as an idea to spend long weekend up in Sierra to escape the heatwave that was about to hit SoCal.
Weâve started very late in the night and our idea was to hike in as far as we could and so we did, our first stop was near the Chicken Spring Lake. it was sort of short, just enough to catch up with altitude after the long break at the sea level and early next morning we left to establish our camp near 36.493, -118.2703. We immediately left as it was a very long day ahead of us. Our first goal was Joe Devel and it was stupidly sandy/scree awfully annoying to get to that summit, but we did. The summit itself is ok, with some views on Lake Erin and The Major General towards north, but I wouldnât call it picturesque. So we moved further as it was amazingly awesome ridge that we had to traverse before getting to our next goal â Mt.Pickering. Couple of sharp rocks but overall very enjoyable traverse, easy and fun. The Pickering itself has limited views towards north, but you can see much of the traverse towards Newcomb and Mt Chamberlain that is towards south of it. Excited about yet another stretch of rocky catwalk that connects Pickering and Newcomb we left the former and swiftly moving soon we arrived to the Newcomb. Personally I was way faster on the ridge but when the dealing with long and stupid gradual sandy incline the guys took off leaving me and the dust
Nevertheless the most beautiful part was ahead of us as the goal was to descent from the Newcomb towards the lakes below us but before we were delighted to see the beauty of the ridge connecting Newcomb and McAdie. Iâve promised myself that I will comeback there one day, so we shall see.
Descending down the time was upon us and weâve hit the 12129 lake just before the sunset. We were very limited in time but we could not resist and stayed there watching the sun shining on McAdie and its needles reflecting in the lake. Purely gorgeous sunset and one of few west facing shots in my collection as it usually takes a lot of time to get to areas like that.. Speaking of which, our way back to the camp was long and sometimes confusing as this area sees little visitors ( just a few occasional cairns above sky blue lake..)
Next day we decided to hike out hitting a few peaks on the way back, so weâve reached New Army Pass and traversed to Cirque Peak. Weâve reached cottonwood pass tagging 12525, 12417 and 12336.
Overall it was a remarkable journey, enjoy the images.
Joe Devel - Pickering - Newcomb
Incredible traverse from Joe Devel to Pickering to Newcomb with gorgeous sunset over the lake 12129
This was yet another crazy-long weekend, my first time hiking of the Cottonwood pass trailhead. It all started as an idea to spend long weekend up in Sierra to escape the heatwave that was about to hit SoCal.
Weâve started very late in the night and our idea was to hike in as far as we could and so we did, our first stop was near the Chicken Spring Lake. it was sort of short, just enough to catch up with altitude after the long break at the sea level and early next morning we left to establish our camp near 36.493, -118.2703. We immediately left as it was a very long day ahead of us. Our first goal was Joe Devel and it was stupidly sandy/scree awfully annoying to get to that summit, but we did. The summit itself is ok, with some views on Lake Erin and The Major General towards north, but I wouldnât call it picturesque. So we moved further as it was amazingly awesome ridge that we had to traverse before getting to our next goal â Mt.Pickering. Couple of sharp rocks but overall very enjoyable traverse, easy and fun. The Pickering itself has limited views towards north, but you can see much of the traverse towards Newcomb and Mt Chamberlain that is towards south of it. Excited about yet another stretch of rocky catwalk that connects Pickering and Newcomb we left the former and swiftly moving soon we arrived to the Newcomb. Personally I was way faster on the ridge but when the dealing with long and stupid gradual sandy incline the guys took off leaving me and the dust
Nevertheless the most beautiful part was ahead of us as the goal was to descent from the Newcomb towards the lakes below us but before we were delighted to see the beauty of the ridge connecting Newcomb and McAdie. Iâve promised myself that I will comeback there one day, so we shall see.
Descending down the time was upon us and weâve hit the 12129 lake just before the sunset. We were very limited in time but we could not resist and stayed there watching the sun shining on McAdie and its needles reflecting in the lake. Purely gorgeous sunset and one of few west facing shots in my collection as it usually takes a lot of time to get to areas like that.. Speaking of which, our way back to the camp was long and sometimes confusing as this area sees little visitors ( just a few occasional cairns above sky blue lake..)
Next day we decided to hike out hitting a few peaks on the way back, so weâve reached New Army Pass and traversed to Cirque Peak. Weâve reached cottonwood pass tagging 12525, 12417 and 12336.
Overall it was a remarkable journey, enjoy the images.