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Nice report Fritz, regardless of how many drinks it took to make it sound good

Pictures are great as well, I'm hungry just thinking about those cinnamon rolls

Let's all do a snow dance, we need more snow

Mark did you have a cookie feast all to yourself on the summit - had I known
Nice pictures everyone

Thanks again HJ for giving us more info on stoves, the more I learn the better my choices will be always good to learn new stuff

The likeness is amazing, the headlamps give it away but I had no idea your last name was Petzl

Mcphersonm80 - great trip report and pictures, I realy like the deep dark blue tone you picked up in some of those photos, yesterday it was especially blue in the sky and on the ridgeline above baldy bowl I was hoping my camera would capture that but it only did a few times. Congrats on making the s...

Glad you got back out Sam, Mike great to meet you and make a new climbing friend, Zach you are an animal, Tina always nice to have you along to make us laugh, Taco nice 15 minute run down from the Ski Hut to the register box. What a great day on the mountain on a perfect southern Cal winter day :sho...

That crux looks narly, can we get past that? Just a super route today Taco, I'm very impressed, nice work, great pictures and report. https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/photobucket/i6/albums/y222/TacoDelRio/20110112%20West%20Baldy%20North%20Face/P1120501.jpg https://eispiraten.com/images-archive...

Spotfin, congrats on your first ascent of the bowl, we are all glad to add to your addiction, we have meetings every now and again only these ones add to the addiction rather than help you with overcoming it

Nice shots, great job

Super Glad I was able to meet up with everyone and meet all the new climbers coming out to learn new skills - once again thanks to Taco and Siminov for organizing this - as this is all part of the same thread I'll just throw My Pictures up here and report that the snow early morning was fantastic (f...

Taco wrote: ↑to daintily rest it in a letter cutout.

I'm glad you don't use that term "Daintily" too often, scares me to think of you doing so

@Bert - the ski lift is open so there's a fair amount of traffic coming and going from there - yesterday (midweek) wasn't bad at all.

Friday afternoon should be easy, it's Saturday that will be the joke - it will be a zoo getting out of there.

Taco, thanks for leading the way, great route, great fun, lots of post holing, typical right after a few good days of fresh snow. @Dave - without the harness I didn't feel comfortable doing the pure rock and ice sections, I paid the price in deep snow, some of it up to my waist and had to use the ic...

...to me the scariest part of the whole climb was the last mile of pure uneven ice along the ice house canyon trail between chapman trail and the cars, all that beat down trail from everyone tracking through there sent me on my butt twice - it was slicker than butter in a frying pan. :D Happy New Y...

So some freinds of mine are going to do Whitney this year from Cottenwood Lakes / Horseshow Meadows. I am sure this happens everywhere but we were wondering if it is OK /safe to summit Whitney but leave our backpacks at the junction. Anyone have any experiance doing this on any other peak? Anyone e...

Nice work Taco and Johnny - no need to go out of town to get some Ice Climbing in - Happy New Year Taco, see you Saturday at Baldy Bowl

hvydrt - we topped out before 2 PM and were heading down by that time, we might just be in that picture, if you know where the trail that comes off the first saddle is then follow that down through the trees, that's the line Dave lead us to Cedar Canyon, you have the original picture you might be ab...

Great TR Dave and Norma, wish I could have joined you, pictures make me want to go right this minute but will give it a day or two

Tracie - way to capture the day with those pictures - absolutely wonderful thanks for sharing them

Nice work Taco and Johnny - no rock assult either Season is starting to take shape

Great Pictures Phil, great TR - I give up what's the Christmas toy (Snow Claw) it was upside down so I coundn't make out what it said exactly?

Did you at least catch a ride back to the village?

Glad you are back in the "Saddle" Obie, very nice pictures and thanks for the backside views of San G and San J, hope the rest of the recovery goes quick and no set backs

Great pictures Frank-had a great time Friday with Tracie, Frank, Ryan and Ty - perfect way to start the holiday weekend - fun in the sun, with some snow to go, hope to get back on the trail attack

simonov wrote: ↑We're heading up. Supposed to be rain in the village in the morning, snow a bit higher. Never been up this trail before.

Snow is at 7,000 feet and above, the last crossing of the creek might be a wet one, someone threw down some plywood in the afternoon but more rain might wash that down stream.

Niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee chasing the first "virgin snow" that's our Dave G.
Great pictures, will try to post some of my own tomorrow night, when I get a chance

Merry Christmas to all the family of hikers/climbers/canyoners/NPHS/Saddlebaggers etc... be safe and enjoy your holidays
I'm no longer dreaming of a White Christmas - I woke up and Santa delivered

norma r wrote: ↑i think we should have a SGMDF movie night and watch The Canyon. it seems to highlight that the GC Wolf Recovery Project is going well. i'll bring the popcorn.

Popcorn - I'm in

Wet, Wet and more wet Raining below the hut, windy, drizzle, and cold above the south ridge to the summit, 2-6 inches of slushy snow, but tonight will bring more snow, that which has been traveled on will freeze tonight, more snow expected, more rain expected below the hut. Be safe, bring all the eq...

Let's win the lotto and go - I'll need a little training

Like the fact that they keep (edit) going in all conditions - even if the monster is still chasing them

Nice

Being that I only had minor details of that adventure I'm glad you filled in the blanks Also glad you two made it out safely or else I wouldn't have been able to enjoy the other crazy things we've done since that time - great read, great pictures

Nice pictures and report Elwood - thanks for sharing those.

Alan K: The report you quote makes sense. She didn't return from her dayhike on Saturday and then the rescue was hampered by bad weather the following day. Another horrible winter accident on Mt. Baldy. I read somewhere that she was planning to descend Devil's Backbone. I suspect she mistakenly des...