Diveworx Smith

Diveworx Smith

Cucamonga Peak via Icehouse Canyon

03/05/17

So I get to the first Saddle, easy peasy 😎 But then the trail is completely gone and I've never been to Cucamonga Peak. So I think @mtnking and I always say when in doubt "Go up"! So I do, I just go straight up and it's rough, but I'm making great time. So I reach the summit and a fellow hiker is just about to summit when I catch him. I ask are we on Cucamonga? He says "No" then points across the valley to the neighboring peak and says that's Cucamonga, this is Bighorn Peak. So I look and see the ridge line down and I see a ridge line up. Off I go! The other hiker asks if I'm going to Cucamonga, I reply "that's what I got all dressed up for " he just shook his head. Going up Cucamonga straight up in snow was rough!!!! So the first pics are on top of Bighorn peak looking across to Cucamonga. The last pics are summit of Cucamonga Peak looking back at Bighorn Peak. No gloves, crampons, hiking sticks, just me and my Merrells. I already am feeling it!

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