2003 Hike with photographs

Robinson Jeffers in Southern California

In her biography of Jeffers, Melba Bennett gives an account of an ascent Jeffers made with three companions of Southern California’s highest peak, San Gorgonio (11,499′).

West from San Gorgonio Summit East from San Gorgonio Summit East from San Gorgonio Summit East from San Gorgonio Summit Ground Squirrel on the Rockpile Rob and Gene at Summit Summit Panorama (Quicktime movie) Lupin, Trail to Horse Meadows Heading out from Jenks Lake, 545 AM Heading out from Jenks Lake, 545 AM Heading Out from Jenks Lake, 545 AM Wildflowers, Trail to Horse Meadows Lupin, Trail to Horse Meadows Daybreak on Pines, Trail to Horse Meadows Lupin, Trail to Horse Meadows Heading our from Jenks Lake, 545 AM "Going to Horse Meadows" Horse Meadows, 615 AM Horse Meadows Horse Meadows Horse Meadows, Looking South Ferns on Trail to Poopout Hill Grassland and Pines, Upslope, South Fork Trail Sluice, South Fork Trail Embracing Pines, South Fork Trail Single-side-branched Pines, South Fork Trail Shallow, Rocky Ascent to South Fork Meadows Storm-splintered Trunks, South Fork Meadows South Fork Meadows, 1000 Springs South Fork Meadows 2 First View of San Gorgonio, from 8640' First Clear View of San Gorgonio, from 8700' Wildflowers on Trail to The Point, Close-up Pine-covered slope through Pine Bough Window Roots and Rocks Dollar Lake Trail Horse Meadows, from The Point Horse Meadows, from The Point (Zoom) Gene Uptrail from Below The Point San Gorgonio from Dollar Lake Trail Dollar Lake Trail 2 Boulder, Dollar Lake Trail NE Face Charlton Peak from Dollar Lake Trail San Gorgonio Peak from Dollar Lake Trail Pines, Dollar Lake Trail Rock Outcroppings, Dollar Lake Trail NE Face Charlton Peak Bark Sliderock Crossing Sliderock, Dollar Lake Trail Sliderock Cataract Fallen Pines, Dollar Lake Trail Fallen Pines 2 Dead Pine against Sky Three Dead Pines Dollar Lake Trail 3 North Face Charlton Peak Rocky Rest Stop Rockfield and Pines Crossing Sliderock Thick-rooted Tree, approaching Dollar Lake Saddle First Snow-Patch Ridge North of Dollar Lake Ridge North of Dollar Lake, Zoom Dollar Lake Saddle, 10,000 Feet Shields Peak, from Trail south of Dollar Lake Saddle Anderson and Shields Peaks Ridge South of Mill Creek Canyon, from San Bernardino Peak Divide Trail Stunted Branch Growth on West-Facing Side of Pine North Face Jepson Peak Little Charlton Peak, from South Flank Charlton Peak Pines and Sky West from San Bernardino Peak Divide Trail West from San Bernardino Peak Divide Trail - Zoom Spire Pine, South Flank Charlton Peak On Little Charlton Peak, Jepson Peak in Backgrond Weathered Wood Burl Spiral Growth Pine across Trail Rest stop below Little Charlton Saddle Dry Lake from 'Little Charlton Saddle' Dry Lake from 'Little Charlton Saddle' -- Zoom Charlton (left) and Little Charlton Peaks from North Flank Jepson Peak San Bernardino, East San Bernardino, and Anderson Peaks from North Flank Jepson Peak Snow and Rock. Jepson Peak North Face Jepson Peak, the Last Tall Pine North Face Jepson Peak 2 North Flank Jepson Peak, approaching West Flank North Flank Jepson Peak, Looking East North Flank Jepson Peak, approaching West Flank 2 Northwest Flank Jepson Peak, Looking Northwest to Angelus Oaks Twisted Pine, NW Flank Jepson Peak Dobbs Peak, Foreground, Little San Gorgonio Peak Midground, Riverside in Background Ridge beyond Mill Creek Canyon, Dobbs Peak foreground Dobbs Peak, from West Flank Jepson Peak Carpet Close-Up San Gorgonio Peak, from South Flank Jepson Peak San Gorgonio Peak, from West of Vivian Creek Trail Junction San Gorgonio Peak from West of Vivian Creek Trail 2 San Gorgonio Peak 2 Snow Patches, San Gorgonio Peak San Gorgonio Peak, West Flank, Looking Northeast Gene on Snowpatch between Jepson and San Gorgonio Peaks Rob dons Oxygen Mask, West flank of San Gorgonio Southern Prominence of San Gorgonio Peak, Obscuring 'The Tarn' Vivian Creek Trail Junction San Gorgonio Summit 4 San Gorgonio, Nearing the Summit The Final Rockpile West from San Gorgonio Summit Ground Squirrel on the Rockpile San Gorgonio Summit, Looking East Rob and Gene at Summit East From San Gorgonio Peak 2 SanGorgonio061603 146 The Point