[pct-l] Ocean Views from the PCT?

[Rob Langsdorf]

If you leave the PCT at Kwaaymii Point (about Mile 53.4) and follow the old jeep trail that goes north just to the left of the PCT and then climb to the top of Garnet Mountain you get to a place with an excellent view on a clear day. I have been up there after a rain, when you could see the Coronado Islands to the west and turn around and see peaks in Joshua Tree. But you have to go a little off trail to get to this view point with the unobstructed view.

             Mataguay Connector




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 From: James Green <jagwrightwoodpct at gmail.com>
To: Judson Brown <judsonwb at gmail.com> 
Cc: PCT MailingList <pct-l at backcountry.net> 
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Ocean Views from the PCT?
 

You can definitely see the Pacific Ocean from the top of Baden Powell on
most days. I live in Wrightwood and climb that trail often.



On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 6:18 PM, Judson Brown <judsonwb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Definitely cannot from any part of Oregon. Intervening coast ranges get in
> the way. Not to mentioned haze. Most of the time you can't even see the
> Cascades from the Willamette Valley.
>
>
> On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 7:48 AM, <gary_schenk at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> >  On 04/30/14, harwoodcreek at gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > The ocean for which the trail is named is rarely visible from the route.
> I
> > figure it can probably be seen from the San Gabriels, which I haven't yet
> > traveled, and Puget Sound is probably visible in Washington State. I've
> > seen coastal fog and a break in the mountains at three places: south of
> > Chihuahua Valley Road (Trail Angel Mike) in San Diego County; at the
> > trail's westernmost point, south of Huckleberry Mountain above the
> Klamath;
> > and in the southern Oregon Cascades looking west to the Umpqua Valley.
> >  Who's had actual sea views, and where?
> > _______________________________________________
> >
> > Mt. Pacifico, obviously, along with Baden-Powell and much of the Angeles
> > Crest area. It has to be a very clear day, of course. When it is clear,
> the
> > most amazing views are to be had: Mt San Jacinto, Mt. San Gorgonio,
> > Telescope Peak, El Paso Mtns, Tehachapis, Great Western Divide and the
> High
> > Sierra at Mt. Whitney.
> >
> > Gary
> >
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