Talk about a trip you took out to Anza Borrego
Exploring Torote Canyon
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surfponto Administrator Posts: 1364
1/17/2012
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Working on a short Trip Report but here are the pictures from the day.
Exploring Torote Canyon in Anza Borrego
Torote Canyon Trip Report
edited by surfponto on 1/17/2012 : added link to Trip Report
<em>edited by surfponto on 1/18/2012</em>
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hikerdmb Posts: 423
1/17/2012
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Glad to see the green on the Ocotillo. Hopefully some of the rain forecast for this week will make it over the mountains.
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dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2622
1/17/2012
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Was this just an out-an-back or did you do a loop hike? My son and I did a loop last year that dropped us out into the North Fork. I am looking at doing a trip someday from Torote that drops out into Canebrake.
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surfponto Administrator Posts: 1364
1/18/2012
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Hi David,
Yeah the Ocotillo looked great
Some were even blooming. Torote Canyon is nice since it is pretty protected even when the wind is howlling
Bob
hikerdmb wrote:
Glad to see the green on the Ocotillo. Hopefully some of the rain forecast for this week will make it over the mountains.
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surfponto Administrator Posts: 1364
1/18/2012
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Out and back.
We went as far to where the canyon starts to climb up towards Indian Valley.
That is a really nice area.
Some really nice camp spots you could backpack int to.
Bob
dsefcik wrote:
Was this just an out-an-back or did you do a loop hike? My son and I did a loop last year that dropped us out into the North Fork. I am looking at doing a trip someday from Torote that drops out into Canebrake.
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dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2622
1/18/2012
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When you crest the top area it really opens up into a big sandy wash area, really beautiful up there..yeah, you are right, great place to camp/backpack.
Here is shot from last year up near the sandy area
This shot shows Sombrero Peak
surfponto wrote:
Out and back.
We went as far to where the canyon starts to climb up towards Indian Valley.
That is a really nice area.
Some really nice camp spots you could backpack int to.
Bob
dsefcik wrote:
Was this just an out-an-back or did you do a loop hike? My son and I did a loop last year that dropped us out into the North Fork. I am looking at doing a trip someday from Torote that drops out into Canebrake.
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http://www.sefcik.com
http://www.darensefcik.com
http://www.carrizogorge.com
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surfponto Administrator Posts: 1364
1/18/2012
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Nice
Guess we should have done the whole loop but we had only planned to hike for a couple hours
We drove over to that Dolomite Mine that you talked about a while back. That was pretty cool
Bob
Bobdsefcik wrote:
When you crest the top area it really opens up into a big sandy wash area, really beautiful up there..yeah, you are right, great place to camp/backpack.
Here is shot from last year up near the sandy area
This shot shows Sombrero Peak
surfponto wrote:
Out and back.
We went as far to where the canyon starts to climb up towards Indian Valley.
That is a really nice area.
Some really nice camp spots you could backpack int to.
Bob
dsefcik wrote:
Was this just an out-an-back or did you do a loop hike? My son and I did a loop last year that dropped us out into the North Fork. I am looking at doing a trip someday from Torote that drops out into Canebrake.
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https://www.anzaborrego.net/
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