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Wow...good job though! I do hope someone makes it to Little Mermaid peak. I actually made yet another attempt at it, but I dont have the conditioning to make it there. It should be approached from the north. Either by the ridge next to Cogswell or via Hwy2/pk 5111(a lot less mileage, /more elevatio...

Cool! I'd assume it was some sort of mining thing, but if so, there should be lots of equipment nearby. You didn't see any? Think this was something else, or the mine and equipment were hidden in brush? I checked the really old plat maps, and this wasn't listed, but neither are any of the medium-ol...

If you were where I think you were, based on the topography in your photos, then it's most likely the remains of a miner's shelter from the old gold rush days. The site appears on an old map from 1903. That should be enough info for serious folk to find it. Email or PM me for details. This location...

Very nice find! I have not seen that mentioned on any of the north ridge trip reports I've read, though I wouldn't be surprised if one of the local experts here knows about it or has it mentioned in an old book! As I said in /r/socalhiking, I plan on doing this route this week, and would love speci...

Jeez, its been a while since I posted anything here. Place has cleaned up quite a bit! I kinda moved over to just sharing my trip reports on my website trvrsapparel.com , except this report included a very special discovery that all of my friends and I agreed should not be published publicly. Still,...

AW wrote: ↑Nice accomplishment...very few get out that way. Although, I bet the sight of the real South Hawkins ridge across the way was impressive

uuuugggh... now I have to change ALL of these titles. Who told me this was the South Ridge....lol. I'lll put "A section Hike on it" .

Very cool trip. Devil's saddle in particular looks really neat. Thank you! Both the saddles were very cool and tranquil places to be, with excellent views. When i went back to pick up our water cache, I felt very relaxed just being in that environment and that was shortly after a massive climb and ...

dude awesome! Congrats on the another good summit and glad you didn't roll an ankle

scottawr wrote: ↑good turnout! hopefully i can get off work for the next hike,

Scott! Please come down! did I already add you on the facebook event page? Thats how we're doing most of our communication.

Put together a really strong group of 18 individuals plus one dog to head up to Crystal Lake the long, pokey, scenic way and lemme tell ya, we had some fun. One thing I don't note in the Trip Report is the fact that you basically get to scope out an entire 2/3rds of Iron Mountain from the Ridge. Als...

Nice TR! Russell is on my list of peaks I still need to hit. My trip up Shepherds Pass was supposed to be a xc peakbagging adventure starting with Tyndall and ending with Muir Peak hitting Willi, Trojan, Barnard, Russell and Whitney in between. My hiking partner wasn't up to the task so we just rol...

Uncle Rico wrote: ↑Nice

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Great photos and an impressive time. The view from that ridge is incredible. Congrats on bagging Russell! Thank you! That section was too short lived. I feel like I could have enjoyed it more. It was hard switching over from the "get it done" attitude on the sections we had already done s...

Impressive trip report and photos. Particularly impressive doing it this late in the year in one day. It is truly a far better climb than Whitney by the trail or the Mountaineer's Route, as are many others, as you note. Unfortunately, I had to sit on Russell-Carillon Col with a dislocated shoulder ...

Sean wrote: ↑Awesome report! Get more sleep next time!

Will do. I think driving out at 4am to meet with David at the Visitors Center the day before was the mistake. Definitely not getting drunk the night before the climb. 8)

Damn, its been a while since I've been able to write anything new here. But I've definitely been creepin' on y'all. Just wanna say thanks for the inspiration again and again and again you guys. I was really pumped to find this sticker atop Mount Russell tagged on the bottom of the register. TR link ...

Having just completed Iron Mtn. for the first time a few weeks ago I am in awe of you. I needed 5 liters to go out and back on Iron. Nice job! Thank you much! The early start always helps and I have been told by a lot of the running community that hydrating well the few days before a race is a good...

I played around on here during my trail running injury days for physical therapy. The switchback cutting is from the recent explosion of this hidden gem. The local distance running community has taken a liking to its steepness for training. Its literally the only place you can get this kind of gain ...

ha! now that I got a decent write up of it, I might stay away from there for a while. Someone on this forum once mentioned a loop near West Fork, Cogswell Dam, to the ridge north of that and hitting little mermaid canyon to bear creek..I might be giving that one a shot before it starts heating up. ...

Nice report, awesome trip. I have been thinking about doing this one, but there is one problem: How did you get back to your car? ] Sorry, just got back from Big Sur. I had told my girlfriend ahead of time that I would be done between 11am and 1pm and that I would call her when I reached a telephon...

The winter conditions make this even bigger than just the SAR hike. I guess you could up the ante by doing a winter ridge traverse in the dark. I keed, I keed. Nice job! ha! now that I got a decent write up of it, I might stay away from there for a while. Someone on this forum once mentioned a loop...

Uncle Rico wrote: ↑As Bernie Sanders would say, "Yuuuuuge!"

Well done, Sir.

ha! Thanks. hopefully more TR comin' this year.

dima wrote: ↑Huge!!!

OOOOOOHHHH YEAAAAAAAAHHHHH!

Congrats! That's a really tough hike. Do you mean you went down the north side of Gunsight? I didn't see anything decent on that side. I actually meant that I stayed to the center instead of heading south... I will reword that in the blog so as not to cause confusion! Thanks for letting me know tha...

SAN ANTONIO RIDGE TRAVERSE | IRON MOUNTAIN TO MT. BALDY Images and original Trip Report, including GPX FILE and STRAVA UPLOAD: http://www.trvrsapparel.com/blogs/so-ca ... o-mt-baldy EAST FORK AND THE HEATON FLATS TRAILHEAD 3:38 am - After spending a few minutes re-checking my pack, I locked the car...

walker wrote: ↑Congratulations. That's a great accomplishment. Keep it up!

This was my first time ascending any peak near Big Pine Lakes. All this stuff looks waaaay out of my league. Thanks for reading!

Those fancy aluminum register boxes are rare. The only one I've personally seen is on Cobblestone in Los Padres. North Pal, Polemonium, Mt. Sill, and Starlight also have them, at least based on other reports I've seen. I was so pumped to see that box. I was really glad I let my friends do all the r...

All this talk about how difficult triplet Rock is from Bear Creek makes me want to do it. Unfortunately, I've dropped down to Bear Creek from Islip Saddle and just looking at those Ridges makes me tired. South Gully is the closest thing I can see on google maps that looks legit. I'll definitely keep...

"If I fall in the first crux and the protection doesn't hold, I will go to the hospital. I'll give it a try."

haha good attitude.

If you want the short version, the Photo Gallery is on Facebook Pre-gaming at the Onion Valley Campground October 2nd, 2015 -- 10:00pm - We started the drive up to the Onion Valley Campground from Independence. We had moved the meet-up about 30 miles south of Big Pine Lakes because the campgrounds ...