Easy, 2.33 mi loop

180 ft elevation gain

Hiked 3/26/24

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An easy loop takes you to Barker dam, a small reservoir built for ranching in the early 1900s. This area is used extensively by climbers as many large outcrops may be found in the area. Apparently petroglyphs may also be found on a rock wall here, although I was unaware at the time so did not see.

A Joshua tree takes up the left half of the frame while in the distant right a large rock mound may be seen with a climber on the top of it attached to a climbing rope.

A large outcrop of fragmented rock rises up behind a field of small Joshua Trees under a blue sky dotted with a couple small clouds.

A massive rock mound with many small boulders eroding off of it stands above a small grouping of Joshua Trees. Several small clusters of trees may be seen growing in portions of the mound.

  • RubberElectrons@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    This is a good time of year to go, anything past April is brutal.

    Make sure to take pics of the windmill farm on the way back to LA, and get a date shake! 😎

    P. S. If you wanna see some real post-apocalyptic shit, check out the Salton sea… It is a place of death. The only sound is the sun curling paint off former gas stations, cheerful 60s plastic signs of this or that resort by the water cracking in the endless sun, coated in the ever-present tan of dust.

    There are only memories of joy. And they’ve long faded too.

    • everydayhiker@lemmy.worldOP
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      11 hours ago

      Yeah, Salton Sea was a real trip. I am usually all for visiting the places of desolation, but even that was a bit much for me. Some of the art exhibits along the beach were pretty moving as well… Missed out on the Date shake, but that sounds like it would be delicious!