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Yep Mike. A couple of googles today revealed to me that there is a supposed trail up Bichota to Rattlesnake!? Time to renovate that one! A few years after the Curve fire, I managed to navigate the switchbacks of the "trail" seen on topos from Bichota canyon up a southern drainage to the R...

Maybe the Monument will kill the ridiculous bullet train.

I agree HikeUp, judging by the TV coverage it looks like the fire may make a run up Bichota. What a shame. I thought the the Curve Fire charred the place years ago. Maybe, it will be time to put in a new trail!

2011 TR from Bichota Canyon: Bichota Canyon

scottawr wrote: ↑Dispensary pot is not grown in the mountains it's grown in houses with electricity and water.

I bet not all of that crap is grown that way...

Count me in for more stickers, simonov! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

2 is open! Angeles Crest race is Saturday, August 1. Of course, it's gonna' be open!

Just below Etiwanda Peak last summer.

That's a fun loop, HJ! Have a great time!

WOW!!! Sign me up for the Wasatch Range!

Agree with arocknoid. (Nice detail!)

Immature red-tailed hawk.

(If that was a broad-winged or an aplomado, someone better send out a rare bird alert!!! )

Thanks, arocknoid! I'll put up a few more pictures when I get the chance. To be clear, I'm not keen on having the tub there to "attract" animals. The water tub is there to keep them away from the house. The animals were chewing through sprinkler heads, pool covers, and hoses as well as bre...

Twins have been hanging around lately:

Nice work gentlemen!

Bearpaw Meadow to Precipice Lake is a special stretch of trail, for sure!

dima wrote: ↑ I'd like people to at least make a little bit of effort. Big hint: it's marked accurately on the USGS topo map.

Marked as a tunnel???

No, no, no.. keep those pictures coming!!!

Thanks, Jim, for all of your work on the maps.

It's so disappointing (depressing?) that the line didn't hold up on 10,000 Foot Ridge...

That sure explains all of the smoke as viewed from the Rancho Cucamonga area today

Dang it! It looks like Mineshaft and Big Tree were burned yesterday.

arocknoid wrote: ↑Good hike, fine pix.

and sadly there have been some vehicle break-ins at IHC. grrr

kind regards,
arocknoid

Arocknoid, overnight vehicles or dayhikers...?

Thanks, HJ. I haven't been down to Big Tree. Been to Mine Shaft about three times, though. That is a beautiful canyon!

I'm looking forward to the slow rebirth of the SGW!

I did a couple of lower peaks this week, Mendenhall (quite trashy) and Jupiter Mountain up near Green Valley. Hard to believe the Angeles National Forest goes so far north. I doubt either are worthy of a full report. Here is a hyperlapse video of the ascent of Jupiter, using beta software from Micr...

Hmmm.. Did a Valley Forge backpack in May. Hiked Trail Canyon in April almost to new Tom Lucas but didn't want to fight a poison oak wall to get there...

Yup, lizards are a major part of the Striped Racer's diet. (Sorry, Alligator Lizard!)

Wow! No crowds, not a ton of vehicles, clean air... how disappointing!

Did you ask the ranger how many times they need to helicopter people off that mountain?

We'll miss your excellent photos and posts, RichardK! Good luck in Florida. Hope to see some trip and wildlife pics.
(We met once, if you remember, in Icehouse Canyon a year or so ago. You and your wife were a pleasure...)

Both are speckled rattlesnakes... specifically the Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake. (Diamond-backeds only peek into the SE corner of California.) Nice pics! It's cool to see how the speckleds' coloration match their environment.

Eagle Crag in the Cleveland National Forest?

Nice work! Another for my list.

Hey Johanna, your exhibit was wonderful! I'm sorry my wife and I didn't get to visit. We didn't see you around your photos...

Best album cover in years:


And check out the title track:

Yessssss, nice patched-nose!