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Well, we could go up Earl, tag Pickens, then follow the Lukens Fire Road southeast past Hawks (and grab that along the way) to the Teepee, and then down whatever that trail is called (the TeePee Trail) to the end of Harter Lane. Or we could reverse that and go the other direction. Leave a car at ea...

I haven't been to Pickens yet. You still interested in that? Anyone else? Also, anyone know whether the Earl Canyon Fire Road is a viable route to Pickens? Parking/access issues? I went about halfway up Earl Canyon Fire Road in February of 2023 with a group of friends, no problems parking, perfectl...

This sounds like something I would be doing!

I appreciate your Mt Lukens sub-peak completionism streak

Super cool! Yeah, wish I could have joined, would have definitely appreciated the geology. According to my geologic maps, they dug their shaft into the moon-rock anorthosite, but pretty close to its contact with Mendenhall Gneiss and Mt Lowe Granitic intrusion, so knowing the Gabes and knowing 200 m...

Justina and I *tried* watching it last night. I think in the right context it would be a lot of fun, but we couldn't get through more than 30 minutes. I recommend alcohol or the green stuff before watching! Its a fun concept, well-executed. Basically a live action version of Wiley Coyote and the roa...

I really want to explore more around the Ojai area! Jealous!
That Eocene sandstone looks like it treated you well. Cool destination.

tekewin wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 4:48 am Maybe someone cleaned the graffiti up? No Kamper Ken?

I remember seeing Kamper Ken!! That one lives on! But no route markings.

The great thing about the West ridge of Strawberry is that it's easy enough for anyone to do it. Different people will have a different sense of how death-defying the thing is, but it's all doable. Glad yall finally got out there! Totally - its accessible, offers enough exposure to be a thrill whil...

I got some illustrative aerials Starting "C" on the south-facing slope. Steep and crumbly as hell but less brush: Screen Shot 2024-11-05 at 2.22.40 PM.png Here is the north facing slope. Still steep as hell. Less crumbling. More brush: Screen Shot 2024-11-05 at 2.25.43 PM.png Which ever di...

A is mm 22.45 where I started in a failed attempt. B is mm 22.95. C is where I think you are proposing to start from. Thank you so much for all the historical digging, HikeUp! A 22.45 is the recommended route on the HPS TR I found dating from 1998, but it sounds like you had a brushy experience in ...

This is a standard off-trail, HPS Sierra Club Josephine route. They have write-ups on their site with specific directions, how to do this one. Thanks... All I can find is this TR, dating from 1998. https://hundredpeaks.org/archives/hps01360.htm They did it starting from 22.45 (A) which is where Hik...

On Sunday JeffH myself and Sean did a very enjoyable lollipop loop of Strawberry Peak starting from the road to Colby Camp on the Tujunga side. Great hike. I'm taking a little different approach to the TR this time. Let me preface this by saying, I'm the sort of hiker who is attracted to going off t...

Has anyone done this or similar, starting from the Angeles forest highway? Screen Shot 2024-11-04 at 10.02.52 PM.png I was admiring this craggy eye-catcher driving up Tujunga on my way to Strawberry on Sunday. The more I research it, the more intrigued I become. Its 2 miles of pretty gnarly-ass look...

Yes, the trail up from Colby Camp road ("Strawberry Colby") on the north Tujunga Creek side is perfectly nice. The area got hammered really hard by the station fire so its mostly all whitethorn brush and dead douglas firs except for one drainage that got sparred. The parking lot is huge an...

The Santa Clara divide sets 'em up, and I knock 'em down. Tuesday morning I knocked off a couple peaks along the Santa Clara divide road along its lonely path to Magic Mountain. Met some friendly deer hunters at the trailhead. No luck for them this morning, they were going to try again the next day....

Clearly you were on point 3650: [latlon=34.36023,-118.36489]. I tell my fancy software to do this: ./standalone --image /tmp/out.svg --width 2000 --radius 1500 --zfar 150000 --znear 1000 34.36023 -118.36489 $((110-30)) $((110+30)) and I get the attached. CORRECT! If I'm following correctly, your so...

The Pine Valley mountains tower above St George every time I drive through there. Definitely plan to camp up there one of these times I drive to the grandparent's house during the summer. They are perhaps the largest laccolith in the world! Epic!

I was just gonna say that he's on Santa Clara Divide looking across Pacoima Canyon, but Mendenhall is the flat top near the middle. I believe the fire road junction is near Highline Saddle. So that would make the closer, rounded summit The Pinnacle. If I'm correct, then way in the distance, over th...

Elwood wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2024 7:06 am Not entirely sure I've got the viewpoint right, but based on Nate's recent travels:

You are mostly wrong I'm afraid! And missing a few, too.

Where was I earlier today and can you name all visible peaks?


There is one familiar peak with an unfamiliar silhouette from this vantage point which threw me a little bit, but I still got 'em all.

Sunglasses found at the little-known "Tujunga Ponds"
The fishing was lousy, but my sunglasses were broken so this was a clutch find.

Nice to bring the whole family with me this time - crossover episode! 20 seconds after the beginning the hike up Hillyer Forest demanded his mother carry him, and then erupted into hysterics when she refused. Great start! Thankfully after a bit of "active ignoring" and redirection to all o...

Sean wrote: ↑Mon Oct 28, 2024 6:59 am I'm glad you said that because I couldn't see it first time around.

I didn't see it when I actually took the photo, either! Only when reviewing at home when writing the trip report did I realize it was in the photo. I took the photo only with the intention of illustrating all the loose silt.

Considering the prognosis you had in 2021 it makes you all the more badass that you've explored the mountains as much as you have since then, and were crushing Rabbit Mtn right alongside the best of us just last month! Fight on my friend and I'll see you out there again soon!

JeffH wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2024 8:34 pm You reached your full height at 11 years old? Or did you get pants that were a foot too long?

It was the 90s - big and baggy was the style!

Well, if my searching of the board archives is correct, this route does not have a trip report here yet. A blessed onshore flow allowed for some early season adventures in my hiking radius last week. A hike I've had on my to-do list for a long time is the venerable Los Pinetos from the south, baggin...

Kinda nice to eat a hot bowl of chilli after a battle through the brush like that!

That all sounds great!

HikeUp wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2024 10:14 pm Will Thrall just sounds cool. Also my favorite peak in the range. I was greeted by a Golden Eagle when I made it to the summit.

Yeah Will Thrall is cool... "Will" makes me think of willpower, and "thrall" brings to mind enthralling. This mountain WILL ENTHRALL you.

Uncle Rico wrote: ↑Wed Oct 16, 2024 7:29 am ...and Etiwanda

I love Etiwanda... makes me think of "ethereal" and also a magic "wand".... and very unique.