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by dima
Sat Sep 19, 2015 10:39 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Iron Mountain's North Ridge
Replies: 23
Views: 495

Re: Iron Mountain's North Ridge

Dude! The idea I had but never did would be a shorter, yet brutal Baldy - Iron - Baden Powell route. Head up Baldy - San Antonio Ridge - Iron - Northwest Ridge (check out Stanley Miller mine - Iron Fork - up south east ridge of Ross (cross country brush but maybe not too bad) Ross mtn, Baden Powell...
by dima
Mon Sep 14, 2015 10:57 am
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Barley Flats
Replies: 5
Views: 80

Re: Barley Flats

Lynx Gulch is now SoCal Edison territory....in exchange for the transmission lines, SoCal Edison is tasked with managing the upper Tujunga per FS protocol under the guise of rehabilitation required. ARTO is Arroyo Toad. Thanks for that. Is everything that's now managed by SCE technically closed? Is...
by dima
Sun Sep 13, 2015 7:12 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Barley Flats
Replies: 5
Views: 80

Barley Flats

Today I went to Red Box, intending to summit Lawlor, to take the ridge to Barley Flats, and then check out some other stuff in the area that I've never visited before. Oddly, two of the trails I wanted to check out had loud environmental closure signage, so I cut the day short, which was just as wel...
by dima
Fri Aug 28, 2015 1:44 am
Forum: Sierra Nevadas
Topic: Cloudripper
Replies: 11
Views: 287

Re: Cloudripper

He does clean up nicely!

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by dima
Sun Aug 23, 2015 2:41 pm
Forum: Sierra Nevadas
Topic: Cloudripper
Replies: 11
Views: 287

Cloudripper

On Saturday tekewin and I woke up early to climb Cloudripper, a 13525 ft peak in the Sierra Nevada, in the Inconsolable Range. We started by South Lake, climbed up to Brown Lake: https://gal.secretsauce.net/travels/SierraNevada/Cloudripper/DSCF9124.JPG?variant=medium and got the first glimpse of Vag...
by dima
Fri Jul 17, 2015 9:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Poles of Inaccessibility in the San Gabriels
Replies: 8
Views: 308

Re: Poles of Inaccessibility in the San Gabriels

I do notice a couple potential inaccuracies in the OSM dataset in the area. First, the segment from Lupine to Cabin Flat has been officially declassified as a road (no motor vehicles allowed), but OSM thinks it's a "track" suitable for jeeps. Second, it lacks the Vincent Gulch trail from ...
by dima
Sun Jul 12, 2015 10:13 am
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Boxcar ridge debris field
Replies: 5
Views: 109

Boxcar ridge debris field

On Saturday Sean, Cecelia, Alex and I went to the Pleasant View Ridge Wilderness to check out the 1966 wreckage of a C119 cargo plane ( http://www.av.qnet.com/~carcomm/wreck25.htm ). We started out by climbing up and over the bumps that comprise Mount Williamson: https://gal.secretsauce.net/travels/...
by dima
Mon Jun 29, 2015 9:24 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: A mine and a gully to Devil's Canyon
Replies: 39
Views: 972

Re: A mine and a gully to Devil's Canyon

missy wrote: I stumbled upon this mine by chance a few months ago. Couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the shack perched on the side of the mountain!
Oh wow, that's a great way to find it! I read Hugh Blanchard's report and then studied to topo maps and the aerial imagery. Not as cool, but it worked.
by dima
Sat Jun 27, 2015 4:44 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: A mine and a gully to Devil's Canyon
Replies: 39
Views: 972

Re: A mine and a gully to Devil's Canyon

Joe_the_Hiker wrote: Neither give away it's location
I'd like people to at least make a little bit of effort. Big hint: it's marked accurately on the USGS topo map.
by dima
Sat Jun 27, 2015 12:44 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: A mine and a gully to Devil's Canyon
Replies: 39
Views: 972

Re: A mine and a gully to Devil's Canyon

Gene: I was assuming it was lowered with cables somehow, but knew nothing of the specifics. Thanks for the details! Sean: I went in, but it didn't go back very far. The lagoldmines.com description says 60 feet, which sounds about right to me. That site is all about the shack and compressor, which ar...
by dima
Fri Jun 26, 2015 11:44 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: A mine and a gully to Devil's Canyon
Replies: 39
Views: 972

A mine and a gully to Devil's Canyon

I got an itch to go climb something today, so a spur-of-the-moment trip was on. I went to Chilao, dropped down a gully (from the start of the road to the Stony Ridge Observatory) to a bigger gully, climbed up a bit, and found equipment: https://gal.secretsauce.net/travels/SanGabriels/BellHartman/DSC...
by dima
Tue May 12, 2015 4:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Poles of Inaccessibility in the San Gabriels
Replies: 8
Views: 308

Re: Poles of Inaccessibility in the San Gabriels

How hard would it be to factor in vegetation density? CalTopo stats include Tree Cover and Land Cover. Typically I think it is harder to bushwhack through dense shrub areas than dense tree areas. Including vegetation density would require significantly more work; at the very least the method I'm us...
by dima
Wed May 06, 2015 7:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Poles of Inaccessibility in the San Gabriels
Replies: 8
Views: 308

Poles of Inaccessibility in the San Gabriels

So Sean, tekewin and I were talking about what the least accessible location in the San Gabriels would be. It seems like it'd be a worthwhile place to visit if we only knew where it was. Well, wonder no more: http://caltopo.com/m/4N7A Defining "accessibility" by how close the nearest road/...
by dima
Wed May 06, 2015 2:57 pm
Forum: Gear & Fitness
Topic: Centimeter accurate GPS for your smartphone
Replies: 4
Views: 148

Re: Centimeter accurate GPS for your smartphone

The proposal in the article isn't a software one, anyway. They're proposing better signal processing in hardware that is able to get high quality tracking results even with the shitty GPS antenna in a phone. They're using just the antenna part of the phone in their tests.
by dima
Sat May 02, 2015 12:24 pm
Forum: California
Topic: Redrock Mountain Loop
Replies: 4
Views: 106

Re: Redrock Mountain Loop

What they said. Also: Mining detritus at the Pianobox prospect: https://gal.secretsauce.net/travels/SanGabriels/RedrockLoop/DSCF8304.JPG?variant=large Keith on the ridge... https://gal.secretsauce.net/travels/SanGabriels/RedrockLoop/DSCF8312.JPG?variant=large ... and on top https://gal.secretsauce.n...
by dima
Fri Apr 10, 2015 2:17 am
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: West Fuji from the Rubio waterfalls
Replies: 4
Views: 48

Re: West Fuji from the Rubio waterfalls

Maybe you stumbled upon my secret route from the Lone Tree down into the East Fork of Rubio. It's been awhile since I worked on it. The lower segment is simply a steep, rocky gully. The upper section is mostly a deer path that I improved a little. Could be. Did you leave a pickaxe just sitting there?
by dima
Wed Apr 08, 2015 5:44 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: West Fuji from the Rubio waterfalls
Replies: 4
Views: 48

West Fuji from the Rubio waterfalls

I've climbed up the Lone Tree trail many times. Near the top is a nice forested area where I've seen deer and (unsuccessfully) searched for antlers. I've also hiked Echo Mountain via the waterfalls, fixed ropes and the West fork of Rubio creek many times. When walking to the fixed ropes, you turn of...
by dima
Thu Mar 26, 2015 1:29 pm
Forum: News & Conditions
Topic: Water along the Silver Moccasin Trail
Replies: 5
Views: 231

Re: Water along the Silver Moccasin Trail

Ask here:



This dude just hiked the whole thing.
by dima
Tue Mar 17, 2015 10:31 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Tell Me About Rattlesnake Peak
Replies: 10
Views: 207

Re: Tell Me About Rattlesnake Peak

I hiked up the ridge from before the first tunnel last year. It burned in the 2012 Williams Fire, so not terribly recent, but recent enough. I haven't been to the ridge from past the second tunnel, but it burned last year. Looks like this from the ridge up big Iron: https://gal.secretsauce.net/trave...
by dima
Mon Mar 16, 2015 9:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Tell Me About Rattlesnake Peak
Replies: 10
Views: 207

Re: Tell Me About Rattlesnake Peak

The easiest route is recently burned and unpleasant. There's no vegetation at all until the top. The other route is burned recently too, so it's probably like that as well, but I haven't seen it. I'd find a better peak.
by dima
Tue Feb 24, 2015 1:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Brown Mtn Summit from Millard?
Replies: 5
Views: 193

Re: Brown Mtn Summit from Millard?

Loop route: https://en.komoot.de/tour/4271988 I last did it a few years ago. Trail above dawn mine to Tom Sloane saddle was fairly faint, but with a map and a GPS receiver it was findable. It would be very difficult otherwise. The west ridge of Brown Mt is very steep, but was passable at that time. ...
by dima
Tue Feb 03, 2015 4:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Favorite Water Tank (you know you have one)
Replies: 6
Views: 107

Re: Favorite Water Tank (you know you have one)

Is this it?

http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/13085 ... -117.80891

I'm partial to the one just below Muir Peak. Means I'm almost there.
by dima
Sun Jan 18, 2015 12:36 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Aborted Stanley-Miller mine attempt (and lots of other stuff)
Replies: 9
Views: 291

Aborted Stanley-Miller mine attempt (and lots of other stuff)

On some level the title makes sense, since this trip was indeed an attempt to reach Stanley-Miller Mine. On another level, I barely made any progress in this area. There's a lot of water in the river, and in a few spots in the Narrows, I was unprepared to cross. https://gal.secretsauce.net/travels/S...
by dima
Wed Jan 14, 2015 12:32 am
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: View from San Gabriel peak
Replies: 6
Views: 178

Re: View from San Gabriel peak

I recall hearing that the views are best in winter than rest of the year because the angle of the sun and that it's not reflecting off the ocean by the time of day one reaches SG peak. Yeah, the angle of the sun is definitely significant. The first photo I linked is from Muir peak, and the 2nd is f...
by dima
Wed Jan 07, 2015 10:23 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: View from San Gabriel peak
Replies: 6
Views: 178

View from San Gabriel peak

This isn't so much a trip report, as an excuse to post some photos. Today I went up to San Gabriel Peak and Mt Lowe via Muir Peak and the Lone Tree trail (thanks, Sean!). The trip itself wasn't particularly noteworthy; trails are all decent. What WAS noteworthy was the visibility. I have NEVER seen ...
by dima
Wed Jan 07, 2015 6:37 pm
Forum: News & Conditions
Topic: Dawn Mine Trails (Millard Cyn)
Replies: 7
Views: 251

Re: Dawn Mine Trails (Millard Cyn)

What is this? Boo!
by dima
Tue Dec 30, 2014 6:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 2015 in the San Gabes
Replies: 19
Views: 584

Re: 2015 in the San Gabes

Great question! I will finally make it to Stanley-Miller mine, and to some of the ones on the East side of Iron. I will traverse San Antonio ridge. And I will walk the whole length of the Arroyo Seco in the mountains. Should be a great time.
by dima
Sun Dec 28, 2014 8:02 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Smith Mountain south ridge and Bear Creek
Replies: 4
Views: 61

Re: Smith Mountain south ridge and Bear Creek

How was the poison oak? I'm not sensitive so I don't know what it looks like with complete certainty. There was nothing with red leaves, and there wasn't much bush-sized stuff with green leaves that I think could be poison oak. There was lots of larger, tree-sized stuff, and smaller stuff. So yeah;...
by dima
Sun Dec 28, 2014 1:24 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Smith Mountain south ridge and Bear Creek
Replies: 4
Views: 61

Smith Mountain south ridge and Bear Creek

For a while now I've wanted to check out the Bear Canyon trail in the San Gabriel Wilderness. The location of this trail really makes it necessary to do this as a long out/back or to do a car shuttle or walk back on the road. Well last week while looking at the aerial imagery, I discovered another o...
by dima
Tue Dec 23, 2014 7:06 pm
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Waterfalls and forks
Replies: 1
Views: 24

Waterfalls and forks

I read John Robinson's "Mines of the East Fork" recently. In it he mentions off-hand a waterfall I've never heard of: Cape Horn Falls. I half-forgot about it until I read the Glen canyon falls TR here a few days ago. Feeling ambitious, I decided to hit both in the same trip. First, Cape Ho...