Skyline #4

Hiking date: December 30 2015

Location: Palm Springs CA

Rate: Hard

After all this time, Cactus to Clouds is here once more! We didn't go much further this time, but we reached our goal, the first rescue box (see below). But at the painted rocks, we veered off the trail. To make things worse, once we got back on the trail, a lady told us we were on the North Lykken trail. So we hiked back to the painted rocks and continued up. About two hours later, we reached the first rescue box (see below for details). As we went up, we entered a shaded part. It is VERY steep at some points and is also the point we stopped. Our el. was 3003 feet. It was a very good hike.

One of the painted rocks:

Our goal: the first rescue box

Note: the first rescue box is one of of the two boxes that can save someones LIFE. People try to make it to the top and realize that they can't make it. But once they start coming down, it gets too hot and hard to keep hiking. And that's when the rescue boxes come in. When they reach a height of 5400 or 2100 feet (the elevation of the rescue boxes), they are saved! Here are a couple pictures of the rescue box

Clear view of the first rescue box:

Inside the first rescue box: