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| Vincent
Gap to Mt Hawkins Update
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the hike: |
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Vincent
Gap to Mt Baden Powell, Mt Burnham, Throop Peak, Mt Hawkins |
| date: |
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9/6/2001 |
| location: |
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Angeles
NF, Southern California, USA |
| type: |
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Out
& Back |
| distance: |
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~14
Mi RT |
| start
time: |
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6:53
am |
| times
up: |
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Baden
Powell: 8:37 - ~9:00am
Mt Burnham: 9:?? - 9:??am
Throop Peak: 10:35 - ~11:00am
Mt Hawkins: 11:18 - 11:45am
Total Time Up: 265 min |
| times
back: |
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Leave
Mt Hawkins: 11:45am
PCT junction with trail to Baden Powell next to Wally? Waldon?
1500 year old tree: 1:15pm
Back at truck: 2:15pm
Total Time Down: 150 min |
| end
time: |
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2:15
pm |
| start
elev: |
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6565
ft |
| peak
elev: |
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Baden
Powell: 9399 ft
Mt Burnham: 8997 ft
Throop Peak: 9138 ft
Mt Hawkins: 8850 ft |
| elev
gain/loss: |
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~5500
ft |
| coordinates: |
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Vincent
Gap: N 34°22.387'; W 117°45.131'
Mt Hawkins: N 34°20.469'; W 117°48.337'
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| other
GPS info: |
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Mt
Hawkins Elev: 8876 ft
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| difficulty: |
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***.5 |
| scenic: |
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**** |
| technical: |
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| driving
directions: |
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From
I-15, exit at Hwy 138 N. Take this to Hwy 2, make a left.
Take hwy 2 a few miles past Wrightwood to Vincent Gulch Parking
area. Park here. |
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| hiking
route: |
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Start
hiking up the PCT at the west end of the parking lot. Hike
~3.8 miles up the PCT to a junction with the trail that goes
to the top of Baden Powell. Take that left fork to go to the
peak. When done at the top, take the same trail back down
to the PCT and continue westward on the PCT (or look for the
trail on top of Baden Powell that takes you down the backside
and meets up with the PCT, this would be quicker and shorter.)
Stay on the PCT for about a mile more and pass just below
the top of a 9086 ft unnamed peak (more like a hill on side
of Baden Powell) along the way. You will come to a fork in
the trail, the left fork goes up to Mt Burnham, take it. The
trail does a small circle on the top of Mt Burnham & continues
down the other side of Mt Burnham. I didn't find this at first
and was cutting through some brush until I landed on this
trail. The trail meets back up with the PCT and now continue
on the PCT maybe 1.5 miles to a fork. Take the right fork
up to Throop Peak. From the top of Throop Peak, start back
down the same trail you just went up on but at somepoint (I
didn't realize where) the trail must split to the right and
rejoin the PCT so you don't have to go all the way back to
the fork where you turned off to Throop Peak. In this area,
before you rejoin the PCT there are some really nice & very
large Jeffery Pines. Continue on the PCT along a ridge to
another fork. Take the left fork up to Mt Hawkins. When done
at Hawkins, go back down to PCT and follow the PCT the whole
way back to Vincent Gap, avoiding a 2nd visit to each of the
peaks. |
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| details: |
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I
just kind of took it easy on this hike. I planned to go from
Vincent Gap to Mt Islip which is a ~4 mile further hike each
way and adds about 2500 ft more elevation gain. But when I
got to Mt Hawkins I was looking over at Mt Islip & it just
ain't a very impressive mountain, at least from the view I
had. It just didn't seem worth it. Plus I was wearing this
new pair of boots and had blisters developing since climbing
Baden Powell. I had pleanty of water, food, and energy, just
not much desire to continue, so hell I didn't. There are good
views of different things from each of the 4 peaks. The best
views are from Baden Powell, a lookout on the south side of
the trail between Burnham and Throop, and Throop Peak. Not
a whole lot to say about Mt Burnham except there is a nice
out of place Sugar Pine on the peak (W side). Didn't find
a register can on top of Burnham. Throop peak has some real
good views, especially of Devil's Punchbowl. The best part
of Throop Peak though, was the stand of large Jeffery Pines
that the trail goes through as you walk down. Mt Hawkins is
a very easy hike from Throop and the view toward the West
and South is worth the hike. To the southwest there is a pretty
good view of Mt Wilson & there is a good view of the hills
that the PCT goes over as it goes down to Windy Gap. There
is also a good view of Mt Islip and some broad looking mountains
further out that way (maybe Waterman Mtn?) and the ridge that
leads out towards South Mt Hawkins. There is also a great
view of Baden Powell, Burnham, & Throop from Hawkins. Going
back, the worst part that comes to mind were some switchbacks
on the PCT up the backside of Mt Burnham, they were small
and few but just kind of annoying for some reason. The hike
back down Baden Powell seemed more like 6 miles. The weather
was pretty nice for most of the hike. About 1/3 of the way
up Baden Powell a good breeze started blowing and got stronger.
On top of Baden Powell at about 8:30 am it was fairly chilly
(but extremely nice) with the stong gusts that were blowing
up there. I had lunch up here (at 8:45 am) and played around
with my new camera a little. It was a welcome relief to the
heat that I've felt out here during other hikes. There were
other localized patches of wind but it all pretty much stopped
after Mt Burnham & it didn't return for the rest of the way
in or out, bummer. Clouds covered all of the non-desert cities
for the whole time that I was out there. That was cool to
be on top of. Going back, past Mt Burnham and on the side
of the 9086 ft unnamed hill (next to a sign that says something
like Baden Powell to the left, Mt Burnham to the right), the
is a good view of Burnham, Throop and Hawkins. I'd say the
best part of the hike was the large Jeffery pines below Throop
and the fact that the PCT was heavily littered with Jeffery
Pine seed, I still got to check if they are any good though.
UPDATE 9/7/01: the Jeffery Pine seed is very good quality
seed. I estimate a 90-some percent germination rate under
ideal conditions. Jeffery pines I shall be growin. |
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| trail
condition: |
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PCT
- excellent, side trails up to peaks are generally a little
steeper and not as wide or smooth as the PCT. |
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| forest: |
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Jeffery
Pine, Lodgepole Pine, & White Fir abundant. Some Limber Pines,
a few Sugar Pines. Chincapin & Manzanita abundant. Some Mountain
Whitethorn. |
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