Painted Gorge, Carrizo Mtn. Hidden Valley 3/11/2024




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We are parked about 6 miles in from the closed road so it can be hard to get a tow truck here.
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Painted Gorge has many different colors.
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Big steep walls.
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Ooops group A that is heading to Carrizo Mtn. is returning from the dead end.
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Big waterfall is that dead end.
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Looking back.
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For Me and Hersch there is no dead end here just more climbing fun.
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We can do it.
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On top of the waterfall.
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There are some big rock circles.
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Is this the Hidden Valley? Not yet.
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That is the Hidden Valley our destination.
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Fly by.
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After lunch, our small group, I and Hersch started to go down.
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Small but nice cactus.
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Way down is fine.
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White flower.
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More of these signs. Do they mean something?
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Bypassing some of the bigger waterfalls.
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Made it down.
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Interesting walls.
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Are we all back?
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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.
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Next morning with Alann’s help we put the new battery in and it started with no problems. What a relief.
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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'