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Able to pull a hiking day on the Lunar New Year and off I went. Did not know Baldy got may be .5 inch of snow! And I have to hike up with my torn bicycle glove to keep hands warm! Any way the ski hut area was in the cloud all day, and the top was above the cloud and windy. The rain and light snow on...

Have checked the report page for a while, I was surprise to see quite a few of us on this forum went on the same trail in the last month. I took my 9-yr old son Matthew and my friend and his three boys to do climb Whitney the long way, since my friend could not acquired the lottery permit to use the...

Now I remembered that you two passed our group somewhere on the descent to Whitney Portal.

We camped at Trail Camp Friday night and packed out at the usual late 11:30 AM

You are right about the pleasant feeling of day hikes with light pack on our back

Awesome trip you guys did. I did the same route with my 9 yr old son, but we did in 8 days though from 8/10/13-8/17/13 in the same week; you guys must had overtaken us! Your 3rd day milleage and elevation gain and loss is a "WOW" with 50lb backpack on!

New Year Day same routine, I dropped my son and niece at the Mt Rose ski resort and headed up the Mt. Rose trail At the ski resort parking lot with Mt Rose summit in the back ground https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/lh4.googleusercontent.com/-iTdOKoVtBgw/UOrxJyivUcI/AAAAAAAABvM/VsG9_aX_dl8/s104...

Took family to Reno, Nevada for our annual winter break. Took advantage of being driver to drop my son and niece to Mt Rose Ski area, I tried to hike Mt Rose trail on Dec 30 before the New Year (my son asked me to go ski with them, but I felt my knee saying no!). This year there is lots of snow on t...

Nice !!! Thanks for the pic!

Personally I find C2C a little harder than the Whitney day hike, this may be because of the extra preparation that I give to Sierra hikes which makes things go more smoothly. While they both require early starts 2am to 5am for most people, they are of course different animals, C2C has larger elevat...

I am interested in the class. Hope the date will be good for me.

Bugs are ususually near the water sources on the Monrovia fire road, once pass White Saddle; it is a lot less bugs. You may run into moutain lion, bobcat, or bear though since there is very little traffic from White Saddel to Monrovia peak.

I have a REI half dome 2 tent plus the foot print for about 2 years. Last two camping trips, I noticed some wet spots between the tent floor and the footprints. Both time the weather was dry, no dew at all. It seems that water seeping through the footprint from the ground. The other theory is conden...

The smoke is thick and choking us in Monrovia this morning. The ash is not bad but the air is nasty. Hope for some breeze to move the smoke out of the valley. However, wind could be bad for fire fighters.

Thanks very much for the link.

Save me a trip to the Ranger station every year

Edward Abbey's fans may get excite about this whole issue.... What makes they think the moutain is "underutilized"? First they want more restrooms than more paved roads then cell phone towers. The list goes on and on. I smell that this issue is related or result of the "economic stimu...

Arcadia wilderness park is relative small compared to Monrovia Canyon park. It is off Highland Oaks. I went because my son took boyscout merit badges classes there.

Went riding with a buddy with one goal of reaching Monrovia Peak for 1st time. Started around 7:45am and made to short of Monrovia Peak in 2.5 hrs at 8.30 mile. This trail is getting popular for hiker and mountain biker now from the entrance to White Saddle. Was tired and made a mistake to walk up a...

I went up Baldy using the Old Baldy trail Friday morning. It was nice but a little humid. There was cloud forming on top. Saw about 6 people coming up old baldy trail around noon!!!! Had to give them credit for going up in the mid day heat. Took a hearty drank at the spring at the Bear Flat, did not...

Now, I understand what "404" means.

Very interesting story of Doug Peacock and Abbey. I am going to library to get Abbey's book. Thanks for sharing.

Mattmaxon & Enfuego - we were about 10-11 miles in from the West Ford river trail gate off hwy 39 where we encountered the bear. The bear scats were all over the trail at that point. Plenty of water and vegetation in that area. Here is the map showing where that mama bear about (between point B ...

Taco,

What is beyond the Dam? Are you thinking of Devils Canyon?

Taco,

Just ignore the (No Trespassing) sign on the fence. The gate is open most of the time; I remembered that the only time it was close on the eve of Sep. 11th of that year.

As long as you keep hike/ride on the main trail and keep off some private property driveways; will be Okay.

Rode bike with a friend on the west ford to Cogswell Dam and beyond to see how far we could go to reach the Red Box Rincon junction. We went to about 12 mi mark from Hwy 39 so we were about 0.5 to 1 mi from the junction. Weather was nearly perfect for a ride. Saw a bear on the trail and scare the he...

Hi,

I take it! Let me know if I can pick it up locally. I am in Monrovia, Arcadia area.

I just came back from Grand Canyon. It was a chilly 20 degree at night to around 60 during the day. Very nice weather for hiking down the bottom.

Mine are: -Fullerton loop because it is near work place. -Monrovia Sawpit canyon trail with few options: Take the Ben Overtuff trail then return via the fire road make a 7 miles trip. Or take the fire road up to White Saddle then return to make a 10+ mi trip. Or continue from White Saddle loop to Mt...

Cool report.

Welcome to the board.

Saw a Search and Rescue trucks with few personels at IC parking yesterday in the wet and cold condition. Wasn't sure what going on, but they were prepared some gears to heading out.

Hope for good news!

Snow on high elevation, and rain and hail in Baldy village. I was trying to take family to Manker Flats for kids snowplay. Ended up turn around due to road hazard (not icy but slushy wet road). The Honda van is too low for the snow. Big mistake was put on the cable on the tire! It made it worse to c...

Cool report and nice snow pictures.

The tent you used looks like an REI 2-person backpacking tent. May I ask how was that tent on the snow? I have a similar tent.

Thanks,

Good find!

Thanks you very much