Under The Rock

One of Idyllwild's many landmarks is "Suicide Rock". Most hikers take the Deer Springs Trail to the top of the rock and are rewarded with awesome views of Southern California. What most hikers don't know is that there is another way to the Rock starting off Fern Valley Road called the "Climber's Trail". This trail takes you to the base of Suicide and offers an astonishing "close encounter" with this massive chunk of granite. It's scenery I haven't seen anyplace else in the San Jacintos.

This other-worldly terrain is not in the high Sierras, this is 2 hours from San Diego!

Self-portrait at 8000 feet.