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"Dadaca" Hunting for Acorns in East Canyon Hike distance: 2.22 miles Elevation gain: 583 feet November 12th, 2023 The other day I ate some freshly flame-roasted acorns fallen from a White Oak tree deep in a canyon in the front range above Altadena, and was amazed by the delicate flavor. I...

"Caca de Caca" (Haines Canyon Ramble) Distance: 2.26 miles Elevation gain: 621 ft November 11th, 2023 Mt Lukens is a sprawling staple of the skyline to much of the northern half of Los Angeles metro area, readily looming in any view eastward from the San Fernando Valley or to the north fr...

Sean wrote: ↑If a rule breaks in the forest and nobody is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

Why do I feel like this is pertinent....

You have survived!!!

Elwood wrote: ↑Elevation gained and lost?

50ft and 4lbs of candy gained, 50ft and a normal bedtime lost. We started ultralite but pack weight grew as the hike progressed.

Trick-or-Treating in North Hills North Hills 1.3 Miles
 50ft elevation gain
 Elevation: 834ft 23 homes tricked for treats Last year as a 2 1/2 year old Forest tried Trick or Treating for the first time, and although he didn't really know what was going on, we were able to visit a handful of homes a...

Taking Big Tujunga Canyon Rd is a bit of a detour, but from that intersection to Islip Saddle is a big and important chunk of ACH to open back up for campgrounds and lots of trail access, obviously the most important of all being THE CENTROID. Great news. Now lets hope our El Niño Winter doesn't wip...

Welcome to my home turf, guys! I can almost taste the sandwiches when I see the photos.... I did Burma Road just last March - at that time I passed no fewer than 7 separate streams with waterfalls coming down the east face of The Pinnacle and crossing the trail. That spot with the rockslide was fres...

"Mysteries of Bear Canyon" October 28th, 2023 Tujunga Canyons 2,055ft Elevation 1.66 hiking distance 277ft elevation gain In the lower elevations the slope becomes gentle enough in the canyons that the streams create a depositional environment. These are often flat-bottomed, and the sand,...

"Yeah Wrangler" Oct 1st, 2023 Santa Clarita 1,774 ft elevation 1.8 miles hiking distance 391 ft gain We were able to convince our Maine friends who live in Pasadena to join us for a morning amongst the wildflowers in the rugged siltstone foothills of the Santa Clarita Valley. Probably the...

"Yeah A Stream Hike" (Lower Towsley Canyon Stream Scramble) September 4th, 2023 Santa Clarita elevation 1,389 ft 0.52 miles 57' gain A nice hot late-summer day, I planned on only taking Forest to the edge of a stream to throw a few rocks into the pools (he loves doing that) but once I got...

My son Forest is 3.5 years old give or take, and this will be the first hiking season he is doing backcountry adventures on his own two feet after a couple seasons of being in the backpack. Although the pace, mileage and terrain need to be taken into consideration when setting out into the SG backco...

The Eastern Sierras are always the real deal. Love the aspen golds and yellows. I missed them on the Wasatch this year.

I've gotten to know that view into Eaton Canyon well, and its a special one. The first time I saw it I was with our very own Sean and told him it was the best canyon view I'd seen in the Gabes. I think it still is. This is my favorite photo of it I took a couple months ago.

Question to the Gabes experts around here. (of which I know there are a few) Is Iron Mt worthy of its reputation as the most difficult peak to summit in the Gabes that has an actual trail of some kind up it? Anyone think there is a more challenging summit? Of course anyone could MAKE a peak a bigger...

Sean wrote: ↑Found this modest pile o' rocks on Islip Ridge. Nothing fancy. Just a good, old-fashioned cairn. Not too small, not too big, and probably completely unnecessary.

I think I know exactly why you have stacking rocks on the brain... ?

So here's ALL the info about Neight Thousand: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/11155277996 Apparently I decided it was at 2460m. I'm not sure why I decided this. The topo says "a bit more than 8000ft". Do we have a better estimate? 8010? If I remember correctly I think it was, if anythi...

• Not a cloud in the sky. Love the dark blue, shades of almost black sky you get on a perfectly clear day at high elevation. IMG_3112.jpeg • Neight Thousand is on Peak Finder! With the wrong elevation, but I'll still take it. IMG_3114.PNG • Along Islip ridge great views west where one could see the ...

I feel like this TR is a story of you discovering an outlet for your talents and passions: ultradistance bikepacking racing. Pretty cool to dominate so convincingly something competitive like that on your first try. Do you have any ideas for what your next race you could participate in? This is a wo...

Wow, you really did find the right spot! Super cool. Nice diorite specimen.

I would do it from topography. You can get a surface mesh from USGS (the SRTM data), or a higher-res thing from the county. The "mountains" can be defined as the region with a non-constant-ish gradient high-ish gradient (i.e. anything not flat). Then you start in the middle, and find the ...

How would one generate "objective, logical boundaries" of the San Gabes? The Gabes were created from activity along certain faults that form the borders of the uplifted block of earth. I'd start by identifying and tracing these faults. I quickly found the below map, but you'd have to find...

You mean take into consideration elevation as contributing to how the mass is distributed throughout the mt range? I thought about that, but I'm not sure how one would go about the calculation...the elevations (as we all well know) are wildly variable throughout the mountains....hence them being mo...

"It is a primarily topographical approach" While we're being nerds, the type of centroid you've calculated seems more geometric than geological or topographical. Essentially you subjectively drew a geometric shape resembling the 2D outline of the Gabes. With objective, logical boundaries ...

If you manufactured several Centroid Detection Templates from different materials with a range of density and mass distribution, perhaps a better center point could be determined. You could thereby increase the chance of access, and decrease the chance of excess tiredness. Sounds like you're doing ...

Just realized the centroid and the entire proposed approach hike is within the realm of the Bobcat fire.... ?

Extended beast mode was activated. ?

Awesome, go Ryan!!!!! Represent!

I'll just leave this here: the-pole-has-been-accessed-t7040.html Super cool, Sean had mentioned something about this. Your math is rad. Its neat other people a followed your lead and have since accessed it as well. We should leave a register at the centroid, but the only issue is the perimeter poly...

David R wrote: ↑Genetic mutations primarily found in Western black bears that is probably prevalent for camouflage purposes.

Thanks for the answer, David... brown camouflage makes sense in our climate and geology.