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Sespe hot springs is great; I think I posted on the ascent up the mountain just north of it from the springs. Was a fun weekend.

I've been wanting to go down sespe canyon/narrows; I forgot the exact name, but sounds like a fun multiday trip that requires some dry bags

Thanks for the post. I've been eyeing this route for a while now but didn't recognize all the snow risks.

found this little bit of history on the area
https://goldentroutwilderness.wordpress ... an_h-s.pdf

I'm surprised no one has posted on this, including me, since I've been up there many a time now. Indianhead is a cool little formation of rock that looks red from a distance, visible from jordan hot springs, but up close from western aspect it's irridescent green with lichen. It has some class 2/3 a...

Good fishing down there too!

The said fungus in question:

I've considered lapping but it seems uncouth for gentlemen such as ourselves

Dima, it was even bigger than her head... However while the flavor was great, it was a bit dry, probably in part because we cooked it over a camp fire on a cast iron. Might have been an old specimen too

Found this chicken of the woods near sentinel Creek in Yosemite valley last week

Hi all, I'm loosely planning to do the WURL next year and so thinking about hikes I could train on with a lot of elevation gain. I live in Venice and so access/drive time is a big consideration. I used to do old baldy trail but I understand it's now closed with the fire, so that's put. Options that ...

Looks like it'd be fun on a mountain bike. Nice work

What a weekend: took Dima out to Idyllwild for his first trad or multipitch climb and he absolutely crushed it; made short work of white maiden's (5.8 var, 800'), then since we finished relatively early, went for extra credit up El camino real (10-, 500'). We couldn't resist doing the classic laybac...

I did a southern section of the JMT at the end of August, and word is that after that cold snap the mosquitoes were gone. It was so pleasantly bugless

On the positive side, the fire might have opened up paths that were previously too brushy. I wonder how many of the bigger trees survived.

Ha, I recall hearing something about those pitches being chossy?

Time for a trip to Tahquitz

Yeah, looks interesting

Aloha, anyone here climb technical rock? I like hiking and all that, but really dig the high alpine stuff and long multi pitches. I can lead trad 10s and follow harder. I live in Venice and often climb at cliffs of id and can easily take fri-sun for trips. Would love to get up on more high sierra ro...

Looks like an excellent hike!!

Nice finds y'all!

Here are some boletes we found on the hike/climb up to meriam peak a couple weeks ago. They were tasty. I didn't speciate them but not necessary for eating. Not pictured were the hoards of mosquitoes attacking us.

Good trout fishing up there too!

Alright, it's time to get a bolt drill I guess; doing it by hand would be wayyy slower

Sounds like a fun time; wish I coulda made it! Much of the local climbing I've found in the San Gabes is super chossy and so not inspiring of confidence. I much prefer solid rock where I won't die from it fracturing off from my weight, but can still die other ways. Anyway, I hear you about the crowd...

Got any info on the route(s)? How long, what grade, 1 pitch, all gear? Looks like a fun time, but hard to beat the established high Sierra spots like the needles, Yosemite, tuolomne, etc.

I've been eyeing this hike to thorn point along the ridge for a few years and last time tried it on a whim while in the area, wearing shorts, a t-shirt, and without a saw. So when last weekend's passage ride was cancelled, Rich and I made plans to instead try this bad boy out, and this time, to come...

I'll join you next time! I've finally collected all the gear.

Yeah, probably Dudleya; that genus of succulent is known to grow on vertical faces around these parts

Cool adventure!

Nice work dude

It took me several attempts to make it up quail; sure enough the first time it was a blizzard up there (and raining lower in the park) so we had to turn back, but came back later with better weather. It's worth getting up.

A couple weekends back was a 3 day-er, so Rich and I got to brainstorming wilderness adventures. I had been hankering to go back to sespe hot springs, and particularly to try out the bike/hike combo of cycling in on grade valley road (closed during these winter months), then hiking down there via th...