Tosh's Tarn? I thought it was just 'THE' Tarn. Enlighten me, Sensei Jim Kun.
The "Defender's of the San Gorgonio Wilderness" map (a.k.a. "the Green Map") list's it as "Tosh's Tarn". The Defender's of the San Gorgonio Wilderness is the group that saved the SGW from development as a ski resort (THANK GOD). Bob Tosh, IIRC, was a naturalist who explored the San Gorgonio Wilderness extensively in the 1960's and 1970's. I believe Tosh's work, which documented the diversity of the SGW's fragile alpine, riparian, and montane eco-systems, was used during the proceedings that eventually saved the SGW. Naming the tarn after him seems fitting.
Of course, since there's pretty much only one tarn in the SGW, "The Tarn" works pretty well and is commonly used. A "tarn" is generally a glacially carved vernal pool.
So, when will we be seeing a winter ascent of the NE face of the Dragon's Head. I rate it as somewhere between "complete lunacy" and "suicide mission" on the "official" HJ scale.
HJ _________________ Hiking? Aw, gee, do I have to?
Speaking of Tosh's Tarn and the Dragon's Head, here is a photo of the Dragon's Head taken from Tosh's Tarn:
_________________ Hiking? Aw, gee, do I have to?
NEF of Dragonshead might be in this winter. Not super high on the list, but hey, sure looks good. Will probably go up, camp at the tarn, and rap down or otherwise move down and grab the goods, instead of doing some mega long approach.
Though probably neither useful nor relevant, I snapped these pictures of this area on Saturday whilst visiting Alvin and the other Chipmunks on San Gorgonio Mountain. As an interesting aside; there were real live Rangers checking Wilderness Passes on-trail in the SGW.
Cool pix. So photo #2 is of the Dragon's Head and photo #3 is of Bighorn, but what are photo #1 and #4 of? Is that the Dragon's Head shot from an angle that I just don't recognize? Or is that Yucaipa Ridge? Or ?
HJ _________________ Hiking? Aw, gee, do I have to?
Pretty sure pics 1 and 4 are of the Yucaipa Ridge near the Galena side. I recognize Galena in pic #4 as that transition on the left side from the normal looking brown soil to that crappy, crumbly grey soil.
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