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I suppose the one without the vegetation & shading is a bit more "better" but it is probably subjective.

I for one would use some other characters besides the "X" for locations

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... And if you get to Oakwilde (or maybe what is left of it), what does the trail look like above there? You can scramble up the dam on the east side. But the trail such as it was is no more above the dam last time I was there. It likely has not go better over the subsequent years Above Oakwilde I ...

for what it is worth CC-ing the US representative for the area may be of help in the background.

When I have had issues with the FS I have done this and while I didn't know if they where involved. Things seemed to happen when at other times it did not for the same issue

So are you hiking with your camera ready to go at all times!

Most excellent 8)

did he have a FS badge? If he did he's a "Green Shirt"



This patch would indicate a volunteer

Hiking over 30 years in the San Gabriels I have encountered most of the Bears near Grizzly Flat. (here again I've hike the most in the Mt Lukens area) I have also encountered them in the West Fork, Castle Canyon, Strawberry Peak, Pacifico Mtn, Little Jimmy. These are some notable encounters The only...

I have seen and encountered more bear in the San Gabriels than anywhere else. Obviously I would see more since I spend the majority of my time here. But there are many many bears here. I would not say I have seen hundreds but dozens for sure. I have seen far fewer in the Sierras maybe a dozen at bes...

A quote from Aron Ralston is not a selling point for me.

Puma Concolor camescopii

If there is a lock on the gate. Its a ask almost certainly closed. as to how long? Ask these dip shits in washington dc

Location Reason for closure Closed Date Re-opened Date
Angeles National Forest: Glendora Ridge Road, Glendora Mountain Road to Mount Baldy Road High Winds In Mountain Areas 10/03/13 10/07/13

http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=2349121 We'd looked at this over the years and always seemed to have something else to do. We started up the Bill Riley Trail and joined the paved Mt Disappointment Rd. We turned left and started up. My fellow canyoneers said we're going the wrong way...

Ursus americanus

http://www.bear-tracker.com/blackbeardensandbeds.html

Bears definitely den in winter though they do seem to do it less so here in Southern California

One low cost alternative I have used is a tarp I can deploy over the tent. Of course you have to have a camp where you have something to use to support it Being from New England and camping extensively there. I have spent days in heavy rain when every sane person has left. (WIMPS!) Staying dry is to...

public (government) debt has never been a real issue (it's at healthy levels) and has always been the biggest red herring for both parties to push their agendas. Federal government debt isn't a problem. The federal government can make all the money they need. They've been doing this with the "...

http://www.tarptent.com/projects/tarpdesign.html Make one of these with Tyvek Or something like it, Tyvek is cheap, waterproof and durable FWIW my opinion on tent rain / storm worthiness is only established in the field. My Tarpent Contrail held up reasonably well in the one storm I used it it. It ...

Federal stuff closed, state and local is not affected. I received an email from the FS volunteer coordinator that all volunteer work must stop... Unfortunately, with the government in shutdown mode, all volunteers need to stop working. Facilities in the Angeles National Forest are closed. Due to the...

A carefully / skillfully driven passenger care with some reasonable ground clearance could likely be driven to San Sevaine flat.

Forget going past there

I prefer neutrogena sunscreens

they make some nice non-greasy sweat-resistant products

http://caltopo.com/map?id=386L I make Chantry Flat to Devils Punchbowl about 44 miles This isn't impossible to do in one day There are 2 PCT hikers who completed the trail in 60 days and 59 days this year. In addition to Scott Williamsons incomprehensible 3 consecutive YoYo hikes of the PCT with th...

Chantry Flat > Silver Moccasin Trail to Burkhart Trail (High Desert National Recreation Trail) to Devils Punchbowl Park

that was my thought... generally critters large and small would have pulled it apart and carried it off bit by bit

jim
that spring has been reliable through the years

I'd be surprised & dismayed if it was totally dry

Given the history short as it is...

We are going to need to move to higher ground it's going to be a wild ride

of the three area springs Cortelyou, Little Jimmy, & Lily. Only Little Jimmy flows these days. Reed Spring below Islip saddle flows in Spring with varying vigor and length of time I don't know about White Fir or the other unnamed spring above the highway Lamel is another trusted & Faithful w...

The spring is somewhere around the 8,000' mark, amongst a large patch of lilies. While some of the ground was still moist, a flow could not be found anywhere in the vicinity. I have been down there several times over the last 30 years and have never seen any flowing water I don't think I have ever ...

I've used some very light 50° bags with limited success If you used a ultralight bivy like the Black Diamond Twilight Bivy @ 10oz along with one of these or alone you'd be more comfortable than out on the ground with nothing. The North Face Aleutian 1S @ 1lb 10oz is about as light as it gets for a b...

We started at 7:34am and exited to Gould Mesa at 5:54pm The date I gave was wrong but rather 11/18/2006 As Cougarmagic sez the conditions have changed dramatically since the fire log jams, brush etc will dog you. As I recall I wanted to exit up the "Twin Cyn" route to Angeles Crest Highway...