Entering the San Gorgonio Wilderness via Fish Creek Trail.
Approaching the spur to Ten Thousand Foot Ridge (left).Leaving the trail after just 0.2 miles.Starting up the spur. Shin-high brush for the first 400 vertical feet.View back toward Fish Creek Trailhead.Peak 9580 comes into view (left).A short dip along the ridge before Peak 9580.View back.Flat section below the summit of Peak 9580.Class 2 below the summit of Peak 9580.Peak 9580 summit. View south toward Hell For Sure Peak.Descending the south slope of Peak 9580.Rocky ridgeline to Hell For Sure Peak.View back toward Peak 9580 (right).Steep climb to gain Ten Thousand Foot Ridge.View back.Contouring east toward Hell For Sure Peak.Hell For Sure Peak summit.Starting the east-to-west traverse of Ten Thousand Foot Ridge. First up: Tea Bag Can Peak.Approaching the saddle between Hell For Sure Peak and Tea Can Bag Peak. San Gorgonio Mountain is visible on the far left.Starting the climb to Tea Can Bag Peak.View back toward Hell For Sure Peak.Tea Bag Can Peak summit.Continuing to Peak 9971 (right).Navigating the many downed trees on Peak 9917's south slope.Peak 9971 summit. View west.Continuing to Peak 10055 (right).View back at Peak 9971 (left) and Tea Bag Can Peak (right).Approaching Peak 10055.Peak 10055 summit.Continuing to Carmen Peak.Carmen Peak summit. It's really just a subpeak of Ten Thousand Foot Ridge Peak, a stone's throw away.View back toward Peak 10055 (right).Approaching the high point of Ten Thousand Foot Ridge.Ten Thousand Foot Ridge summit.View back toward Carmen Peak. San Jacinto Peak is visible in the distance on the far right.Descending the southwest slope of Ten Thousand Foot Ridge. Expansive views into the San Gorgonio Wilderness.At the saddle between Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Fish Creek Peak.Contouring the ridge toward Fish Creek Peak (right).View back toward Ten Thousand Foot Ridge.Approaching Fish Creek Peak, right of center.Fish Creek Peak summit.Continuing toward Lake Peak, the final peak on the traverse.Entering a burn area.Approaching Lake Peak, the outcrop on the right.Class 2.Lake Peak summit. View northwest toward Dry Lake and South Fork Meadows.Descending the north slope of Lake Peak toward Grinnell Mountain.Passing through Fish Creek Saddle Camp.Starting up Grinnell Mountain's south ridge.Following an intermittent use trail.View back toward San Gorgonio Mountain.Grinnell Mountain's broad summit area. The high point is somewhere on the right.Grinnell Mountain summit.Rejoining Fish Creek Trail Fish at Creek Saddle Camp, headed east.Expansive views down Fish Creek.The trail makes several large switchbacks. View toward Ten Thousand Foot Ridge.Descending into Fish Creek.Fish Creek crossing.Entering Fish Creek Meadows.View back at Fish Creek Meadows.Southern fork of Fish Creek. The trail cuts through the grass on the left.Rejoining the trail on the other side of the creek.Junction with Aspen Grove Trail (left). Stay right to continue along Fish Creek Trail.Almost back at Fish Creek Trailhead.
