Mark and his group headed up to the San Bernadino Mountains to tackle the Three T's (or whatever ones we get to). We got to the Icehouse Canyon trailhead and of course it was full so we parked about a half mile down the road. At the trail entrance, I separated from the group and headed up to Icehouse Saddle. The creek was flowing nicely and it was shady for most of the way. At the saddle, I took a quick break to refill my water and then headed to the first T, Timber Mountain. It was quite steep and the short trail to the summit was a pain. I had some food and water and stretched out a bit ad the summit. Then it was back down to the main trail and then down a few hundred feet to a bare saddle with nice views to the east and west. From there is was straight up to the summit of the second T, Telegraph. The 360 views from there were fabulous, probably better than Baldy even though Telegraph is quite a bit lower. I contemplated completed the trifecta and going for Thunder but looking down it, it didn't seem worth the effort since I had to hike back down to Icehouse to meet my friends. So after resting a bit, it was back downhill for a while. Then uphill again for some last torture. Near the turnoff for Timber summit, I meet up with my group. We then headed down to the saddle together. From there, I got the urge to run down the canyon. This turned out pretty fun and I made it down in an hour.
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| Timber summit |
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| They should put this sign near the trailhead. |
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| Telegraph summit |
