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Did a variation of Jim's hike listed above and it's a perfect loop. Park at the start/ top of the abandoned dirt road West of Lost Creek. Ez descent to Lost Creek, then about 30- 40 minutes x-c up to Lost Creek Trail, Grinnell Ridge Camp, Slushy/ S Fork Meadows trail and down to Poopout Hill. Key he...

OK- here is a real life secret spot. Hike downstream from Chilao's Meadow Group Campground (it's the ENE Fork of Alder Creek). Perhaps 50- 100 yards downstream from the Sandy Bottom Boulders (top-roping and bouldering) is a huge (50' high?) boulder on the south side of the stream. It's summit is eas...

ya Brown's Flat! Island in the sky. Middle of nowhere. Old photos of people flying a small plane there to a small resort in the 20's. I used to like the old cabin above Orchard Camp in the mid 70's. People knew about it, but it was still cool. Homeless Charlie Manson-types would hang there. Ditto Ch...

Cabins are (I think) still operated by LA Schools? Used to be kids would come up for a week at a time...

Great thread!! Great responses. Except I question the "50% plus pass me at max velocity ".. statement I hike.. a lot. I ride a long travel bike. So I straddle the fence. As I hiker, in the last 4- 5 years have had no bad bike experiences. And trust me, I'll go aggro if it happens... As a r...

what Hiking Jim said...

Coldwater Canyon was a great place to hike through. I'd do loop trips taking the Heaton Canyon trail.... would camp maybe 1/2 mile above Widman Ranch under some great oaks and go up to the old mines and San Antonio Ridge...

Curious to hear what you find. I hiked Winston Ridge 2 years ago and eyeballed those N facing crags from afar. Hard to say exactly what was goin' on but looked like one distinct dihedral and arete, plus more 4 sure....

just an FYI- I have often found the San Gorgonio volunteers to be at best officious and at times fairly dripping with authoritarian attitude.

Wow!!! That takes me back... from '75 to '80 I went into Coldwater Canyon and up the the Gold Dollar Mine and San Antonio Ridge once or twice a year. The trail from the saddle to Coldwater Canyon was never that sketchy- but i recall one dangerously exposed spot. No doubt it's worse. The use trail to...

Goin to check out the little cliffs on the backside of Winston Peak? Tony Yeary was talking them up. Or ...

Why is the road to Lupine closed?

You know, I think I remember your exact car. If it's the one I'm thinking of, nice car. How far did you hike on Windy Gap? My car was a black Audi A4 S Line w bike racks.. i waved or gave a gentle honk. We did not hike too far up trail. Couple miles; maybe half-way to Windy Gap. Was the fiance's 1s...

Rallison- pretty stout conditions for a snow ride. I was in a black Audi driving down and saw you riding uphill a couple miles below Crystal Lake. I actually thought you were a madman who started down in Azusa or Glendora. Starting from above West Fork only confers 1/2 madman status.. I got a flat t...

Taco- more often than not, the farms are tucked away off the beaten path? Exception being the Bear Creek farm ranger claimed was 40 yards off the trail (he actually could smell pot from the trail is how he found it).

Glen Camp is nice enough. A sweet casual road bike ride.

Mangus- saw you packing up in the parking lot that Sat AM .. me and fiance rode up West Fork to Glen Camp. Ranger told me they found a big pot plantation up Bear Canyon 2 months ago. Busted 2 Mexican nationals, too. Was only 40 yards off the trail. Darwin award for those guys. But scary, too. Imagin...

I've never done the complete East Fork San Gabriel River. Am thinking if I can arrange a drop off and pick up....

...I start in Wrightwood, take the Acorn Trail up top, then dirt road down to Cabin Flat and begin the fun? Be a full 2 days to get to Heaton Flats.

Went down Vincent Gulch Saturday PM. Spent the night close to the East Fork/ San Gab River.

Just a reminder to all- it is awfully nice down there. Nobody is hiking up from Azusa. Nobody coming down from Cabin Flats, and nobody on the Vincent Gulch trail = nice and empty wilderness.

Anybody notice how aggressive those volunteer rangers are?

Acorn- thanks for the positive ID. Forgot to mention size-- pancake width (8") piled high with the toppings (3"). No surprise tho. San Gab bears love the suburbs. Below is Monrovia, CA's Sampson the Hot Tub. Immortalized by renowned local artist Lynn Fearman for the Monrovia Public Library...

Hey All! My friend/ neighbor here in Sierra Madre found this pile 'o scat in his back driveway. He was just curious-- is this a bear? An Uber- Raccoon? Homeless guy with a high fiber diet? Inquiring minds NEED to know. Sarcastic and pithy responses also welcomed. https://eispiraten.com/images-archiv...

winter of 78....skied up upper Chaney trail to inspiration pt and tom sloan saddle

it was precursor to how fun mtnbiking was going to be....

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@Sewellymon - I got some good beta from Rick Shull, no him?

Hi- the FA guys were Keith Cunning and Ed Kaufer ("the Uplanders").
There were a score of "Uplanders" who all climbed together in the late 70's- was Rick one of them?

VERY cool you found the Cascade Canyon crags. My friends who developed lots of the routes there ('78, '79) were excellent climbers and were psyched with the fun they were having. But the approach is a hump (i turned back the one time i tried- my wife got sick of the bushwhack...). So the routes fell...

Have been a San Gabs hiker since '70, trail runner since '80 and mt biker since '85... so i get it This spring I was riding up Upper Winter Creek-some downhillers came around a corner with a bit too much speed. Not horrific, but I gave them a ton of sh*t. Could of give some old Korean hiker lady a h...

LD, There are some sport routes in Cascade Canyon from the 80's. That's what I was looking for, though I think they're lower, as I doubt the climbers accessed via Ontario. Routes on the North Side of Cascade Canyon were accessed from below- though the one time I went looking for them with wife in t...

Mt Pinos.

1/2 mile up the "dirt road" is above treeline in places and has gentle rolling hills for tele practice. Right after a storm the tree skiing in all directions is endless, too..

DON'T practice at the Quarry. Loose on top. High risk of knocking rocks. Even on a weekday or if you are "off to the side".

Good luck with your training.

Budget cuts = no more full time caretaker.

Place will start getting trashed, then worse. Unless there is a groundswell of support, it's toast..

http://www.socaltrailriders.org/forum/t ... pardy.html

Ellen- my wife has had disc and spine fusion (and hip replacement) and logs about 25 + miles a week on the Mt Wilson Trail. She'd love to do the JMT (after recovering fro her upcoming thorastic spine disc fusion 10/1..

PM me. I'd think she'd like to compare notes w you.

Jeff