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Cool. Totally agree with you gear choices, especially the gaiters.

Great trip report and photos. So there is snow hiding on some of the northern slopes. Everything on the south slopes, even high elevations looks almost mostly dry. Did you feel the need for spikes or crampons when you got past the Bighorn-Cucamonga saddle? I don't remember any mention in your report...

You must have been in the very northern part of the Santa Anas.

I also try to identify peaks I see on the horizon, then I try to figure out how I would attempt to climb them It can be very distracting while driving.

Congrats and well done!

Nice report. I love the frozen waterfall. Aces!

Cool rocks in the third photo. I need to check a map, not familiar with this part of the Gabes.

hvydrt, Hellhole Flat looks like a great destination with 4 nearby benchmarks: Hob, Tuck, Goat, and Webo. Looks like you can avoid crossing the canyon if you come from the west. However, my next trip to Anza-Borrego will be to Goat Canyon Trestle. Sean, A helmet is on my list, will have one in Janua...

I'm still unsure if these kind of reports are supposed to go in Other Socal Ranges or here under Trip Reports. I took a day off work Wednesday to hike San Ysidro Mountain. It is on the Sierra Club Hundred Peaks list and also the San Diego County Peaks list. It is also one of the highest in the Anza-...

Sean wrote: ↑ I've been pursuing trails for so long now that I think I've forgotten how to woo a woman. Gonna test the theory this weekend, though.

How's that for TMI, Mr. Rico?

Are we going to get a trip report? You know, bumps, curves, dangerous sections and round trip time?

Wow, Jim. Nice work. Very useful.

It was the best view of the day and I f'ed up the photo.

hvydrt wrote: ↑Good job. I have had my eye on Spring Hill. I wanted to check it out when I hike the other 2, which i have been procrastinating on.

hvydrt,

Spring Hill was a nice side trip. At the northern most edge, there appears to be an overlook I wish I had visited.

hvydrt wrote: ↑Good job. I have had my eye on Spring Hill. I wanted to check it out when I hike the other 2, which i have been procrastinating on.

hvydrt,

Spring Hill was a nice side trip. At the northern most edge, there appears to be an overlook I wish I had visited.

I didn't notice a bike course, but the junction was quite a bit more overgrown. This might be the same trail split as your second picture. I went left to head up Frankish. https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/photobucket/i1183/albums/x471/tekewin/Stoddard%20Frankish/23485DF7-237B-41C1-84C3-77F2222...

Thanks! That was my first hunch, but then I doubted myself.

The photo is not great. These were on Barrett-Stoddard road.

I hiked Stoddard, Frankish, and Spring Hill for my first trip to the San Gabriel Mountains in a couple of months. The trail starts on Barrett-Stoddard dirt road, heading east past some houses and cabins, then south the rest of the way. About a mile up the road, I was startled by a mule deer buck tha...

December 2012 was my first real snow hike up Icehouse Canyon and I turned around before the saddle because my feet were numb and face was freezing. The next trip I was appropriately layered and carried handfuls of chemical warmers. It's winter for shizzle up in the mountains. I won't be trying any m...

Score one for the good guys.

Ack! I thought tick season was generally February-March, though I've read reports of tick problems in December in the desert.

Thanks, mangus. Appreciate the beta.

Epic shot of the bighorn! He didn't seem the least bit worried about you.

I see a fair amount of snow on the ground. I am planning a trip up Icehouse in a couple of weeks and wondered how much the trails were covered past the saddle.

Could you see the 3Ts trail from the saddle or was it buried?

I am definitely interested, and I have one friend interested as well. I have some minimal experience in snow and have just completed my gear (except helmet). Grivel G10 crampons and BD raven axe. I plan to hit something high in the Gabes this month, not sure what yet. As long as there is not a work ...

Very nice report. Thanks for sharing.

I love everything about Death Valley. Can't wait to go back.

Awesome pano! You (and others) carry nice cameras. I just carry my lousy phone, which is better than nothing I guess.

You can climb Modjeska from the Maple Springs Visitor Center parking lot. There is a use trail on the right about 200 ft. past the gate that heads into a dry creek. Head up the creek about 1/4 mile to a continuation on the left. From there, fire breaks and use trails over many bumps. I clocked it at...

Nice report and photos, Scott.

Santiago looks very different from Los Pinos than from any other spot.

I don't know why they have such an early cut off time. You can park on the road outside the parking lot so you would not have to worry about being locked in the lot in case you got back late. I also don't know why they think this trail has some special heat problem that requires it to be closed the ...

I'll ante up with a view from Bald Peak in the Santa Anas looking into Silverado Canyon. https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/photobucket/i1183/albums/x471/tekewin/Bald%20Peak/IMAG0899_zps80f37188.jpg Bald Peak stands at the end of the canyon straddling the line between Orange and Riverside counti...

Great photos as usual!

Now I'm "pining" for a Baldy winter trip.

Found a set of deer legs. Not a complete set, just three, all below the knee. I suspect the bear was the culprit.

Pretty creepy. I didn't know bears ate dear, or was it scavenging on a lion kill?