Last weekend i hit up Palm Springs with the fam. My parents are visiting. My dad booked us a delux room at the Miracle Hot Springs resort in desert hot springs. Many relaxing hot springs pools :) . Saturday we headed to Indio for a little hike i found in my new book of hikes in the Palm springs area ( anyone up for hiking ;) )...
Painted Box Spring/ladder trail looked very interesting. I did read the description to my mom first, for prior approval, had another picked out just in case. but she seemed not to notice. "Let's do it!".. she said.
Painted Box Spring/ladder trail looked very interesting. I did read the description to my mom first, for prior approval, had another picked out just in case. but she seemed not to notice. "Let's do it!".. she said.
After a bit of a drive and some off roading on the dirt road up to the trail we finally made it. An older guy talked to my mom for a bit, info on the trail. I think he reassured her about the ladders though it was odd, since he turned back from doing the hike because his dog couldn't make it up the ladders.
A have to highly recommend this hike! Very interesting .. walking through small crevass on little mountains over the fault line. With the ladders and the snug areas at part.. not necessarily for the squeamish or claustraphobic though. 3-4 hours but not too demanding either, very little altitude gain.
Mom did a great job at the ladders and made it through! You could see the Salton Sea from the view from the top, my first glimpse of it.
One of the last ladders.... this one you took down... try to precariously place yourself on that!
