EISPIRATEN

Wow, big day! Never hiked in the San Emigdio Mountains before, looking forward to a chance to change that. Looks like a stark change in geology with Eagle Rest becoming sandstone as one nears the central valley, but then Antimony is more San Gabriel plutonic intrusive igneous in character. Never stu...

In 2017 my sister in law was hired by Weber University in Ogden, Utah, and then a couple years later my parents bought a house along the edge of the city to spend more time with my brother's family. I thus had a date with the Wasatch Range. 3 years in, there have been many follow-up dates, and the r...

Reaching the crest of the Wasatch, we bagged No Name Peak 9061, and enjoyed views to the east of Ogden Valley. R0006741.jpg 15) We traversed south across the crest of the Wasatch front, along the top of the Snowbasin ski resort, eating lunch on a ski lift. IMG_4204.jpeg . . . We bagged Allen Peak 94...

Wow! That area is impressive. Congrats on completing this. Utah has some of the coolest terrain. Wasatch looks really different from the national parks. Your mapping skills are crazy. What were the total stats for that loop? All the national parks in Utah are on the Colorado Plateau in the southern...

During these deep summer weeks where the temps are in the triple digits and the mountains are generally pretty uninhabitable to humans around here, we all need ways to keep distracted until things cool off. (I spent hours tracing routes for about 20 upcoming 12-mile radius hikes...) Last night I was...

Probably wrong time of year. You might try Aliso (Zelzah) or Limekiln (Tampa). Those are 'park' and have good trail networks, cross the creeks a few times, always have frogs singing in the eve. West end of Vanowen, the 'south fork' of Bell Canyon, might have some. There are huge water tanks on the ...

It is the ACH. I think the painted lines just aren't visible, or maybe they weren't there in the 80s?
Its in the section past Red Box that has been closed.
Its where Markham looks like it has crazy exposure poking up behind San Gabriel.

This was my second Eis Piraten anniversary, and I'm told the 17th that has occurred. This place may be a minor for one more year, but we still drank beers at the campsite. • Monte Cristo is probably the closest overnight car camping campground to where I live, so its got that going for it, along wit...

The Gabes set 'em up, and you knock 'em down.

This reminded me to check on the progress of Ranger Nick and his quest to bag 'em all.

https://www.instagram.com/adventures_in_nomansland/

Its gone private! I don't have instagram...

Pirate T.K. Treks [/size][/b] My son Forest is proud to tell everyone he meets that he is now 4 years old. He also enrolled in Transitional Kindergarten this fall, so is officially no longer a Pirate Preschooler, but a Transitional Kindergarten Trekker! So please join us for the 2024-24 hiking seas...

HikeUp wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2024 10:14 pm Will Thrall just sounds cool. Also my favorite peak in the range. I was greeted by a Golden Eagle when I made it to the summit.

Yeah Will Thrall is cool... "Will" makes me think of willpower, and "thrall" brings to mind enthralling. This mountain WILL ENTHRALL you.

Well, if my searching of the board archives is correct, this route does not have a trip report here yet. A blessed onshore flow allowed for some early season adventures in my hiking radius last week. A hike I've had on my to-do list for a long time is the venerable Los Pinetos from the south, baggin...

JeffH wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2024 8:34 pm You reached your full height at 11 years old? Or did you get pants that were a foot too long?

It was the 90s - big and baggy was the style!

Nice to bring the whole family with me this time - crossover episode! 20 seconds after the beginning the hike up Hillyer Forest demanded his mother carry him, and then erupted into hysterics when she refused. Great start! Thankfully after a bit of "active ignoring" and redirection to all o...

Sunglasses found at the little-known "Tujunga Ponds"
The fishing was lousy, but my sunglasses were broken so this was a clutch find.

The Santa Clara divide sets 'em up, and I knock 'em down. Tuesday morning I knocked off a couple peaks along the Santa Clara divide road along its lonely path to Magic Mountain. Met some friendly deer hunters at the trailhead. No luck for them this morning, they were going to try again the next day....

On Sunday JeffH myself and Sean did a very enjoyable lollipop loop of Strawberry Peak starting from the road to Colby Camp on the Tujunga side. Great hike. I'm taking a little different approach to the TR this time. Let me preface this by saying, I'm the sort of hiker who is attracted to going off t...

The great thing about the West ridge of Strawberry is that it's easy enough for anyone to do it. Different people will have a different sense of how death-defying the thing is, but it's all doable. Glad yall finally got out there! Totally - its accessible, offers enough exposure to be a thrill whil...

tekewin wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 4:48 am Maybe someone cleaned the graffiti up? No Kamper Ken?

I remember seeing Kamper Ken!! That one lives on! But no route markings.

I really want to explore more around the Ojai area! Jealous!
That Eocene sandstone looks like it treated you well. Cool destination.

Justina and I *tried* watching it last night. I think in the right context it would be a lot of fun, but we couldn't get through more than 30 minutes. I recommend alcohol or the green stuff before watching! Its a fun concept, well-executed. Basically a live action version of Wiley Coyote and the roa...

Super cool! Yeah, wish I could have joined, would have definitely appreciated the geology. According to my geologic maps, they dug their shaft into the moon-rock anorthosite, but pretty close to its contact with Mendenhall Gneiss and Mt Lowe Granitic intrusion, so knowing the Gabes and knowing 200 m...

Throwing the best birthday parties in the most obscure locations!

Some route notes:

That is a seriously remote location! You were as close to Phoenix as you were LA. Getting lost would be spooky.

That area is poorly mapped geologically but your interpretation of a volcanic tuff conglomerate is believable.

Matthew wrote: ↑Tue Dec 17, 2024 6:37 pm I would love to make an attempt to get there. It's been on my bucket list

Maybe starting at the Potato Mtn trailhead would be one's best bet? It would be a big day!