By TIM WILCOX Special to the Alpine Mountaineer Where: North of Lake Arrowhead Length: 4-mile round trip Elevation gain: 144 feet Challenge: easy to moderate The rocky and relatively remote area north of Lake Arrowhead is one of our mountains’ preeminent hiking...
By TIM WILCOX Special to the Alpine Mountaineer Where: Green Valley Lake Length: 3-mile round trip (partial transit) Elevation gain: 156 feet Challenge: easy to moderate (snowfields) We’re back in our mountains’ highest community, where last October we hiked around...
Where: North of Lake Arrowhead Length: 4-mile round trip Elevation gain: 377 feet Challenge: easy to semi-difficult The trailhead for one of our mountain’s more remote routes is situated at the northern end of Highway 173. Beyond the Caltrans barricade, the...
Where: Lake Arrowhead Length: 3-mile round trip Elevation gain: 112 feet Challenge: easy to moderate Its neighbor to the east is nearly 57 times larger. Quite obviously, then, Lake Arrowhead is a much more prominent destination. Still, Grass Valley Lake is definitely...
By TIM WILCOX Special to the Alpine Mountaineer Where: Crestline Length: 2.6-mile round trip Elevation gain: 322 feet Challenge: moderate to momentarily difficult One of the western San Bernardino Mountains’ more obscure hikes is in the same neighborhood as what could...
By TIM WILCOX Special to the Alpine Mountaineer Where: Lake Arrowhead Length: 3.6-mile round trip Elevation gain: 165 feet Challenge: easy to moderate On a bluff overlooking Lake Arrowhead and Papoose Lake, MacKay Park is one of our area’s most accessible launching...
