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I was going to make a new topic but this is a good place to drop some water level pictures of cooper canyon falls from Thursday(4/17).

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the trail is fairly clear of poison oak... but its all around you at all times. the upper canyon had more but avoiding it was easy.

I doubt I found an active "cartel" grow site. my theory is some OC kids figured out how to grow cheap pot. but they probably haven't been back in a while.

there is a small relatively unknown canyon and waterfall on the way to the super popular holy Jim trail. This canyon is named Falls Canyon and has a decently cleared trail for about a 1/4 mile to the first waterfall is a 35ft beauty, this had been my stopping point for the last 2 years. http://mappe...

Reminds me of the Dana point sea cave area. For being so close to the coast there isn't a whole lot of beach hiking other the crystal cove.

I got off of work at 3pm and decided to drive to the san gabriels to squeeze a quick camp/hike into my busy schedule. Without a plan and a bit of rain in the forecast I drove up the 2. when the Clouds cleared at redbox and less than 2 hours of light I decided to watch the sunset from san gabriel pea...

Markham looked like a really quick fun scramble, looks like poodle dog might choke the use trail to the top though. I've always been more scared of running into weirdos doing a sacrifice than bears or lions. You would think they would spend the extra 20 minutes to drive to the devils canyon or somth...

Did you happen to see the deer bones near the trail up to san gabriel peak at the main junction with the mt. Lowe trail? I thought it was a strange spot to find deer remains so close to a popular trail.

I've started callings kid "walkin will" as my shameless spinoff of the hiking Jim/Joyce combo. He is a good hiking companion because it give me someone to talk/sing to and not be that weird guy singing to himself on the trail. As he grows his pack is getting heavier and heavier I don't kno...

the "jewel" of the san mateo canyon wilderness is a 125ft 5 tiered waterfall... too bad its run dry and had a small trash and graffiti issue, surprising because its pretty far out of the way to get to. Last time I was here was about a year ago, and there was a good flow at the falls even e...

I had originally planned to take the entire day (3/5) hiking to twin peaks east in the little bit on snow we had, but I ended up getting stuck watching my son last minute so we hiked to mt. waterman via the fire road. waterman had about 6-12inches of very slushy snow but it was already melting in su...

last month I tried to take the lady & the baby camping in Blair valley in Anza Borrego state park. the car full of camping stuff blew its transmission, and the car sat in Ramona California an hour away from where I live for a week or so. When we went to pick up the car from the shop We decided t...

We get these flowers (virgins Bower) all over the santa ana mountains usually in the 3-5k ft range.

Interesting mining article, I have seen a few of the mines, I'll have to stake my claim when I find the old Los pinos mine :/. Yes Harding canyon is a lot of boulder hopping, not so much bushwhacking but plenty of stream crossings. 40ft waterfall and plenty of "deep" pools by OC standard a...

the gold claim baffles me? is it the 1800's?

I've been interesting in the laurel spring trail, do you think its passable with some effort?

have you ever explored harding canyon, really interesting stuff down there. Usually a few tracks, some flowers, and the waterfalls.

I've only hiked the laguna coast wilderness once, those no trespassing signs on the way to peaks scared me away from hiking up there. I don't know how strict the OC parks are and I don't really want to find out. Whiting, caspers, aliso, and laguna have a bunch of off trail spots I want to check out.

the poison oak was nonexistent on my route, not sure about tekewin's his path was a little more adventurous.

Bear canyon - Bear Ridge - Verdugo - Lucas Canyon - Oak Flats and back. trail is well maintained until about a mile down the verdugo trail it gets a little washed out and the trail could use a good trim. Only took me 4.5hrs to go 14 miles because I really wanted to beat the rain. got a little wet in...

I poked around for the plane wreck but could not find it, but I didn't look too hard though. Did you go up the ridge? or did you follow the trail that looks like a downhill mountain bike racetrack? that's an odd way to do the trabuco/horsethief loop but after going down the bumpy trabuco canyon road...

I took a short hike down the Trabuco canyon trail to an unmarked trail maintained by the local mountain bikers that leads up to a unique little spot high on the bell ridge. Yeager Mesa was a privately owned mining claim now its just a beautiful meadow lined with oak and pine trees. The mesa has grea...

VERY family friendly & tame Orange county park. Well, except that one day ten years ago this month...the lion. [/quote] I have been running around whiting lately, I sat on mark's bench last week. I was a kid when it happened, I think I'm like extra mountain lion paranoid when I solo hike becaus...

they are all over the OC parks like whiting ranch and aliso creek. most are totally nice and friendly, its a small group that acts like the trails are their race track. its a very small minority speeding around the single track trails. a few months back I was walking in whiting ranch with the lady a...

I hike off of Ortega all the time, and I had no idea it was there. I've always looked at the boulder covered area from afar and wanted to hike there, but the trail was not on either of the two Santa Ana maps I have. I loved the trail and I want to explore past the peak next time. Google earth shows ...

I had the day off work so I decided to take William up the Ortega Hwy to the Morgan trail head off of the south Main divide road. There is a trail up to the Elsinore mountains high point also known as San Mateo peak, its only 3591ft tall but had great 360 views. I was happy to see the fire that had ...

I did Bell View Trail in Rancho Santa Margarita probably only went about 2 miles but there were a few steep sections and I carried my baby along. good views of Santiago peak in the Santa Ana's.

happy new year!

I meant "aforementioned".

Forgive me, during the holidays I have been spending a lot of time with my attorney sister and her Lawyer fiance. Parts of dinner have sounded like a courtroom discussion, a lot of big words have been thrown around the last week.

ooo I did that hike recently

Trabuco canyon to the alleged teal posts http://www.flickr.com/photos/98779591@N ... 896831145/

definitely sounds like a killer day, which rock is cocktail rock? I have been on the san juan trail a few times and sat on plenty of rocks never knew one was named.

I've never done Los Pinos from Lazy W. Mostly because its so long and the days get so hot in the Santa Anas, and that I've already hiked so much of that area I always talk myself out long day there.

Sitton peak is great I've been a few times, I had to be home before a certain time otherwise I would have either done the bear ridge/bear canyon loop or sitton peak.

I was the young man in the blue jacket. heading up the ski hut trail late Tuesday morning, We said hello briefly