Timber Mountain

 

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I finally bagged my first peak and it was Timber mountain. It was fall and the leaves were just starting to turn colors on the deciduous trees in the lower elevations.
Timber Mountain trail
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As I get higher the trees become all pines. This picture was taken just after reaching Ice House Saddle. The trail gets even steeper then it has been to this point. Ice House Saddle is 3.5 miles from the starting point and 2700 foot elevation gain.

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This topographical map shows the trail I took. The total hike was almost 9 miles round trip with an elevation gain of 3340 ft. The peak of Timber mountain seems to be in both the Angeles National Forest and the San Bernardino National Forest.

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This is taken on the final push to the top. It gets very steep and the trail gets vary narrow.
View from Peak of Timber Mountain
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These last 2 pictures are taken at the peak at an elevation of 8303 ft. I spent about an hour at the peak eating lunch and just enjoying the views. While I was there one other hiker joined me. It took just over 3 hours to reach the peak and just over 2 to hike back down.
Timber Mountain Peak At the peak there is this rock pile and a sign in the middle. I am guessing it marked the peak as it is about the same shape and size of other trail markers but any writing on it was gone.