EISPIRATEN

Can confirm, nearly all the snow on the bowl has melted. However, the forested east facing slope did have a good 4-8 inches of snow from the boulder field up. Freeze-thaw conditions have been leaving the trail very icy in the morning. I would suggest microspikes/crampons, because freeze-thaw will on...

I'm leaving in a few minutes, and I'll be up in the Baldy Bowl area from tonight until Monday. I'll send out a conditions report when I get up to the Ski Hut wifi.

I'll try to shoot out a conditions report tomorrow or Friday with the Ski Hut wifi.

I'll be base camping on the west side of baldy bowl from 12/12-12/16 and hiking Baldy, Harwood, Dawson, etc.

If you see a guy in a bright green jacket, say hi, it's probably me!

Hi, I'm Joel Ryan. I'm a senior Nursing Student at UC Irvine, graduating in June. I grew up hiking, biking, and gym climbing (Rock City in Anaheim) with my dad. As a got older, and we both got busier, we got out together less often. Jump forward to a few months ago, my girlfriend moved to NYC for sc...