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After the closures are lifted, how much of the area would be covered by poodle dog bush? Would that make it impassible or could you get by with long pants and sleeves? Wondering since I don't have much experience with that plant.

Closing Mt. Baldy for over a year? That definitely won't last so long.

3 people trapped:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topst ... r-AA1qpn4h

Good thing the fire had burned for a day southward from the East Fork before the explosion north we saw yesterday. If the explosion north had happened initially, hikers at Bridge to Nowhere, Iron Mtn, etc would have been in serious trouble. Maybe the Fork Fire burn scar is partially responsible for...

Also is hitting Manker Flat and could overtake the everything along the Ski Hut Trail

Looks like it jumped Mt. Baldy Rd and is threatening the houses on Barrett-Stoddard road

Lookout Mountain. Sunset Peak. The East Fork Narrows. Lupine. Pine Mountain. Iron Mountain. Bighorn Mine (it'll be a miracle if Tom Vincent's cabin survives). Even all the western slopes of Baldy and maybe soon to be more. All my favorite spots in the San Gabriels up in flames. I've looked at the fi...

Table mountain across on the Northwest side of Wrightwood is burning. They're gonna need a miracle.

nihaody wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2024 10:38 pm Hard to tell what this is. Sunset? Lookout? Taken from Robert J. Bernard Biological Field Station on Foothill.

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It's gotta be lookout mountain. That's where the fire zone is

Same thing at Mt. High West (last image)
And also Mt. High North across the highway

This is what the Mt. High Camera Shows: This was the last image (RIP)

I went up there by that route in 2020. If you sprint you're only on that road for a minute.

I remember the route being a lot better than the other attempts describe. Maybe it had just been cleared recently?

If you want to hike PCT just buy a ski lift ticket! Makes a lot of sense.

So access to our public lands is now governed by a private business? https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/angeles/ ... ?aid=89397

David R wrote: ↑Rick Kent did it the opposite way and enjoyed himself as much as you did. Now you need to finish the full death march.

30-miles-to-nowhere-t1599.html

Yikes

Thanks for the report, and congratulations on completing such a tough hike. What sort of hikes did you do to train for this? I mostly run to train for the hikes I do. It's often hard set aside enough time to train by hiking, so I try to run every day if possible. Earlier this summer, I got to go to...

34 Miles. 11,500' Elevation Gain. 27.5 hours of hiking without stopping to sleep. The most physically challenging adventure I've ever done, and possibly will ever do. The route: East Fork Trailhead - Iron Mountain - Mt. Baldy - Dawson Peak - Pine Mountain - Down Pine Mountain Ridge to Lupine Campgro...

Going through some old family photos, I came across some photos from my great-grandmother's hikes in the late 1910s and early 1920s. I believe they are from either the San Gabriel or San Bernardino mountains based on the look of the terrain and a post card from Big Bear. They're from different times...

Here's the Police Report:
https://www.idahocountyfreepress.com/op ... 821df.html

And here's the video:

How did the north backbone look to pine mountain? Any guess if it'd be possible without snowshoes?

Thanks for all the info - this helps.

I've been hiking and bushwhacking for a few years now in the San Gabriel Mountains. When off trail, most often I just do my best to push through the brush in the direction I want to go. As anyone who's done this knows, this can be really time consuming and difficult in chaparral. Would a machete be ...

So is that where they're proposing it? --

https://goo.gl/maps/A5nz7jup8vCWAkuC9

It looks like it's the property on cow canyon saddle from the video in that article: https://goo.gl/maps/uBeJLyyTzid9Vz2T9

I don't like it. The last thing Mt. Baldy needs is a massive development that will bring more traffic and clueless tourists. This isn't going to bring in any more people who respect our mountains (who are always welcome). This caters to those who can't bear to leave behind their cushy lifestyle to e...

I wonder what the folks at Thompson Ranch think about it.

Found it! It's the Silver Spur Mine: https://www.mindat.org/loc-79442.html

There's a video from 2011 about it here too:

Looks cool!

Interesting. I know there's a lot of mines out there. The topo map shows 9 horizontal adits and 4 vertical shafts on that hillside above those ruins, but doesn't name them. Looks like there could be some significant tunnels judging from the tailings piles outside the adits. It also looks like there ...

I've done the Run to the Top twice. It's definitely a fun challenging race. Each time I've arrived there at 7:00 am with decent parking. People are sometimes hesitant at first to park by the side of the road near the start line, but the organizers won't mind if you park there. That's usually the bes...

We came from the south at Cow Canyon Saddle. The trail was in decent condition and my dad and I were able to follow it pretty much the entire way, although it is starting to get a bit overgrown. There were a few small patches of snow near the top too. I couldn't see anything from the top though, the...

Here's the W5 marker from lookout mountain.