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blueshammer wrote:How steep is the ridge going up Bighorn at the Bighorn-Cucamonga saddle? Is it easier ascending or descending?

Prolly depends on your knees!

I for one like to ascend the steep sh*& and descend the trail. When I was over that way not too long ago it looked better to ascend IMO

Matt

another epic!

well done!

I though I saw the trail burning up over that way yesterday

WOW!

OH MAN! Do they have a "Post-it" version in the works?

Trip data at Everytrail.com This is my final conditioning hike for my pending PCT backpack from Onion Valley to Devils Postpile NM (Reds Meadow) I'd hiked to San Bernardino Peak last year on 7/11 so I was aware of the trail and conditions. My friend Bernd was able to make this trip, I was intereste...

lilbitmo wrote:Tahquitz, Suicide Rock, Ontario, Bighorn, Timber, Telegraph, Thunder, and Tyndall, someone's been a busy boy.

Great pictures, nice work.

Good way to ease back into it

Nice !

Do you guys have other suggestions for improving the SGMs? I suspect the reason it isn't adopted more widely in the San Gabriels is bureaucratic inertia as well as civil service abhorrence of volunteers A prime example is the plans to get contractors to fix trails damaged in the Station Fire. (most...

I think there is plenty of "wilderness" in the san gabriels. This IMO is a ploy for politicians to hang their hat on some 'GREEN' thing with no concern for what actual users want or need. I voted "Not convinced yet" before I had the option "No" I've been opposed to this...

They might have to get a special use permit though.

Low life canyoneers hanging around would bring down property values

I'm always interested in other options Like Taco sez seems many large chain stores are limiting their stock and selection of climbing gear. There are NO canyoneering gear specific options here. I for one have to buy a pair of 5.10 Canyoneers but really want to try them on this time to ensure a good ...

HikeUp wrote:+1 for using "protractor" in a hiking TR!!!

Here! Here!

Gotta do Sugarloaf & Falling Rock sometime soon...

Better yet stop reading all these TR's about all the trips I gotta do My list is already too long

my faves are the falling rock photos

Starting at IceHouse and going out over San Sevaine would be quite a hike. Dropping down the Middle Fork of Lytle Creek (Lytle I believe, not Lytel, yes?) would be quite a bit easier I would think. Of course easier isn't always what we want. :lol: D'OH! Lytle it is but I'm a world class misspeller ...

I'd like to do a hike from ICTH to Lytel Creek Rd someday. Matt, that's a really nice hike, going from ICTH to the Middle Fork of Lytle Creek Trailhead. That is another on a very long list of hikes I wanna do... But I meant to hike IHCT to Lytel Creek Rd via San Savaine Rd (1N34) I think a possible...

Zé wrote:Hi Matt,

The embedded map has the photos located based on timestamp (but there are a bunch of photos). Looks to be at ~ 9320'.

D'OH

Zé wrote:never been on Marion trail, they say its steep, what would you compare it to?

Oh kinda similar to Baldy Bowl trail

cool! Like the suncups and snow tunnels That tire is likely to be aircraft wreckage If I had the time the photo was taken with the difference between your camera and GPS time I could get a good location I could do some research and check with my sources for likely wrecks http://lh5.ggpht.com/_vXi56F...

Mt San Jacinto via Marion Mtn Trail The main reason for this hike is conditioning for a backpack trip in 2 weeks But I don't need much of an excuse to get out on the trail! I feel Mt San Jacinto is the nicest of the SoCal peaks I'm sure other opinions abound. I left my home @ 3:45am and despite my ...

We like Cucamonga Peak and have hiked it every year since 2000. Yeah is seems to be a real gem!, I'd really like to hike up from Joe Eliot Tree Memorial but it doesn't look like the road will ever reopen. I'd like to do a hike from ICTH to Lytel Creek Rd someday. There were no switchback cuts 10 ye...

it's the bridge before the tunnel on AFH

wonder if they had a permit...

very cool..
Too bad these dolts where too dim to realize what they where witnessing was rarely seen

Nice to see anyway!

I've looked at it and if I didn't already have a new flip video I'd have bought one

I have an olympus stylus tough 6000 not a super optical instrument but I've found the water resistant feature bomber (your results may vary)

And it takes a good enough picture for what I want it for.

Matt

Cucamonga Peak @ everytrail.com i was going to hike to mt San jacinto but i got up and going too late to do it. In my 30 years of hiking in the San Gabriels I've never gone to Cucamonga Peak I left the nearly deserted Ice House Cyn trailhead @ 7:03 am making it to Ice House Cyn Saddle @ 8:45am, a b...

I believe you're gonna need a rope. old maps show a trail to the falls, i forget if the trail goes above the falls or to the base of the falls i hesitate to call the trail a trail as it is probably more of a line on a map than a trail I have never been in there but have looked into going down there,...

On the topic of water filters, what's the most versatile model out there? The gold standard is Katadyn I have a Katadyn Pocket which has a 20 year warranty, built like a tank and weighs like one too. This has been relegated to my auto earth quake kit I also have a Katadyn Camp which I use occasiona...

Updated! Matt, the Houdini kit idea came from winter mountaineering, when I'm travelling alone and have been in situations where it comes in handy (self-rescue, severe weather, etc). I nearly died in North Fork of Santa Anita Canyon and vowed never to put myself or anyone else in such a situation e...

*WHISTLE BLASTS* 2 short = off rope (canyoneering) 3 short/long (3 of anything) = I need help! (please add more here!!!) FWIW ACA trained canyoners 1=off rope 2=wait 3=trouble But I agree a whistle is a much better signaling device, I always have one with me Radio I use the uniden GMR2875-2CK my ha...

looks ugly

glad you had a good time and made it back safely

Hikin_Jim wrote:

mattmaxon wrote:

cougarmagic wrote:I keep telling ya - quit having those boxing matches with Bernd!

No...
I gotta quit hitting him in the head!

Well, you could ask him to remove his helmet first, now couldn't you?

HJ

D'OH!

Looks like a fracture on the "fourth metacarpal" too. Second (worthless) opinion: from this one view the 4th metacarpal looks new. Not sure about the proximal phalanx. Need more views... Guess I should of said the 4th metacarpal was the first & diagnosed fracture... not that you need ...

cougarmagic wrote:I keep telling ya - quit having those boxing matches with Bernd!

No...

I gotta quit hitting him in the head!

He has a very hard head

(go for the gut...go for the gut)