[pct-l] Forbes Saddle, Trail 3E22

[Jim Banks]

Trail 3E22 is the Spitler Peak trail.  You can take Spitler Peak trail where
it intersects the PCT and it will take you down to the Apple Canyon Road.
Apple Canyon Road is not a particularly dangerous road walk, not too much
traffic, but it leads you to Highway 74 which is dangerous.  There are some
dirt roads that go north from the Spitler Peak trailhead parking area that
you could walk to get to Idyllwild, but they cross private property with
locked gates and no trespassing signs, and it would be a long hike.  If you
need to use Spitler Peak trail to bail out, I think the best thing to do
would be to hike down Apple Canyon Road to where it meets Highway 74.  There
are a couple of campgrounds where the roads meet (Apple Canyon campground
and Herkey Creek campground) and you might be able to hitch into Idyllwild
from there.

I-Beam

-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of JIM BRAVO
Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 11:00 AM
To: greg jacobs
Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Forbes Saddle, Trail 3E22

I'm not seeing trail 3E22 on the WP maps. Can someone point me in the right
direction? If it's a dangerous road walk I want to mark in on my map...

Thx,
Jim

On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 5:05 PM, greg jacobs <pcthiker08 at gmail.com> wrote:

> For bailing out of the San Jacintos alot of advice is given to use Frobes
> Saddle but just up the PCT is Trail 3E22 which looks like a better option
> since you dont have to go down to Hwy 74, you can just do an easy road
walk
> into Idyllwild. Anyone who has used these alternatives care to comment.
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