Frozen Cucamonga

We had a beautiful hike all the way up to the saddle, but once we were there the wind caught us and chilled us to the bone! After enjoying the scenery and a sandwich, we attempted to hit the trail for the peak. It was frozen solid! The trail was invisible and the snow and ice made it just a slope. With only two sets of crampons for three people we tried to go on for a little with just one crampon each on two of us, but soon decided to call it quits. Everyone we had seen go in, we soon saw come out with the same conclusion…too risky! We had summited the peak last year and knew what kind of view we were missing out on, but we decided to just enjoy our hard lemonades there and head back down. We still had a decent 7.4 mile day and enjoyed every minute of it. We’ll be back! The Idiot Friends will hike another day…