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Sacatone Overlook to Carrizo Gorge

dsefcik

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4/13/2011

dsefcik

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Another great trip down into the gorge.

Read the official trip report on my blog http://www.sefcik.com/2011/04/sacatone-overlook-carrizo-gorge.html
and more pictures here http://www.darensefcik.com/Photography/Anza-Borrego-Desert-State-Park
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Scotty "C" and I headed out to Carrizo Gorge for our now annual Sacatone Overlook / Carrizo Gorge hike.

You can read about our trip last year here http://www.sefcik.com/2010/04/sacatone-overlook-to-goat-canyon-hike.html

This year we decided to go south in the bottom of Carrizo Gorge and see if we could find any remains of the old train encampment. The weather this year was much nicer than last year but the terrain and amount of elevation gain/loss still makes this a pretty difficult hike thru some of the least visited and remote areas of Anza Borrego. When hiking in this area of the park we usually do not even see any signs of illegal crossing routes, no dumped backpacks or discarded tuna cans. Scott and I both agree that if the illegals can make it thru this part of the backcountry than they probably have earned a spot here.

April brings Spring weather and also many wildflowers and snakes. We saw four snakes this trip but no rattlesnakes. Wildflowers and especially the cactus blooms seem more abundant in this area of the park. We covered about 9.5 miles total and about 5,000' of elevation gain/loss in about 9 hours. We made really good time compared to last year, mostly due to Scott's recent intense Jillian Michaels regiment...way to go Scott!!

Here a few pictures from the trip

GPS track of the route