The Lost Palms Oasis was an 7.8 mile (13 klm) hike but probably the most interesting that we have done so far. We carry a booklet with us to help identify the wide variety of plants and flowers. The hike took us from 3000 to 3500 feet in elevation so the blooms are not as advanced as they were in Anza-Borrego where we were at only 500-1000 feet.
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| The start of our hike on a sandy path |
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| The trail took us on a winding path through the small washes |
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| These giant rocks seemed out of place as most of the area was mostly just a rugged mountain with smaller rocks |
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| Fascinating what 1000's of years of weather and earthquakes can do to rock formations |
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| That is the trail ahead winding through hills, all the way to the top |
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| a narrow box canyon for a quarter of a mile |
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| after the canyon another climb |
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| looking back on the trail |
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| The trail took us down to the bottom of the narrow canyon ahead |
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| the view from the top before we descended to the oasis |
2 comments:
That's quite the trail! Interesting rock formations. I'm guessing you don't meet many hikers on such a trail!
I would say we met 2 or 3 dozen. Lots of University age , because of Presidents day. Maybe 1/3 were senior snowbirds
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