California Borrego Springs - Pinyon - Mine Wash loop
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 4.49 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,857 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 1,824 ft
- Max elevation
- 3,691 ft
- TrailRank
- 36
- Min elevation
- 2,977 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 2 hours 18 minutes
- Coordinates
- 362
- Uploaded
- March 29, 2009
- Recorded
- March 2009
near Dos A, Baja California (Mexico)
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Itinerary description
More Anza Borrego Hiking
On Hwy 2 after mile 21 and directly after the Anza Borrego Park sign (from the direction of Borrego Springs) head left on a dirt road.
Head East at the sign Pinyon mountain valley. Follow this dirt road in a high clearance 4x4 to the trail head.
At point A Xing the road runs strait into the canyon. Follow the canyon / wash downhill after some time we meet the main canyon / wash from the right (C Xing).
The small drop at point D gives an idea what is to come.
Just as everything looks ok we meet something at point F we dare not pass, a two stage drop.
But there is an easy way around. Go back 50 Yards and head up the hill / canyon to the right (west). After a short climb there is a nice and easy wash that runs all the way to the canyon we couldn't pass.
Take a look at the drop from the other side. It looks like you actually can make it.
Go back to H Xing and continue strait on south west into a small rocky canyon, that is easy to follow up. More to the end of the canyon it becomes more cross canyon but still easy.
On the other side we make it back to a small canyon to the dirt road.
Hiking time 2Hour 20 Min return.
http://www.efmer.eu/trails/usa/ca/borrego/pinyon_mine_wash.html
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Waypoints
Waypoint
3,566 ft
O Xing
Waypoint
3,565 ft
M Xing
Waypoint
3,499 ft
L
L - reference point
Waypoint
3,120 ft
J Drop
Drop other side. Looks actually passable but we know it has 2 drops. So don't try it if you are not a mountain climber.
Waypoint
2,985 ft
I Xing
Waypoint
3,135 ft
H Xing
Xing. Left is the return route. But first we take a look at the drop at the other side.
Alpine Climbing
3,184 ft
F Drop
Drop too steep and slippery to go down. Go back 50 Yards and go right (west) uphill into another canyon.
Waypoint
3,311 ft
E Xing
Xing - canyon to the right looks promising
Waypoint
3,437 ft
C Xing
Waypoint
3,583 ft
A Xing
Xing go left in to the canyon
Car park
3,429 ft
Parking
Parking. Park right before a steeper rocky part that was too much for our 4x4 because of the clearance.
Waypoint
2,365 ft
S2
S2 - Pinyon Valley Road
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