Anne and I took the Palm Springs Aerial tram up to try to hike to the top of San Jacinto. It is only it about a 10 mile hike from the top of the tram to the peak (round trip) and from our views down in Riverside, it seemed that most of the snow had melted. We found out we were wrong about a mile into the hike when the trail became covered in snow and the only trail that was left was the footprints of those who went before us. We've hiked through snow before (in the Sierras) and it wasn't icy so we kept going. To make a long story short, found that we had gone way off the trail - like I said, following the other maniacs before us. After the fottprints dwindled to nothing, we kept heading up the ridge to the top. We eventually made it to the top of the mountain, just not the right one! We were at the top of Jean Peak just to the South of San Jacinto. We eventually made it back down to the tram (fun but tired) and I was kicking myself the whole way down for not buying those Kahtoolas when I saw them a few months ago.
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