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- Wed Apr 06, 2011 3:02 pm
- Forum: News & Conditions
- Topic: Pacific Crest Trail (Cajon - Little Jimmy - Soledad)
- Replies: 151
- Views: 3720
Re: Pacific Crest Trail (Cajon - Little Jimmy - Soledad)
Here's a posting from a PCT hiker: [From Guffy Campground it's] ~275 yards N DOWN STEEP slope to spring house in Flume Cyn. Take wide use trail at rock cairn on the right (N) below guard rail just before PCT enters the campgrd ~50 yds E of the water tank. Spring UTM 0439545, 3800530 elev. 7724. Tha...
- Mon Feb 01, 2010 10:06 am
- Forum: News & Conditions
- Topic: The Station Fire Thread
- Replies: 795
- Views: 11409
Re: The Station Fire Thread
Wish they'd add the yellow frog closure to it in Coopers Canyon near Eagles Roost. That "temporary" closure has been in effect too many years now.
- Mon Feb 01, 2010 9:59 am
- Forum: News & Conditions
- Topic: Permits required for Half Dome
- Replies: 5
- Views: 138
Re: Permits required for Half Dome
Quotas in effect Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, limit 300 day hikers (available ONLY online) and 100 backpackers.
More at http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/u ... gement.pdf .
More at http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/u ... gement.pdf .
- Thu Feb 12, 2009 2:07 pm
- Forum: California
- Topic: 02-07-09 Camaraderie on Old Greyback (a narrative)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 653
Re: 02-07-09 Camaraderie on Old Greyback (a narrative)
406 wrote:Nice work guys.
But I have to ask:
You know that s*** can slide, right?
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That was my thought when one pic showed 3 packs but only one shovel. If the guy with the shovel gets buried what do you use to dig him out?
And don't forget the avy beacons. (I'm just a little paranoid.)
- Sun Jan 11, 2009 5:23 pm
- Forum: San Gabriels
- Topic: Mt. Gleason: 01-11-2009
- Replies: 4
- Views: 65
Re: Mt. Gleason: 01-11-2009
With all that ice? Could knock someone over. Then again, don't fear the reaper.Zé wrote:More cowbell!!!!
- Sat Aug 09, 2008 7:15 pm
- Forum: Gear & Fitness
- Topic: Looking for winter mountaineering info!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 276
Re: Looking for winter mountaineering info!
To say it's "easy" means different things to different people. To those here that get out on the mountain often in winter, it's "easy." This should not be construed to mean that the casual hiker from flatlands will find it either "easy" or "safe." As was point...
- Sun Apr 20, 2008 10:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ignorance and Hiking
- Replies: 7
- Views: 123
Re: Ignorance and Hiking
wearing suede chukka boots. ...I slid about 50' before grabbing a bush. Thought I was gonna die. ...I saved up my money and bought an ice axe...) I too did some Sierra trips in chukka boots. To be really cool you had to wear striped bell bottom pants with them. But my scary trip I had real boots bu...
- Fri Jan 25, 2008 7:09 pm
- Forum: News & Conditions
- Topic: Avalanches in Wrightwood area
- Replies: 15
- Views: 273
Re: Avalanches in Wrightwood area
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080126/ap_ ... a_storm_23 Per that article, "An avalanche advisory was issued for the ski area at nearby Mount Baldy, a 10,000-foot peak about 40 miles east of Los Angeles, and the lifts there were closed, Angeles National Forest spokesman Stanton Florea said."