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Huge Palm Desert Point to Point thru Palm Cnyn, CA
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| Mtn Biking | 25.97 Miles |
2,439 AEG |
| | Mtn Biking | 25.97 Miles | 6 Hrs 10 Mns | | 5.92 mph |
| 2,439 ft AEG | 1 Hour 47 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | As all are probably aware, California received lots of rain and snow this winter. The southern desert is alive with greenery and water running in normally dry washes and creek beds. It is beautiful out there!
A group of friends did a point-to-point mountain bike ride from Pinyon Flat CG in the mountains south of Palm Desert on Pinyon Trail along Omstott Creek, down Palm Canyon past several springs, Mesquite Flat, and Indian Potrero. We turned east and rode up Rock Canyon on the “dry wash climb” to Dunn Road, then north to the top of the Art Smith Trail. The ride finished by "descending" Art Smith all the way down to the TH at Highway 74, passing Bighorn Sheep and native Palm Oases along the way.
This is a full meal deal on a bike, *very* strenuous and occasionally quite steep in places. Read: not for beginners. The route would be far too long for all but the hardest of hikers to complete in a day, but it would be fantastic as an overnighter! Wildflowers were limited last week but things should be starting to pop soon.
NDA alert! NO DOGS ALLOWED on much, if not all of this route.  |
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Wildflowers Observation Isolated
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Omstott Creek |
Medium flow |
Medium flow |
| | | It's apparently quite rare to see Omstott in flow, but it was and may remain for some time | | _____________________
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