Painted Gorge, Carrizo Mtn. Hidden Valley 3/11/2024
We are parked about 6 miles in from the closed road so it can be hard to get a tow truck here.
Painted Gorge has many different colors.
Big steep walls.
Ooops group A that is heading to Carrizo Mtn. is returning from the dead end.
Big waterfall is that dead end.
Looking back.
For Me and Hersch there is no dead end here just more climbing fun.
We can do it.
On top of the waterfall.
There are some big rock circles.
Is this the Hidden Valley? Not yet.
That is the Hidden Valley our destination.
Fly by.
After lunch, our small group, I and Hersch started to go down.
Small but nice cactus.
Way down is fine.
White flower.
More of these signs. Do they mean something?
Bypassing some of the bigger waterfalls.
Made it down.
Interesting walls.
Are we all back?
Complete group picture. After that I went to start my Subaru and battery was dead!
So I had to leave my car there overnight 100 miles away from my house.
Next morning with Alann’s help we put the new battery in and it started with no problems. What a relief.
On our way back we stopped under the bridge to take a look at this big off-road collection.
Hike Rating: Difficulty: 3.4 Technical: 3.9 Scenic: 3.8 El. 1000'