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4 reviews for Humber Park
Who would have thought that a mere 2 hours are high quality granite faces reminiscent of Tuolumne Meadows? Tahquitz Rock (aka Lily Rock) and Suicide Rock are large granite formations first "discovered" by the climbing community in the 1930s. Today you'll find a plethora of both single- and multi-pitch routes, which are mostly covered by the Falcon Guide by Randy Vogel and Bob Gaines. Some of the more popular climbs also highlighted here:
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Keep in mind that the town basically shuts down around 8 pm in case you have a post-climb hankering for a burger.
Note: by "parking pass" Nick E means a National Forest Adventure Pass: http://www.fs.fed.us/r...
I discovered this beautiful park (part of the San Bernardino National Forest - note for those visiting that you have to have a parking permit) on a day hike with the Sierra Club. The first nice thing you notice when you come here is the incredibly quaint little town of Idyllwild. If you ever find yourself thinking that your sanity hinges on your ability to not be in LA at that moment (hard to believe, I know - I only have this thought, at most, 2 or 3 times a week), then coming here might be your answer. It's basically like being transported to a small mountain town in Colorado.
More importantly, the park is the gateway to some really spectacular rock climbing and hiking. Climbers would do well to check it out - here you can try something more challenging than Joshua Tree without having to deal with all those X-Games-looking a-holes that always seem to infest JT. On the hiking front, this is the trailhead to the Tahquitz peaks and valley, which are just indescribably pretty. Long slopes of evergreen trees thinning out and turning into scrub as the valley descends down to the desert floor, and beautiful panoramic peaks (see, that's the best I can do). I should also note that the hiking is not particularly easy here, and it's at altitude, so plan accordingly.
An added bonus to my hiking trip: I had a little experience for the first time that I feel makes me just a little more a Californian. On the drive back home, after dark, I was sitting in jammed traffic around Pomona (sadly, not the first time I've had THAT f---ing experience out here), and across the 10 I saw six or seven police cruisers with their lights flashing. Then I saw they were chasing another car with its lights off. Then came the helicopter behind them with the spotlight. Ah, Los Angeles!
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Finally I've found a place near San Diego to hike under trees! 5 stars for the tall trees, great trails, and calming vistas.
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Humber Park is just a few minutes walk from my mom's cabin in Idyllwild, and I am very lucky for that. This is an amazing park. At the bottom are several trailheads that go in all directions, plus parking and bathrooms. During the winter this is where everyone plays in the snow. My sister, brother and I have done a couple of the trails and the most impressive is the main trail. We've taken it about two hours up, but the sun was setting and we had to book it back to the bottom. Where we were you could see all of Idyllwild and the most amazing mountain vista with Lily Rock and Suicide Rock. These two peaks are famous for rockclimbing, so if you are a rockclimber, you should check Idyllwild out.
We were winding our way up through pines and boulders and stepping over brooks that crossed the trail. We passed several hardcore hikers coming down from the summit of the mountain, and I've heard that there is a trail that crosses the whole mountain range that can be accessed by the Humber trail.
Then the way back is lots of fun, because it is a pretty well-maintained trail, and you can basically jog down the whole thing.
Awesome, gorgeous fun.
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