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Thanks Missy for that fascinating report, the San Gabs have some amazing history created by the folk who made the trails that we hike today. Your report really brought some of it back to life.

Cheers Phil

I was on my way to Ross Mtn via Baden-Powell on Saturday and saw a whole bunch of hunters, a few were wandering around the Vincent Gap TH in the morning with their rifles proudly on show. After 6 years in the Army I still get anxious when I see people I don't know strolling along the hiking trails w...

Hi Scottawr, Nice report and great pics, 24 miles and 8K elevation in the desert environment thats pretty darn good going, plus all that exposure to the sun, the cloud cover must have been a welcome relief. If that is Rabbit Peak (center top) in your fourth picture scrolling down, the undulating rid...

Nice report Dababa, and written with a great sense of humor as well,
see you on the trail'

Phil

OK Taco your making me sentimental (or do I mean just mental). Back in 92 to 95 a bunch of us used to hike up Browns Gulch all the time, I never saw any other people in the area but, there were some hunters tree stands. About a mile or two upstream there is a water fall and pool beneath it, never di...

Nice post Dima, seeing a couple of bears must have made the endless uphill of Iron worthwile, that soup sure looks tasty, perhaps I will bring a can opener on my next trip up there. Thanks for the report.
Cheers Phil

That was an excellent report Tekewin, with some great pictures. The traverse over to the summit looked hairy, but I'm sure it was well worth the effort. Its amazing how much of the mountain side was blown out by that eruption. I saw it from the air once, but being there on the ground must really bri...

Way to go Guys, that is one awesome adventurous hike you did there, the San Gabs never cease to amaze me I love the Fish Fork/Sheep Mountain Wilderness areas. Those raps looked great, how many did it take to get down.
Taco, hope you don't stop doing TR's, this one was great.

funny!!!

Nice Pics Uncle. Looks like you had a good day out.

Cabin96,

That is one terrific hike and a great report, I felt your pain just reading it.


I wonder what the total elevation gain/loss was given the bumps and hills you went over to reach the summit.

Good job,

Phil

Now that is one epic Baldy day hike Sean, and nice pics too, I could almost taste the ketchup on those fries, so now your secret is out - lunch at the Notch.

Your right Tekewin this pic from 12th Dec 2013 shows the marker post was still standing then, I think it was only held up by a few rocks. Mike/Uncle, as for the Iron summits I had nothing better to do when I lived close by in Glendora. Apart from drinking of course. https://eispiraten.com/images-arc...

Hiked Iron Mountain yesterday (3/29/2014) it turned out to be perfect weather for this kind of hike, sunny with a mild breeze and at about mid day a light haze arrived, which wasn't a bad thing as it made the descent much cooler. The trail was in better condition than usual, it seems that somebody h...

Hi Jerry, Leaving from Shinjuku in Tokyo by train, it took about 2 hours to reach the town of Fujiyoshida including changing trains at Otsuki. From Fujiyoshida you take the bus directly to the 5th station on Mount Fuji, as I recall the bus ride was approx 40 minutes. There are other train and bus ro...

Good luck on Thursday Jeff, let us know how it works out.

Phil

I think you are right about Glendora Peak Taco, To get to the Peak we knew as Glendora when I lived in the area, follow the fire road in an easterly direction as it twists and turns until it hits Glendora Mountain Road, go left for about a third or half a mile(approx) where the road bends, cross to ...

Brrrrrrrrr looks cold, I can relate to tagging Hawkeye because I would have done the same if I was there, 15 state highpoints is not to shabby either.

Ditto the above comments, the annual pass is one of the best things that NFS does and the money is put to good use.

I hiked Iron Mtn yesterday (12/14/2013), it turned out to be a really good day, mostly blue skies and reasonably cool temps although the wind did pick above 7K but this made a great change from the heat that often has to be endured to gain this summit. The storm from the previous week had dampened d...

This sounds like a fun and worthwhile way to brush up on our skills, I'm in if it's on a weekend, also have a spare helmet and other stuff if anyone needs it.
Maybe have a few beers afterwards??????

Yeah I like HJ's first suggestion hiking along the East fork through the Narrows, this is an awesome hike that will give you a real flavour of so cal canyon hiking and offers a sense of adventure. I have only done it as a day hike, but have always wanted to do it as a backpack trip. My preference wo...

Nice report and pictures, very descriptive, keep em coming.

Wow, nice work Jim, I particularly like trips 1 and 6, but 6 takes it because, it allows you to bag the summits of the 9 peak challenge. How many days/nights as a backpack trip do you have in mind for this one, would you say a three nighter.
Phil

Sean, Henry, Way to go guys, thats one tough day hike and a great trip report. You mentioned coming back from Eagle Mine that you found a Class 3 chute which gave access into Coldwater Canyon. How far was the Class 3 chute from where the Eagle Mine Cyn cliffs out above that 100' drop off, and I'm as...

This is a great idea, practise our snow skills and meet up with other board members, I'm in if winter ever happens.

Anyone know if route 39 (Azusa Canyon Road) is open, I heard the Azusa Fire started somewhere around Fish Canyon but they were only allowing residence to enter Azusa Canyon, the information I'm getting is pretty vague. I want to get over to the East Fork trailhead, which I could do from Glendora Mou...

Yeah, that looks pretty hairy, glad you made it out OK, I haven't check my maps yet, but was there any point where you could traverse back to Falling Rock Cyn or were you too far away.

Phil

PS. Go Neosporin, never leave home without it.

Ellen, Thanks for bringing this issue up, it's very important to have freedom of movement at our trailheads. Sometimes I wonder just who comes up with some of these ideas. Have signed and support you.

Cheers Phil

Hi Tekewin, Yes, I was surprised by the amount of huts grouped together like that, even though I had read before hand about them, it's not what we are used to, but still it was a lot of fun. Hvydrt, I only poked my head in quickly to see what the lodge looked like inside, but, I'm pretty sure that's...