EISPIRATEN

It's tradition for me to hike on New Year's Day every year. I chose to hike with a new group and check out an area that I haven't really explored. I woke up early and drove to Orange County through the Cleveland National Forest. The plan was to bag Los Pinos Peak and check out the Vicker Benchmark. ...

Black Star Canyon is located in the Santa Ana Mountain range, about 10 miles east of Angel Stadium in the Cleveland National Forest. Nice Trip Report. I've heard that this was cool place to hike. The pictures are awesome! A little creepy regarding the school bus incident but this looks like somethi...

HikeUp wrote:I hate tap-a-crap

I second that!

Uncle Rico wrote: Since I've been a bit of a sluggard lately and haven't kept pace of my EisPiraten duties and responsibilities, I figured I'd better start the new year off right by posting a TR.

Nice report for the new year. I'm also behind on posting as well. Btw tmi on The pee rags lol

Friday Sept 23, 2016 We woke with the sun on Friday morning... Very Nice Report. I love the milky way picture! Sean and I attempted Mt. Tyndall about 3 years ago. We made it up to Shepards Pass but there was a lightening storm so we turned around and could not summit. At least I know what the summi...

Wow! How long did that take you? Lol
I'm a little behind on reading posts.
Thanks

Awesome report! Beaitiful pics and Impressive monument!

Survey marker

I know we need the rain and/or snow but the weather here has been outstanding the last couple of weeks. Awesome report! I do remember reading your TR last time you hiked this peak in the snow. However there is a survey marker there behind the big square metal thing (whatever it's called). Kind of h...

gardonj wrote: Hate slugs. They are slimy.

Nice! I found this beauty earlier this year in the Figueroa Mtn area, Santa Barbara. This was the first time I had ever seen a banana slug.

If this is the first time you've tried following a route described by Brennen's online pages, here are some things to watch out for: (a) These pages are all about 20 years old, and I don't think he actively updates them. I have often found that conditions have changed significantly by the time I ge...

Uncle Rico wrote: Remain calm. All is well.

HAHA!!!

I second David's suggestion; it's a nice route. The way-finding is pretty simple. Start out on the normal Bear Canyon trail. When the trail leaves the river (or maybe a bit before) you leave the trail, and take a gully to the left. There's a use trail eventually, and you end up at the saddle betwee...

I appreciate your posts on Bryce. Our family went this summer and a lot of the scenery looks familiar, but you have done a lot more than we did. I'd like to go back in a few years, though there are three other Utah parks I haven't seen. One of the things I wanted to do but didn't was hike to the Si...

Nice report and pix! I did the opposite…all my Jones and Hastings hikes were from Bailey Canyon via the route you describe here, while I did it just once via Bastard Ridge (on my 67th birthday in 2013, after learning about it from a report on this forum)… I never scaled that summit rock on Hastings...

gardonj wrote: Nice trails and scenery. Would love to go there also.

Thanks, you should definitely check it out!

Hi David,
Thanks for the information. I would love to go back there some day. Maybe you would like to show us the way? My friend Henry wants to go too, after I told him about my adventure. I have to admit it was fun but could be dangerous and if there is an easier but cooler way I'm down!

For many years I have hiked the fun way to Jones Peak via the steep Bastard Ridge. I love this route because it's a great workout. However, recently, I was introduced to an easier, still steep, but longer way to Jones & Hastings Peaks. I did this hike on Thanksgiving day and had so much fun that...

Lately, I haven't had time to post my hikes as often as I would like but I wanted to share my birthday adventure that took place on November 22nd. Some of my wild Wednesday hiking friends planned a fun adventure bagging Lookout Mountain via Bear Canyon, scrambling up a steep ridge. I have bagged thi...

Wow! Death on the Emerald Pool's trail? hard to believe. I was just so disappointed that the Emerald Pools weren't so thrilling.

Whoa. That is a cool area! (What's this about the limited photos? What does it say?) When one is uploading photos to a report there is a limit. its kind of annoying, even though I have re-sized them. Also the first time I tried uploading photos with TapTalk, I noticed that when I deleted a photo fr...

I definitely want to climb this
My favorite picture.

Great Report! Love the pics!

This morning we gathered again at the Sunrise Point parking lot near the general store. The plan was to hike do a loop hike that included the Queens Garden, Navajo, Peekaboo, Wall of Windows trail and Rim trails. We added an unplanned route, the very cool Wall street trail. This was another 8 mile+ ...

On this day, I met the group at the North Campground General Store. I must say that the campground is very nice. Showers and clean restrooms are available for use. The plan was to do the Fairyland Loop Trail. An 8 mile hike with about 1725” elevation gain. Cloudy skies and chance of rain was in the ...

This morning I met the group at the Zion Visitor Center. The plan was to visit Weeping Rock, HIdden Canyon, Observation Point and the Narrows at the end of the day. Knowing that this was going to be a long day, my main objective was to hike Observation Point. On a previous trip with Sean about 3 yea...

haha you didn't find the benchmark!

Nice report. Happy to see water there. I've been to the top of Devil's Gulch. There was a rope there last time I was there about 2 years ago.

I spent 4 lovely days hiking in Utah in October. Day I: The plan was to meet the group at the Zion visitor center and take the shuttle bus to the Kayenta Trailhead, hike up to Angel’s Landing then check out the Emerald Pools. I arrived late so I ended up hiking by myself that morning. I took the Wes...

Saturday's are fine if I don't have to lead a hike