[pct-l] Where is the trail? (Sunday)

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Vic

I guess you picked up the trail at the tunnel under I-10. near Cabozon .Then
you should have gone pass the Nesa Wind Mills. There is and interesting area
there called Cat's Claw Patch. I was bleeding from many scratches as they
reached out and clawed me.

You cross the Whitewater River which in the spring flows pretty fast. I
camped that might just as I got out the wash.  (NS) Its a site marked in
guide book.

I was going from Big Bear to Cabozon (NS) . The wash was running pretty good
with the snow melt. I guess I must have 30 crossing. Were you saw the sign
you should have found trail there. I found an old dried out log about 8 feet
long and carried it to cross the streams. I didn't have to keep taking my
shoes off. Thank God for my poles There are no PCT marking along this section
they keep getting washed out. You don't want to get caught in that canyon
during a wash out. It reminds me of the Bridge to Nowhere During the thirties
they put a road up there and you can still see section that were not washed
out.

lonetrail
>
> I wanted to go for a backpacking trip this weekend but my favorite
> National Forest areas are all closed so Saturday morning headed out
> towards Palm Springs to go for a short hike on the PCT.  As I was trying
> to find a good place to start I met the owner of the Pink Hotel and he
> directed me to the trail head and parking just north of the I-10. I left
> there at 2:00 PM and was going to try to hike to the boundary of the San
> Bernardino NF and return. I got down to the river bed with no problem (I
> counted 6 PCT marker posts that I could see from 1 spot!). The trail
> ended at a marker post, out in the dry wash was a large pile of rocks
> with a stick in it (to alert southbounders to look for the trail?) and
> that was the last I saw of it. I followed tracks off and on up stream for
> about an hour and 15 min. There were a bunch of small trees near the
> south bank so decided to camp there as it was about 6:15. This morning I
> got up and continued up stream for about 45 min. to the only large tall
> tree in the stream bed. I was getting near what looked like the end of
> the wash (for the 3 time!). Is that near the start of the SB NF or was
> there another turn ahead and more rocky trail less going? I needed to
> head back to gave up and turned around and went back, packed up my gear
> and got back to the trail head at 4:00 pm. I was a beautiful weekend for
> a dessert hike except that it was so cloudy last night I only got a