Eisenhower Mountain - 4.6.2015
A photo of our GPS Track for our trip to Eisenhower Mountain in the Santa Rosa Mountains... 7.3 miles roundtrip, gaining 1788 feet of elevation.
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The hike starts with paying admission to get into The Living Desert Zoo & Gardens State Park.
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Once inside the park, follow the 'Nature Trail' signs.
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Sign the register and make sure you are back by 4:00 pm.
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Heading for Eisenhower Mountain... the rounded summit in the left-center of the photo.
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There are several of these picnic shelters along the trail.
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Starting up the unpatrolled portion of the trail.
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The trail goes a quarter-mile or so up a canyon.
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Time to get out of the canyon and head uphill.
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Denali Girl is out of the canyon and going uphill.
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The terrain is a little more rugged now.
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Denali Girl and Eisenhower Mountain.
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High enough now to see the San Jacinto Mountains on the left.
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At ~1000 feet we have reached a plateau area right below Eisenhower Mountain.
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Starting cross country for the summit... very rocky.
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I saw several cairns as I started up.
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Denali Girl took this shot of me on the way to the summit.
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Ascending and looking down on the trail... and out to Coachella Valley and the San Jacinto Mountains.
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Lots of barrel cactus on the hillside.
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Looking up... steep and crumbly.
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Still heading up.
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Almost to the summit.
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Looking down... Denali Girl is at the picnic table in the exact center of the photo next to the trail.
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That looks like the summit.
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At the Eisenhower Mountain summit (1952').
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Looking down on Coachella Valley... Palm Springs is down there somewhere... San Jacinto Mountains on the left... San Gorgonio Peak is on the horizon in the center of the photo.
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Looking across Coachella Valley to the Little San Bernardino Mountains.
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The Santa Rosa Mountains from the Eisenhower summit.
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Looking south toward the Salton Sea.
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The summit area... looking north toward the San Jacinto Mountains.
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Back down at the trail and picnic table.
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I found Denali Girl at the picnic table.
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Heading back to the car... and looking back at Eisenhower Mountain.
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The trail winds through some very cool terrain.
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Looking back at Eisenhower.
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Still heading down.
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Looks like we are on the way to play some golf.
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Some history on the Eisenhower Trail System.
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A look at the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains.
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So long Eisenhower.
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