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Hi Taco, It will be impossible to expect consolidated snow condition on certain day in the month. Even the snow from last two storms finally consolidate enough to be slippery just recently. I don't know what you are going to teach but there is still good amount of snow in some steep enough slopes an...

Hi Birdman, The only thing I can tell you about Cucamonga peak trail is do not try it when the Icehouse saddle area and beyond is covered with solid snow and frozen. The traverse section of trail from bottom of Bighorn peak to Cucamonga peak is very challenging if it is frozen. This area gets very s...

Hi Birdman, I will choose my snow gears based upon the snow condition. If the snow is fresh snow regardless how heavy it is, I use microspike on winter boots with gators or boots and gators only. I use a set of poles with a big basket, no ice axe. If the snow is consolidated and the trail is relativ...

Happy new year!!! I was glad to see you guys on the trail. The bowl didn't get almost any snow at all from recent storm. But the west bowl and trail above 8200 feet had good amount of snow to the summit still. The summit was very cold and windy. I am Glad that you guys stayed on Telegraph peak with ...

Hi Rick, Congratulations on your ultimate adventure in Mt. Baldy area!! No one can top what you have done. I am glad that I didn't hike to Dawson and Pine on 12th. Mark and I were going to hike down but we changed our mind at last minutes. We were there earlier in the day with 3 peaks and had a nice...

Hi Logan, I am very happy that you made a right decision to turn around. The weather is very changeable at Mt. Baldy. I hike alone or with other friends all season. I have a few rules for hiking. I try to remember all unique feature of rocks or all dead trees on the trail. All unique land marks will...

Hi Burchey, This is the summer,September of 2010, view of Mt. Mallory. You took the most direct rout to the Bowl of Mt. Mollory and Mt. Irvine. https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.myff.org/gallery/1046776/mallory.jpg This is the summer view of Mt. McAdie from Mt. Irvine summit. It is a su...

Hi Burchey, Thank you for sharing your real adventure with us. I really enjoyed it. My friend, Richard P. and I went up Mt. Irvine from Irvine/Canddlelight saddle and went down to the Bowl hiked around Mt. Mallory at 13200 feet to the Mallory and LaConte saddle and took Green pass down to Miter basi...

Hi Sam and Patrick,
Congratulations!!!!!!
You guys are new trend setters of adventures in southern California now.
Congratulations!!!!!!

What's next?

Nice to see two experienced climbers made a sound decision and turned around. It must be a hard decision for them but good mountaineers always make RIGHT decision,I think. Last Sunday was very strange weather and snow condition. It was very cold at Manker and the summit. The show was very powdery an...

Congratulations Jeff,Patrick,and Zach !!!
I enjoyed the trail report very much. You guys are hardcore mountaineers.
Looking forward to hiking with you soon.
Shin.

Hi Taco,
You are truly an adventurer and mountaineer !!!
I enjoyed your photos very much.
Thank you for sharing with us.
Shin
PS. Sorry, I couldn't join with you last weekend. I had a very bad cold.

Hi, I hiked with Doug Thompson, owner of Whitney portal store, last January on west BOWL of Mt. Baldy in very icy condition. He used a microspike all the way to the ridge. He maintained his body balance with 3 points contact to the slope. It was the most extreme application for a microspike I have e...

The Mt. Baldy road is clear till the bridge just 100 yards beyond the visitor center. It is closed for public higher up. It is ONLY open for residents. As of at 7:28 12/23/2010. https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.myff.org/gallery/952428/P1020996.JPG This is the snow level. https://eispir...

Hi Norma and Ryan, Good job!!!! That's the spirit. We have to put through all the gears we have for real test. Now, we have to look for a heavy rain rubber boots for our hobby. My US Army poncho worked out fine for moderate rain on Saturday. I use this for tent,sleeping bag cover,wind breaker,and sh...

Hi Taco,
Please count me in if there is more room.
Shin

Hi Patrick, It looked like we missed each other at the summit. It was very cold at Manker around 6:00 am. It was very cold and windy,over 50mph, at the saddle and the summit. I ran into Frank just below Ski hut. Richard and I stayed at the summit only 5-7 minutes because it was very cold and windy. ...

Hi Hvydrt,
Thanks for your very good trail report and photos.
shin

Hi Norma, Thank you for the very first trip report of snow season. I know everyone is ready. I was in the village Saturday around noon with my friends to hike up Mt. Baldy. Pavel invited me to hike to Ski hut. But it was raining very hard so we spent rest of the day at nice and warm Mt Baldy "L...

Hi LD, Thank you for your invitation but sorry, I won't be able to make it this Friday because I committed to show up WPSMB group hike with Kurt Wedberg on Mt. Baldy. I know Mt. Baldy is there all the time but I can't change it this time. I'll leave any weekend open or accordingly to your schedule a...

Hi Hvydrt,LD,and Taco, Thank you for the very good areal picture. The circled area must be the mine site. Thank you for all good information about the mine. I am very impressed with everyone's knowledge about the mountains. You guys seems to know every corners of this mountain. Hi Taco, Can you orga...

Hi HikeUp,
Thank you very much for posting the Map of La pis mine. It is a great help.
I definately check it out soon.
Shin

Hi James, I was thinking the same thing, from Baldy to Iron, today. Even though, I said that I was not going to do it again Saturday. Going opposite direction may be easier?? We could have taken more direct route from the end of traverse to West Baldy summit. We hiked in the trees but there is a wid...

Hi Dave,
I have been in the rut of Ski hut trail. I know that I have to get out and try some new trail soon.
I have to try South ridge,NE route,and Dawson/Pine some day.

Do you know the direction to "La pis la zu li", a blue colored rock, mine in Mt. Baldy?

Shin

Hi Dave, Thank you very much. This hike was very special because it had every elements such as distance,elevation,route finding,some technical skills,weather,planing,and team work in one day. We enjoyed every seconds of this hike and enjoyed each other very much. Photos are: http://picasaweb.google....

Hi Mark,
Don't you hike during the day any more?

Shin

Hi Dave and Phil,
Congratulations!!!
Now I understood why you were punishing yourself climbing Baldy's South ridge
up a few weeks ago.

Looking forward to hearing about your next adventure soon.

Shin

Hi Frank and Tracie, This is a very nice trail report and story about what goes on in our local mountain Mt. Baldy. Hiking together a person you met on the trail,meeting someone face to face finally on the trail, exploring with them for new territory together. I can really feel the sense of communit...

Hi Taco,
Thank you very much for your super quick reply and kind consideration.

Did you enjoy the view of north face of Mt. Russell's?
I came down through Sakai Col, just below Mt. Russell, two weeks ago.
There are many good rock walls to climb on south side,too.

Thank you again.

Shin

Hi Taco, You have been around every corner of mountains last weekend. I have a favor to ask. Where did you see the sticker? I want to remove it if I can find the location. Since I don't understand what it said. I don't want to mixed it up with rest of the trash. The sticker was made by my friends fo...