Botttom of Fobes Trail
Looking up to Fobes Saddle
Just below the Saddle
Fobes Saddle
Trail Ratz Chairs and Water Cache
PCT looking north toward Spitler Peak
Pano looking south down onto Fobes Saddle
Spitler Peak
San Jacinto Wilderness Boundary
Palm Springs and Coachella Valley to the east
New trail re-route up Spitler Peak
Palm Springs below
I wonder what this sign once was...
East side snow
Apache Peak
Lake Hemet below and the Santa Ana Mountains beyond
Ranch below and just west of The Trail
Run out trail to the west (not on any map I've seen)
This is NOT the trail to Apache Spring!
Apache Saddle
THIS is the trail to Apache Spring
The tail down to Apache Spring
Walkin' the edge!
Looking south back along the Desert Divide
Antsel Rock
Murray Canyon
The Trail always seems to keep to the east side of the ridge. Snow stays longer here.
South Peak in the distance
I was following these footprints all the way to Saddle Junction. They looked maybe a few days old at the most.
Antsel Rock
STEEP chutes!
Andre Canyon and Long Valley in the distance.
Waterfall FAR below
Antsel Rock (looking south)
You'll hear a lot about this little piece of The Trail...
I was warned that it required crampons/axe and three-man roped technique to cross when ice and snow is present. The chutes just off the trail are crazy-steep. A fall would result in a sliding free fall through rocks, stumps and trees. I was prepared to turn around if it was icy since I was doing this solo, but this is all the snow that was on the trail. I carefully stepped across and continued on my way.
The "Trail through the rock" from just a little ways north
