LukeJobbins
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Pinnacle route for picacho del Diablo
Just attempted the pinnacle route to picacho from botte azul. We got shut down half way after running out of water and food and not wanting to survive
another night on the mountain.
Anyone have detailed maps and or beta for the route? We want to go again but better prepared and complete the route in one shot.
Thanks
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There is water available at campo noche but nothing at blue bottle and nothing on the ridge except for a puddle in a rock that I thought was pretty
dirty looking but we went for it anyways. We had topo maps and satellite images but they did not seem very accurate when I was up there. We got to one
point where the climb or scramble up a rock was not worth the risk(+150’ cliff if we fell) without placing gear(we didn’t have). We couldn’t
find a way around and didn’t want to get stuck on the other side without gear or water so we ended up backtracking to what we called the Morgan Fox
spot(where he was found) and down the canyon to just below the waterfall above campo noche and back up the normal canyon to blue bottle. With our
current gps route and info about the first half, we feel confident in dropping the time from a day and a half to a half day for the first half. But we
still have no idea about the second half of the route and we want info to make it a bit faster and safer next time.
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Luke,
I can put you in touch with friends from Tijuana who have done the Pinnacle Ridge route from Blue Bottle. I believe they placed protection,
encountered some 5.7, and made rappels. Their bivy site was the exact same as where Morgan Fox was found.
-John
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BajaAndy has done it. A rudimentary search here produced this:
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=39970#pid4335...
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Quote: Originally posted by Maderita  | Luke,
I can put you in touch with friends from Tijuana who have done the Pinnacle Ridge route from Blue Bottle. I believe they placed protection,
encountered some 5.7, and made rappels. Their bivy site was the exact same as where Morgan Fox was found.
-John |
Yeah please. We made five rappels if I remember correctly. Zero rock climbing, just scrambling but we both agreed it wasn’t the right route when we
called the trip. Our friend did the route blue bottle to picacho down to campo noche and back up to blue bottle in one day and said he never had a
sketchy area but couldn’t remember details. We took two days for half the route and called it at the sketchy part so we most likely were a bit off
route.
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Luke,
I will send an email with the contact info for Alex G. who did Pinnacle Ridge.
Woody and PaulW,
It seems that you may be confused about Luke's intended route, "...pinnacle route to picacho from botte azul".
He is referring to the technical route that is commonly called "Pinnacle Ridge". It is the very long granite ridge consisting of numerous rocky spires
that connects Cerro Botella Azul (aka: Blue Bottle peak) with Picacho del Diablo. That route does not involve descending into Diablo Canyon. I have no
reason to expect there would be water up on that ridge, except after snow or rain.
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| Quote: Originally posted by Maderita | Luke,
I will send an email with the contact info for Alex G. who did Pinnacle Ridge.
Woody and PaulW,
It seems that you may be confused about Luke's intended route, "...pinnacle route to picacho from botte azul".
He is referring to the technical route that is commonly called "Pinnacle Ridge". It is the very long granite ridge consisting of numerous rocky spires
that connects Cerro Botella Azul (aka: Blue Bottle peak) with Picacho del Diablo. That route does not involve descending into Diablo Canyon. I have no
reason to expect there would be water up on that ridge, except after snow or rain.
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Blue arrows pointing out Pinnacle Ridge:
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Thanks for posting the map David.
I've been curious about the "new" western approach route from Vallecitos meadow to Scout Peak and dropping from Scout Peak to Campo Noche. Not curious
enough to actually do it though!
The old route was from Los Llanitos (at the end of the dirt "road" leading south from Vallecitos) to Blue Bottle and down Gorin's Gully (or the
adjacent gully or rib).
The new route looks easier. Perhaps more mileage, but some of that over easier terrain. Any way you do it, that mountain is a long grind.
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Hey Woody... thanks for the nod, but I haven't done the Pinnacle Ridge route. I've done the normal route down to Campo Noche and then to the summit
and back.
Good luck on your next attempt Luke! I'm sure you'll get it next time!
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Where is this at?
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Baja
Parque Nacional Sierra de San Pedro Mártir
Picacho del diablo
Google it up
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| Quote: Originally posted by LukeJobbins | Just attempted the pinnacle route to picacho from botte azul. We got shut down half way after running out of water and food and not wanting to survive
another night on the mountain.
Anyone have detailed maps and or beta for the route? We want to go again but better prepared and complete the route in one shot.
Thanks |
I would contact Victor Lopez (Rayo Ensenada), one of the most experienced guides for that area I know and has been involved in several rescues of
stranded hikers on the mountain. You may recall the emotional video last year of the rescue of a SoCal father along with his two daughters on the
mountain - Rayo was the first one to reach them. You can contact him via facebook.
U2u me I can send you his cell number...
https://www.facebook.com/rayo.ensenada
[Edited on 3-27-2018 by BajaGringo]
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Ya, it's like the tallest mountain in Baja, JZ... and it is labeled on the map I posted.... straight west from San Felipe, the double peak/tallest
mountain, Picacho del Diablo, 10,154'.
[Edited on 3-27-2018 by David K]
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LukeJobbins
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| Quote: Originally posted by BajaGringo | | Quote: Originally posted by LukeJobbins | Just attempted the pinnacle route to picacho from botte azul. We got shut down half way after running out of water and food and not wanting to survive
another night on the mountain.
Anyone have detailed maps and or beta for the route? We want to go again but better prepared and complete the route in one shot.
Thanks |
I would contact Victor Lopez (Rayo Ensenada), one of the most experienced guides for that area I know and has been involved in several rescues of
stranded hikers on the mountain. You may recall the emotional video last year of the rescue of a SoCal father along with his two daughters on the
mountain - Rayo was the first one to reach them. You can contact him via facebook.
U2u me I can send you his cell number...
https://www.facebook.com/rayo.ensenada
[Edited on 3-27-2018 by BajaGringo] |
Thanks. I’ll ask Sofia about him. She was part of the rescue party so I’m sure she knows him.
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