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evenstar





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PostPosted: 4/30/2003, 10:45 am    Post subject: Pinnacle Peak Reply to topic Reply with quote

Did Pinnacle Peak this morning with 43 pound backpack on. Trail is not at all technically challenging having been contractor built; wide and smooth dirt with literally no loose rock. But good physical workout 'specially with the pack. First .7 miles is mostly uphill, some fairly steep sections; next .5 miles is mostly down hill, some fairly steep before starting the .25 mile uphill section on the smaller peak behind Pinnacle Peak, again, some fairly steep sections; final .3 miles to end of trail is downhill with much of it very steep switchbacks. Out and back trail, so just reverse the milage. In the morning, before 7:00, much of the trail is in the shade. Very Happy
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PostPosted: 5/3/2003, 11:39 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

Hooli- is there areas to explore off trail in the Pinnacle Peak area? I haven't made my way up there yet...
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PostPosted: 5/4/2003, 6:57 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

There's a rock climbing area about 1/4 of the way into the trail that, I'm told, can get you to the top of the peak. The highest point on the trail is well below the peak.
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