Hemingway Loop - 2.1.2019
From the west entrance pay station of Joshua Tree National Park... drive 7.8 miles on Park Blvd and turn right into the Hemingway parking area.
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It isn't an official tral, but the path from the parking lot is obvious... we are heading directly for the Hemingway Buttress.
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A closer look at Hemingway Buttress... we will turn to the south and see if we can find Hidden Valley.
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Awesome rock formations beyond Hemingway Buttress.
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We will have to do a little scrambling here... giving up 75 feet of elevation to drop into Hidden Valley.
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Looking back at the 75 feet of elevation that we just gave up to get down to Hidden Valley... there was a pretty good route down that jumble of boulders.
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todman is boulder hopping in Hidden Valley.
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todman working the rocks.
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Looking for a route that will allow us to make a loop hike out of the trip.
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Still scrambling in Hidden Valley.
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Uh-oh... kind of a dead end... time to work the boulders again.
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todman dodges a yucca cactus.
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Looking back at our route... we came from somewhere in the right-center of the photo.
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Off of the rocks and looking back into Hidden Valley as we loop back to the car.
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We can see the Hemingway parking lot... our loop trip was 1.5 miles, gaining 250 feet of elevation.
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