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very cool!

You can drive to where the road ends which has a dirt parking lot and is called Antonovich Open Space or something like that but you have to pay there. I instead park at the turn out right before the homes that has a brown Parks Recreational area sign and a gate with a road to the left. This leads ...

Cool report and pix! I tried Oat Mountain via that route in March 2015, and got as far as the gate…it was closed, and I chickened out as I always do when encountering such an obstacle…at that time it would have been simple to bypass it on the right (see attached photo)…I see from your photo that th...

Nice pics! My great uncle was stationed at the Nike base as a gate guard back in the early '70s. I remember my mom driving us up there one VERY rainy night to bring him some dinner. That's the only time I've been up via that road, and I don't remember one bit of it! Also, didn't know KROQ had a tow...

I like North Fork falls the best!

I had attempted this peak last year from Mission Pk and tried to discretely scramble my way cross country but was quickly stopped by the local authorities. Every road had a truck standing by to stop hikers passing by the Gas company's work site due to the gas leak, not to mention camera's that were ...

JerryN wrote: ↑It looks like you have trametes versicolor also known as turkey tail, and tremella mesenterica also know as witches butter.

nice pics

Thanks Jerry!

RichardK wrote: ↑I think this one belongs under flora and fauna.

lol

I found this beauty on Santa Cruz Island this past Sunday by Pelican Bay

awwwww! sorry it didn't turn out as planned but you made me laugh

Very cool mushroom. Now I must find those benchmarks!

Last Wednesday I hiked in the Santa Ynez Mountains to summit Broadcast Peak and Tequipis Falls. I have never ever seen so many colorful mushrooms in one day! It was quite a treat! https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.myff.org/gallery/2046999/20170208_142443.jpg https://eispiraten.com/image...

I decided to take a day off work and hike in the Santa Ynez Mountain range. I met a group at Camp V Ranch Park which is off Hwy 154. We drove up the fireroad about a 1/4 mile and parked our cars a the Tequiepis Falls trailhead https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.myff.org/gallery/2046924/2...

Did the hike this morning as a warm-up for Super Bowl Sunday. The work on the SCE trail is quite impressive and is still going on as far as the crossing over Pine. We started up the ridge by the transmission towers. We didn't see any evidence of passage up this ridge but there was a slight opening ...

JeffH wrote: ↑I like that rock face, it's so different than the rest of the shrubbery.

Hi Jeff,
yes its an awesome rockface! I would love to climb it!

Wow my kind of rocks to climb! I love the claw picture! very nice report and another benchmark for me to find!

Wow. nice find but I feel for the poor deer!

Sean wrote: ↑I didn't know that witches made butter. Thought they only brewed disgusting potions.

hahah very funny

Thanks for the writeup! I'm a bit unclear on the geography about what the new trails are. So there's a new connector from the Altadena Crest trail to the old Edison service road, and the section of the road from the connector to the first set of towers on the Lone Tree trail was cleaned up? Is ther...

Sean wrote: ↑Thanks for the report. It's nice to see the old trail back in action. Nice picture of the fungi on the log.

It's an awesome trail. I posted another pic of the same Witches Butter fungus I found in flora and fauna. Its a beautiful type of Fungus!

Sean wrote: ↑Nice pictures. Those rocks look neat. I'll have to put this hike on my to-do list.

yes put it on your to do list!

Found another one of these beauties on the trail on Saturday morning.




thanks huff and puff for the previous information.

Last Sunday, I invited my 2 hiking buddies Bob and Christian to accompany me on a newly restored trail that my friend Jeremiah has worked on. Jeremiah and I previously hiked this trail and it was so cool I brought my friends along. It is the OER that is located off the Altadena Crest Trail. It's a v...

Thanks huff and puff I read the links you shared. It did have a gelatinous yellow- orange fruit body. At first I thought it was the fruit of a disgarded orange until I got a closer look. Very interesting Thanks again :) https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.myff.org/gallery/2041776/FB_IMG_1...

Another first for me. I have never seen this color of fungus. Found it hiking near Rubio Canyon in Altadena. https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.myff.org/gallery/2041657/20170115_112025.jpg https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.myff.org/gallery/2041660/20170115_112015.jpg

Found these mushrooms hiking in Santa Clarita Never seen them before. They had such a beautiful glow with a dark brown rim. https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.myff.org/gallery/2041653/20170118_111922.jpg https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.myff.org/gallery/2041654/20170118_111...

On Wednesday morning I set out early for a ridge scrambling adventure with a group in the Santa Clarita area. It was a carpool shuttle. We began the hike at Mentryville Park-Pico Canyon and exited Rivendale Ranch at Towsley Canyon. It was quite an adventure. https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/ga...

Nice pictues Dima. I love the icicle formations! I was a bit curious about that plane crash as well. I would love to do more exploring of plane crashes like the one we did Boxcar Ridge. That was fun!

I want to go! Looks like my kind of adventure!

SWEET! I have been contemplating hiking up to Sunset Peak and wondering if it was possible that there would be snow. This is one of my favorite peaks. I have always hiked this peak in the summer and fall. OMG! I am very excited to see snow. I usually take the ridge route as you did and hike down the...