Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop

July 15th, 2023 at 7:34 AMSan Gorgonio Wilderness, CA

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Distance12.5 mi

Elevation gain4,100 ft

CruxClass 2

Route typeLoop

Duration6.5 hr

Quality6/10

Vehicle to trailheadHigh clearance 4x4

Protected areaSan Gorgonio Wilderness, Forest Service/Bureau of Land Management

EcoregionSouthern and Baja California Pine-Oak Mountains

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Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Starting along the Fish Creek Trail at the boundary of the San Gorgonio Wilderness.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Leaving the Fish Creek Trail after just 0.2 miles for a northern spur of Ten Thousand Foot Ridge.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Starting up the spur. Shin-high brush for the first 400 vertical feet.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — View back toward Fish Creek Trailhead.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — A small dip before Peak 9580.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — View back.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Some avoidable Class 2 below the summit of Peak 9580.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Peak 9580 summit. View south toward Hell For Sure Peak.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Continuing toward Hell For Sure Peak.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — View back toward Peak 9580 (right).

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — View back.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Contouring east toward Hell For Sure Peak.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Hell For Sure Peak summit.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Traversing west along Ten Thousand Foot Ridge toward Tea Bag Can Peak.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Approaching the saddle between Hell For Sure Peak and Tea Can Bag Peak. San Gorgonio Mountain is visible on the far left.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Starting up Tea Bag Can Peak's north slope.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — View back toward Hell For Sure Peak.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Tea Bag Can Peak summit.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Continuing toward Peak 9971 (right).

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Dozens of downed trees along Peak 9971's north slope.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Peak 9971 summit. View west.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Continuing toward Peak 10055.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — View back toward Peak 9971 (left) and Tea Bag Can Peak (right).

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Approaching Peak 10055.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Peak 10055 summit.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Continuing toward Carmen Peak.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Carmen Peak summit. From here, Ten Thousand Foot Ridge High Point is just a stone's throw away.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — View back toward Peak 10055 (right).

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Approaching Ten Thousand Foot Ridge High Point.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Ten Thousand Foot Ridge High Point.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — View back toward Carmen Peak. San Jacinto Peak is visible in the distance on the far right.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Descending the southwest ridge of Ten Thousand Foot Ridge High Point. Great views into the San Gorgonio Wilderness.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Approaching the saddle between Ten Thousand Foot Ridge High Point and Fish Creek Peak.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Contouring toward Fish Creek Peak.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — View back toward Ten Thousand Foot Ridge High Point.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Approaching Fish Creek Peak.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Fish Creek Peak summit.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Continuing toward Lake Peak, the final peak on the traverse.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Entering a burn area.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Approaching Lake Peak.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Class 2.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Lake Peak summit. View southwest toward San Gorgonio Mountain.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — View west toward Dry Lake (right).

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Descending the north slope of Lake Peak toward Grinnell Mountain.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Fish Creek Saddle Camp.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Starting up Grinnell Mountain's south ridge.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Following an intermittent use trail.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — View back toward San Gorgonio Mountain.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Topping out on Grinnell Mountain's broad summit. The high point is somewhere on the right.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Grinnell Mountain summit.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Rejoining Fish Creek Trail Fish at Creek Saddle Camp, headed east.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — View along Fish Creek.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — View toward Ten Thousand Foot Ridge High Point from a switchback.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Dropping into Fish Creek.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Trickle of water at the Fish Creek crossing.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Entering Fish Creek Meadow.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — View back toward Fish Creek Meadow.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Southern fork of Fish Creek. The trail disappears into the grasses.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Rejoining the trail on the opposite side of the creek.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Junction with Aspen Grove Trail (left). Stay right to continue along Fish Creek Trail.

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop

Ten Thousand Foot Ridge and Grinnell Mountain Loop — Approaching Fish Creek Trailhead.