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I can't DL your file, for some reason. Comes up with script. hummmm... rt'clk save as...add the extension KML I don't remember if it was Galen Rowell or another old school Yosemite climber, but some guy/s made some routes on the big towers along the tram. I think they descended from the tram up to ...

Nice!
The buckthorn looks formidable

I was looking at Big Butch Wash last Thursday 5/14...There looks to be a well worn route up there

Any info on the Big Butch route?

Thanks
Matt

So I took the wife, a life long SoCal resident for her 1st trip up the tram.... It's my 3rd or 4th. But I've never done the Long Valley thing because I was always going to, or coming from somewhere else She's not much of a hiker so we stuck to the short loop trails in long valley, I checked out the ...

I do realize simply trying to do this is dangerous, but my question is could it be done, or is there any point higher up that would make this route extremely dangerous. The local SAR teams know this spot well.... The one time I have descended Eaton Cyn I noted people have tried to climb up from the...

portions of the PCT are not real steep and take you though lots of seldom traveled areas of the local mountains

2 in particular come to mind

Mt Gleason from the 1st rd crossing up from Mill CRk toward camp 16

Libre Mtn area

these are serendipities for sure

Matt

I hiked Mt Baldy yesterday 5/14

Took plenty of photos including a 360° panorama

http://picasaweb.google.com/mattmaxon20 ... Loop51409#

Haven't been up there in ages! but 2hr 45min seems respectable

Enjoy!
Matt

I'm off to Mt Baldy early on Thursday 5/14

I'm leaving my MC at Manker Flat, hiking the tramway "trail" (leaving @ 6:30am) to Baldy Notch, Mt Baldy and over to Harwood Lodge, Manker Flat

Gotta be home by 2:45pm

Lemme know if you're interested

Matt

Maps show a "Highline Trail" that starts on the Coldwater Truck Trail (at elev. 4321'), traverses westerly then drops down into Cattle Canyon at about 3900' then climbs up to Big Horn Ridge (at ~ 4600') south of where Ze's route went. Then it descends to Widman Ranch I created a couple KM...

Yeah what the hell was I thinking! Bear Cyn Tr in late August Oy Vey! The trail at that time was nice to the canyon floor (Long gone Upper Bear cpgd) The trail is non-existent past there until you approach Lower Bear camp. Between the Upper Bear & Lower Bear it is a canyon bottom scramble Hope t...

Cougarmagic posted a photo over in Flora & Fauna https://eispiraten.com/viewtopic.php?t=1379 http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=34.22807,-11 ... at%20photo The elevation I recorded was 3467ft, about 1.2 miles from the junction on top, right in between your 2 points About 4¼ miles from the road across th...

calicokid wrote: see how far we could go to reach the Red Box Rincon junction.

Rode from Mt Wilson to SR-39 a short while ago via the Rim Trail & Newcomb Pass

Nice ride...

Was Looking at Red Box to SR-39 sometime

Curious as to the location of the bear.... Any memory of where it might be?

Thanks
Matt

Getting back into shape can be tough...esp the older we get. It also seems we get out of shape quicker After a serious back injury it took years to recover, and I had many setbacks I learned to take it slow, baby steps I have been working on improving my conditioning lately a few things that may be ...

HikeUp wrote:I was on this road once before, back in November 2006.!

There is a lot of strange, very odd, down right scary SH*T out in the Angeles

Makes it interesting

You need to be on your toes keeping your eyes and ears open, that 6th sense (something ain't right) sharp

matt

looks like the "paddlewheel" steam ship coming up the Los Angeles River post card I've seen promoting Sunland & Tujunga Real estate

There was another with Oil Wells

Matt

I went out there last March 6th with Cougarmagic

http://picasaweb.google.com/mattmaxon20 ... oudHollow#

The bowl is known in some circles as Supercloud Hollow

http://www.dankat.com/advents/sprcld.htm

That guy was camping there when we hiked out on the road....

Primo Spot!

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Calflora "Chia"

Hikin_Jim wrote:....and chia

¿Qué?

which photo are you referring to? # of #

Hikin_Jim wrote:baby coming in only four months.

Wow! early congrats... Hope the Mrs's is doing well through it.

Sooo.... you can't get anybody to go hiking with you and decided to grow a hiking buddy from seed?

Cheers
Matt

Yeah all on one day. I don't know the names of the little yellow jobs with the one petal that has the dark stripes Or the variety of Indian Paint brush that is yellow Rage stopped me from identifying the despised Greenbark Ceanothus ( Ceanothus spinosus ), the bane of XC hikers! Those handful of lit...

Thursday with 95°+heat in the forecast I got off the trailhead in Wildwood @ 5:30am Made the summit in 2hrs (1016th summit) and decided an inventory of every different flower I saw would be of interest... Since running my brush saw was outta the question with a Red Flag Alert http://picasaweb.google...

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2 ... -lion.html

State wildlife officials said today that a dog involved in a battle with a mountain lion in the Cleveland National Forest was likely the aggressor and there was no evidence that the cougar had targeted the canine’s owners.

SGR E Fk Vincent Gulch Divide to Heaton Flat

PCT - Kearsarge Pass Trail to Florence Lake from Onion Valley TH

Whitney Portal to Mt Whitney

Reed Spring isn't very reliable Only time I have seen surface water there was at the height of the melt in a heavy snow year I have never seen Little Jimmy dry ever, my mouth is watering just thinking of that tasty water! Little Jimmy Camp has very active bears... Hang your food... Leave your pack o...

Nice! There are roadrunners in the SG but I have only seen'em down low, never up at Chilao, but where you see them is where they are I saw a nice rattler yesterday all coiled up, got a real good long look, we where behind the head so I'm not sure it knew we where there. Saw a lizard a short ways awa...

http://easternsierratransitauthority.co ... routes.php

This here is the ESTA and CREST

There is always hitch hiking too....

Last I heard the only shuttle service went bankrupt

It is possible? to take a bus or taxi

Matt

Also, how does that Bridge To Nowhere 'area' become private property? Does someone from the private sector actually own it? And if so, who and why? Or is it some ploy to keep the bungie jumpers off it and away? A land Patent claim was Issued to the San Gabriel Mining Co on 5/16/1904 S½S½NENE 7/ 2-N...

Five-Lined Skink.... When working on the Condor Peak & Colby Cyn Trails I have dug up very immature ones inadvertently.... Cool You didn't break the femur off? You cheated and sawed it.... I'm assuming the camera is there, to get the elusive Carnivorous Big Horn Sheep What dedication to your cr...