Annual Cactus to Clouds hike, AKA C2C

Total elevation gain: 10,500' + -
Summit: 10,800'
Total mileage: 20 +- Miles
Total trail time: About 7 to 15 hours
Total waking hours: 15 to 22 hours

Start Time: 4:00 AM. Hike time and date is subject to change based on snow and/or weather conditions. Toward the top, we will likely encounter snow but likely will not require any special equipment and I will advice accordingly within the last week.

I have hikes posted in the month of April with the aim of preparing for C2C. Feel free to join them.

This is my 13th year in a row posting and hiking C2C in May, along many other at different times. This is an invitation for anyone to join me, only if you think you are capable and experienced hiker. I am not in a position to decide who is qualified and who is not. This is one of the toughest hike around, possibly in continental USA. This is rated an expert hike which is above and beyond advanced level and you are presumed to know what it takes to do this hike and navigate in nature/wilderness.

This is likely not going to be a group hike but a buddy system, as long as you can keep up with somebody. There is a good chance you may be separated and hiking by yourself. I will wait for everyone at the Tram Restaurant. We will also have an optional dinner in Palm Springs after the hike.

MY WAIVER: Please do not sign up if following is not acceptable. Any outdoors activity can be challenging, fun, or a painful experience, often depending whom you are with, even deadly and more painful depending on you, your abilities, circumstances, lock of judgment and sometimes just bad luck. Accidents happen. Any outdoor activity involve risk of injury or even death. Please do not sign up; if you are not comfortable with what you are doing, unwilling to take that risk, or if you think you don’t have the needed skills for the event. You are not participating to an event organized by trained outdoors people or medical professionals. No one are trained or paid to watch after your safety. You will be agreeing to take responsibility for yourself, your actions and not to hold organizer/group leader, participants, cooks, carpoolers or anyone liable but yourself by signing and/or showing up for this event. Please remember that if you are not capable to this event or you don’t know your limits and still sign up, you may not only put yourself in danger but also all the other participants who are going with you. You further agree to pay for any medical or legal cost involved in case of an injury to yourself, and request your heirs to respect your agreed waiver in case of an injury or even death due to any reason, by signing up for this event. Please also note that I may exclude or include anyone at my own discretion.