EISPIRATEN

I wrote a TR in my photo album and the photos also have captions....

http://www.digitalalpine.com/2009-Pictu ... 6321_HCWeZ

I'm tired.

Thanks, Patrick!

I'll probably head up the Baldy Bowl then over to Dawson & Pine and back. Maybe a few others too if the snow doesn't wear me out.

Nice going everyone! I wish I could of played hooky from work.

Can anyone tell me how the snow coverage was on the backbone ridge to Pine Mountain?

Dam Guide: Welcome everyone. I am your dam guide, Arnie. Now I'm about to take you through a fully funtional power plant, so please, no one wander off the dam tour and please take all the dam pictures you want. Now are there any dam questions?

Uncle Eddie: Yeah, where can I get some damn bait?

Sweeeeeeeeet!!

I need to buy some tools and tag along!

Thanks, Patrick. It was taken in Upland, near Mountain & Foothill.

Thanks for the TR, Zach. I'm glad everything worked out ok.

mmmm....snow. Here is a pano of Mt. Baldy, Ontario Peak and Cucamonga Peak taken this morning...

One more hour and it would of been a epic

Good one, Alan!

Taco- I don't have a Facebook account, yet, but you know my email. Send me some info when you can and I'll work on the Facebook thing. simonov & arocknoid- Great info, thanks! Rick- The N/NE ridge was pretty good, even with a few inches of fresh powder on the scree. There is actually a use trail...

Nice pics, Dave. I was going to go up Baldy on Sunday, but when I saw the wind speed on the Baldy Notch weather station, I said no thanks.

TacoDelRio wrote:I'm waiting until after the first big storm to go stitch up some stuff. Got some big lines planned.

Let me know if you need a partner. I would love to join you on some of your crazy climbing trips (minus the rockfall ).

Thanks everyone.

Taco- I'm surprised I don't see a TR from you. I know you like these crazy weather days also.

michaelmagno- Just as TacoDelRio said. We didn't bring crampons or ice axe since it was fresh, unconsolidated snow on top of dirt.

Hi Patrick, We went up the ridge from Mine Shaft saddle. I'm not sure if that would be the North ridge or not... http://www.digitalalpine.com/photos/727574347_2TVuW-O.jpg We saw the wire on top of bump "11490" on the topo map and the cement anchor blocks were a little ways below on the SE ...

Norma- I actually never looked at the wind speed on Arthur's Kestrel device, but it wasn't a lot, maybe 30mph max. I bet today was much worse. moppychris- Since there was only a few inches of snow, it was a fairly easy day. Arthur might disagree though (he doesn't dayhike much). hvydrt- Great pictur...

What do you do when a winter storm is coming to socal? You go climb a mountain of course! (as long as you feel comfortable in such conditions). My buddy Arthur and I climbed San Gorgonio via the Southfork trail on Saturday. We both are very familiar with this mountain and felt we could navigate our ...

You don't want to know. He's crazy I tell ya!

Nice meeting you Ze and great TR.

Btw, Rick & Michael did miss the last tram down (9:45), but they were able to persuade the tram operator for a ride down. I picked them up on the tram road around 10:30pm.

Hey Rick,

Richard and I missed you by a few hours (9 actually) on Baden-Burnham-Throop-Hawkins. Did you get rained on? I was going to tag Mt. Lewis on my way out, but it was raining, thunder & lighning when I passed Dawson Saddle around 5:30pm.

Sorry for the late reply...

It was good meeting you Liz & Jeff. It's a good thing you got a alpine start because it was very warm later in the day. It felt like July on the Three Tee's trail.

Btw Liz, nice job on joining the Baldy 20+ summits Club

Here is her TR on the WPS board...
http://www.whitneyportalstore.com/forum ... #Post60221

The fresh snow made the final 400 feet a little hairy...


More pics: http://www.digitalalpine.com/gallery/78 ... 5429_KSqLT

Hi Yamaya, I met you below Icehouse saddle the day you had to turn around due to leg cramps. I also met LD that day between Bighorn and Ontario Peaks (small world!).

Thanks for the trip report and pictures.

-Mike

Yeah, the wind was nothing like it was in your video when I was on the summit. Awesome video and pictures!

Great pics of the clouds Liz. There were definitely some cool cloud formations in the mountains on Saturday. You clicked off those trail miles in great time too.

Alan- I thought for sure there would be a ton of people on Baldy yesterday. I was thinking it could be the last good weekend to go straight up the bowl. Btw, i'm not complaining :) He219- Thanks. That picture shows just how much snow is still on the Northern slopes. Glamisking- It was great taking a...

It was a unusually quiet day on Baldy today. Started from Manker Flat at 7:20am and only saw a few hikers on the way up to the hut. A few more climbers in the bowl and no one on the summit (weird). Headed down the North side to Dawson and Pine and then back up to Baldy, where there were only 3 hiker...

Hey Taco, that's my wannabe DC5 One of these days I'll run into you!

Good stuff Tim. I thought that was your black Prelude parked next to me today (Atleast I think that was yours...?)

Just as Taco mentioned, there are a lot of factors. Soft snow, styrofoam snow, breaking trail.....etc. The biggest factor I think is the Altitude your climbing at.