EISPIRATEN

Looking forward to hopefully traversing this area in a couple weeks or so! Terrain looks inviting.

I have been commenting a bit around here, so I suppose I should introduce myself! I’m a music nerd and musician and have been in bands since I was a teen in the ‘90s. Despite growing up not too far away in the SFV, I’d never spent any time in the San Gabriels until I moved to the area five years ag...

When you share a passion for something, particularly one rare and specific like hacking through punishing brush up the side of some steep unknown ridge to get yourself on top of an unnamed bump of rock for some obscure reason, you can sort of understand the other person very quickly. Because you don...

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You've just shown your age, also wear light colors they absorb less heat think Raiders of the Lost Ark

You've just shown your age. Wear light colors, think GLADIATOR.

(This PSA has been brought to you from one of the forum's resident Millennials)

Damn, looks like that trail's in the closure zone? It didn't occur to me that the closures were in part due to unstable ground. I always assumed it had to do with not disturbing the vegetation. Yeah, have we determined if Colin was actually within the closure zone when the incident occurred? If not...

The satellite imagery really illustrates how decimated that landscape was by the Bobcat fire. And after a big rainy winter there are plentiful dangers in an area as steep as that. Fire might expose alluring old trails, but beware everyone...

You were in my neck of the woods! Yes, that area is going to be *hot* this time of the year. And not a lot of shade either. Not recommended for a summer hike particularly with the temps we've had recently. I haven't quite bagged Mendenhall myself yet but I hope to do so this winter. I'll probably do...

Looks like excellent terrain for having a topo map and a target! ?

As Colin stated, he was going to "attempt to find signs of the trail at the upper end where it joins Clamshell Road west of Monrovia Peak." There appears to be an old unmarked trailhead to the west of Monrovia Peak. It also appears to go somewhat SE down the mountain, running parallel and...

I keep thinking about the last time we hiked with him to Rose Peak and how we ate ice cream afterwards to celebrate. The memories of that day have taken on a new poignancy. I remember standing with Colin on Rose Peak, probably the best view of the Arroyo Secco there is, and in my excited state, poi...

Thanks for the trip report, Sean. This has been a long, dark week of searching for Colin and I hoped it was therapeutic in some sense to get out there and look where you could, even if its a long shot. The SAR effort has been amazing... 66 people will be out there today, dogs, horseback, helicopters...

Its maybe a long shot but just going on information that is available to us, Colin was writing about those other mystery "dry lakes" throughout the San Gabriels that he knew of. • Devil's Canyon at the toe of the ridge to West Twin • Graveyard Canyon at the start of what eventually leads u...

@tonesfrommars Thank you for reaching out, Ian, you are smart to check here. I personally didn't know of any hikes this past weekend with Colin being involved, but someone may. Heads up Ian, the Angeles Crest Highway is closed for most of its route this summer, from Red Box to Grassy Hollow last I ...

Cool trip. Any of you been up to Supercloud Hollow after a rain storm? Does it ever become an actual lake? There was no evidence of recently standing water like dried cracked mud or anything like that to suggest there had been standing water this past winter. Just loose, dry soil with a scattered f...

Another great Front-Range brush-cutting investigative historical adventure lead by Sean! • First time summiting Mt Deception. Brownish granitic rock makes up that peak within the sea of the area's white tonalite, creating a light brown gravel and sand which we then skied down a steep lightly-used tr...

Always enjoy your TRs, Taco, even the second time you write them. Those San Gabriel high country conifers are God's consolation gift to us all, truly unique and beautiful creatures. Glad you like all the Hawkins. I'm pumped to visit them myself in August, hope you can join, it would be an honor cros...

Jealous!! Wow, such a different world up there compared to the Red Box front range area. Its so gloriously open, dotted with majestic pines for some shade....nearly ideal for off-trail exploration. You guys covered some impressive mileage and elevation gain. If it stays reasonably cool enough up the...

Wow, thats a serious trek. Impressive. I've been meaning to hike in the San Emigdio Mts, come close but haven't made it out there yet. Terrain looks like the Santa Susannas on steroids.

• Big thanks to Sean for all the historical research that went into making this not just a neat off-trail hike but also a really fun investigation with a story, and extending the invite to assist in the expedition's geologic identification! • It was very cool rising above the marine layer to a beaut...

Nice mountains. Never been to that part of Utah, but the parts I've seen were loaded with beauty. Cool that you can hike with your dad. Are you a geologist by trade? I like the details about the rock. I took a basic geology course in college, but have forgotten most of it. I am purely an amateur ge...

I grew up in the Wasatch, but spent most of my time hiking the canyons around SLC. Never hiked out of Ogden. I guess I should have. Good stuff. I haven't explored the Wasatch around SLC yet. Photos, videos, and what I see from my car window suggest its pretty awesome too. Maybe just you have to get...

The family has been staying at my parent's new house in Ogden Utah for the last week. (Until last year they had lived in Maine) The hiking around here is awesome. Yesterday I got out with my father/OG hiking partner in crime to tackle bit of springtime peak bagging in the Wasatch. My father is 67 an...

great job guys -I always wanted to venture into the Pacoima Reservoir area. I though about sneaking through in the 1997/98 hiking season but feared being shot for trespassing. A few years laterI met a woman named Jan in 2000 on a advertising photoshoot who's mother owned the property that you had t...

Thanks Nate for allowing me to join you on this really cool expedition. I enjoyed every moment except when the tree limb impaled my ankle and I dropped my phone in the water. Btw, the phone was working fine up until Wednesday when it finally took a turn for the worse. I can't retrieve my photos of ...

Sweet! Looks like a good time. What happened with that flipped car? It looks new-ish. Somebody went off the road recently, and the car was abandoned? Yeah, there is a 100ft+ very steep bank/cliff between that car and the road, so it took quite the tumble and fall to get down there. The registration...

I've only encountered talus in the Wasatch, and was going down at the time. Which was fun but also felt like I was in the process of triggering a rockslide. Going up sounds like a whole lot more work. Never hiked the Santa Anas, but I have a friend who lives in Temecula now so I might tie it in with...

This trip report is named in honor of the 1937 Zorro episode of the same name, which was filmed at the Pacoima dam and the title also felt relevant to a couple experiences we had. Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/embed/4PjCMPUgL-4?start=432 I was somehow able to convince Sean and Cecelia t...

Intense hobby, much respect. I could definitely see enjoying it *if* I felt safe enough. I certainly understand the appeal of "whatever I encounter I encounter, can't really turn back even if I wanted to" outdoor adventure scenarios. Kinda reminds me of the canoeing I would do down little ...

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I guess PeakFinder derives it's data from Openstreetmap....! Pretty cool. Next time I have a peak name I feel legitimate enough about I'm going to follow your lead and be the change I want to see in the world and add it to Openstreetmap.