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5 peaks? do you know the miles & elevation? this sounds "intriguing!"

Looking for a "fun" hike this weekend-was planning on Ice house to Timber, but looks like snow-so I need something else-will be going with daughter-last weekend was 7 miles with 3,000 ft elevation gain-think this was her Max, so something similar-was thinking possibly Strawberry peak Or? T...

Congrats to both! Anyone else here put in for Whitney? Success? No? Post your dates!

Results in! Our group (6) were drawn for Aug 27/28!
Let the training begin! This will be a "dads dream" My son, daughter and son in law will be with me! I couldn't be happier!

If it was just me-well; "gate? what gate?" BUT, My wife & daughter will be with me (gotta set that good example-you know?)

I've always gone straight up! The gate is right at Cow canyon turnout (Its new) big Black wrought iron gate

Was wondering if anyone new if the gate is open at Cow Canyon turnout-Thinking about going up there this weekend-last time I was there (went to Sunset peak) there was a nice gentleman behind the gate-said that the plan was to have a "walkthrough" for hikers, but to keep out the Riff raff-O...

Sounds like its worth a try! will try to practice this week prior to going! Thanks

Thanks everyone for the ideas! we settled on Iron Mountain-everything people had said-HARD, exposed to sun & HOT! I went through over 6 liters of water and Freya (My dog) went through 3+ liters! That was a LOT of water weight to start the hike with-I REALLY think Mt Whitney will be easy(er) now ...

Looking for thoughts-I have a trip to Mt Whitney on August 8-Saturday we did Bear Canyon to Baldy/west Baldy (8 hours total) looking for 1 more good hike next Saturday-Caveat being I need to be back by 4:00ish for a family gathering-was thinking about Iron Mountain or San Gorgonio-thoughts? other su...

I may try that-Been doing Ice house to saddle in 1:28 and on to Timber-I plan on adding Telegraph next-My main time is during the week though (Monday after work) so hit the trailhead around 3:30-I try to be out by dark-Thinking of Diamox as I wont get to the portal until Fri night-darn time constrai...

Any word on this trail opening sooner? I pulled a Whitney permit in August and would love to include this hike in my training! If not, could someone suggest similar? I am doing Ice House to Timber at least once a week as it is close to my house
Thanks!

OK-confused-I plan on going up to Ice house canyon later this week-do I need a pass? or?
Thanks-dont mind spending the money-but if its not needed-why bother?
Thanks

Does anybody know if the road/trail to Strawberry peak will be open this year? Its on my "to do" list!
Thanks

Thanks-will plan on several of these-have done a decent amount of "scrambling up in the Sierras deer hunting but not peak specific (mostly off of & around McGee creek-these are areas that I can do more frequently-what would you suggest as a solid class 3?

Exactly! Thanks-I'm thinking Smith Mountan, Big Horn peak via falling rock canyon then Goode canyon to test myself!

Cucamonga peak, Echo mountain, Switzers, Tom Sloan trail-lots of HIKING-very little climbing-sounds like class 2 for testing/training?
Thanks

Looking for some suggestions on a "training hike" 1. Minimum of 7 miles, Maximum of 13 2. Class 3 prefered or similar (plan was to do Strawberry peak-but its still closed) Southern Ca area (I live in Cucamonga) Nothing to high (I have crampons-never used-but my son doesnt) Reason-OK-I want...

Nope-but along the same line was wondering about Cucamonga Peak -was thinking about "doing it" on Sunday.....Whats everyones thoughts-will be calling the Baldy center tomorrow to get there take...Weather report called for 50% chance of rain snow above 7000 ft

Curt-My name (Curt Bell)
Rancho Cucamonga CA Hitting the big 50!
I love Hiking, Fishing, Hunting Backpacking shooting & riding my Harley
Married 29 years with (2) grown kids! been gone from hiking & backpacking for a while now (work) and looking to get back into it! LOVE the mountains

My .02 worth-Hunting season(s) can be found on California Department of Fish and Game website, every year the DFG "estimates" bear population and adjusts time, qty etc of bear tags based on this (I believe at least 3 bears were killed by Monrovia police this year on major streets). Populat...

I was planning on doing the day hike up whitney-won the lottery for June 18 with my son. He was severly hurt in a fall up Cucamonga Canyon and while he is making a full recovery-will not be able to do ANY hiking this year-his friends and myself will wait & re-apply next year. The Ranger has said...