It was one of those December days where we didn't know if it would rain or if
the wind would blow the clouds away. 11 people had assembled at the La Cañada
carpool point at 6:30AM. The reasoning behind having such an early meeting time
was to avoid the target shooting at Pinyon Flats while doing Bare Mountain.
We did Bare first and nobody was shooting, thank goodness. The route we chose
for Pacifico, which was at the close end of the shooting area (Pacific Crest
Trail) was not feasible because it was too close to the bullets. People were
shooting there because it was a little later in the day. We then went further
back on the road we came in on and walked on a ridge which led up to a road.
This road ended in Pacifico. We had lunch at one of the tables on Pacifico
before heading back down to the cars. We were back down about 2:30PM. We had
done 8 miles and 2900 feet of gain.
Since it was still early we decided to get more peaks. Ray Wolfe joined us on
Lewis and Mooney, while the rest of the group went back to La Cañada. Others
participating were Ursula and Don Slager, Richard Schomberg, Robert Ives, Duke
Blakesley, Bill Huebach, Brent Washburne, and Marty Magaddino.
