Panther Gulch to Findley via layton ditch mine trail

Another AM ride.  The weather has been great in the morning.  I little chilly so I started with the jacket, about where the pavement ends on panther gulch I had to store it in the backpack.  Ran into a down Manzanita on the trail and a whole lot of poison oak.  Neither of us get poison oak so we weren't too worried about it.  Nice climb on the way up to the ridge.  Surprisingly there is less vertical on this ride compared to Findley peak.  We should have just made a quick climb to the peak before we headed home.