Painted Canyon Ladder Hike - Mecca Hills, CA

Enjoyed a wonderful day hiking with friends at Painted Canyon/Ladder in Mecca Hills Wilderness, CA. Click HERE to view pictures from our adventure.

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Painted Canyon Ladder Loop Hike 2011

This Thursday's trek was one of our favorite hikes of all times. In fact, we love it so much that today makes it our fourth hike at Painted Canyon/Ladder Loop in Mecca, CA! We always bring new friends with us each time to enjoy this spectacular trail. Come join us by watching the above video.

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To watch videos of our previous hikes at Painted Canyon/Ladder Loop, click on the following dates:

March 2, 2010

December 9, 2010

March 17, 2011

Ladder Canyon Loop Hike - Mecca Hills, CA

This is our second time we hiked the Ladder and Painted Canyons. To view our previous hike there, click on the following link:

March 2, 2010 - Painted Canyon Ladder Loop Hike

We brought our friend, Harry, along this time, who enjoyed it as much as we have. We all agreed that the Ladder Loop is our favorite! If you never hiked there, this video will definitely give you the feel of what it's like. Hope you enjoy it!

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What does all this mean when you see a bunch of stacked rocks while hiking? Is it a symbolic symbol or just a sign letting hikers know they're on the right trail?

Painted Canyon Ladder Loop Hike

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Out of all the hikes we've done, I have to say that the Painted Canyon/Ladder Loop in Mecca, California was one of the best so far! The colossal colorful Painted Canyon rock layers had beautiful hues of pink, gray, and brown in the morning sunlight. We explored a couple of narrow slot canyons that we actually squeezed our way through the crawl spaces and climbed down a couple of ladders.

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At the start of our hike my husband saw a pile of rocks in a formation of an arrow that was pointing to several huge boulders. It didn't appear to be an opening for us to crawl through so we ignored it and passed it. Little did we know, that was the beginning of the trail and we ended up doing the Painted Canyon Ladder Loop in reverse. Even though no one listened to Gordie (my hubby lol!), it was still a spectacular hike!

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Big Painted Canyon/Ladder Loop

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