"Yucaipa Ridge Traverse! Allen to Little San Gorgonio. Stashed a bike at the Vivian Creek TH, then drove back and left the car at the entrance to the Bearpaw Reserve. From Little San G, descended a sketchy gully to Mill Creek then a quick bike ride to close the loop. Everything had gone perfectly on this traverse until the descent from Little San Gorgonio. Instead of following the standard HPS route down the ridge, I dropped down into the gravel and scree-filled chute that runs down into Camp Canyon to see if I could scree-ski my way down to Mill Creek. It was a bit of a risk and ended up being a poor decision. The chute was steep, loose, treacherous, and the rocks too large for good boot skiing. I continued downward, clumsily slipping and sliding until eventually, and as I had feared, I encountered a 30ft class 4 cliff covered in running water and moss. There was no way I was going to down-climb that and no way I was going to hike back up the garbage chute. So I turned to the side and desperately clawed my way up the steep embankment which was nothing but loose wet gravel. I kicked steps as I could an grabbed on to roots that were sticking out of the sidewall of the chute as handho..." — klotito • Apr 22, 2018