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I have a Katadyn Gravity Camp 6L but it has been relegated to car camping and earthquake supplies. I just use the hiker pro for everything. I have a quick connect on the hydration sleeve which I fill as needed. Then fill 2 , 2 liter PLATY BOTTLEs one for dinner one for breakfast. I also drink one 1 ...

Katadyn hiker pro is my filter of choice for years. Not very fast but reliable

https://www.katadyn.com/us/us/432-80182 ... icrofilter

Hiking long distance always moving during the day I don't a lot of time to layout a solar panel. I have hung the Anker 21w on my pack while moving.

I think just using a battery pack and power management is better

yikes ! That rock to use a less than technical term is SHIT . be careful dude...

Mike P wrote: ↑Yup. Spanish Broom = bad deal.

http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn74147.html

Huff and Puff wrote: ↑The "yellow ceanothus" is Spanish Broom (Spartium junceum). It is commonly found along the side of the roads in disturbed areas this time of year.

Spanish Broom is an invasive non-native http://www.cal-ipc.org/ip/management/ip ... er=182.php

Woodpeckers Damm things can be a serious nuisance do lots of damage to buildings

Without a real close look I can only guess, never seen anything like it before

Mountain Beaver?

A coworker told me a friend of his was one of the injured evacuated. Nearing the top his crampons didn't grip the rock hard ice, nor did his ice axe help much, he slid about 600ft. worst of it is several broken ribs, one of which had to be removed because it poked a hole in his lung No helmet though...

I work in the industrial area off Halsey canyon road. I drive by this area every work day. Done a fair bit of hiking in the area of your report on and off trail. It is different for sure but interesting. The area above the narrows have several oil wells in years gone by

SWEET! What luck! Excellent! This beaste has left his tracks all over that area, I saw some tracks about 14 days ago. on oak spring trail. I've seen a couple posts from one lady on the "Hiking in the Foothills" group on facebook with photos of tracks, on Doc Larsen Trail These sightings se...

EPIC! The Good the bad and the ugly of los angeles The flood control "It seemed like a good idea at the time" mans mastery over nature and all that BS Long Cyn is there, though it is easy to miss. Royal "pain" Gorge is the long way around for sure. Done that twice, after the fire...

SGBob wrote: ↑I always wondered why you couldn't do surveillance flights at night using FLIR.

Who says they don't?

The area generally north of Santa Clarita, west of Liebre Mtns is the Ridge Basin. Sierra Palona Mtns are the north / south ranges from the AV to Santa Clarita

Sean wrote: ↑Any opinions about the logical western boundary for the Gabes? Does the range stop at the I-5? Does it extend up to the 138/5 junction?

Far as I know San Gabriel mountains end at highway 14

Sean wrote: ↑Any opinions about the logical western boundary for the Gabes? Does the range stop at the I-5? Does it extend up to the 138/5 junction?

Far as I know San Gabriel mountains end at highway 14

I'm not aware of a ànf / San Gabriel mtns specific water report website. Perhaps you where thinking of the PCT Water report pctwater.com

A helpful sign in the middle of the climb declares this to be a "cable route" :? I believe this "Cable Route" was from the Nike Missile Radar station on Mt Disappointment to the Launch Facility at Barley Flat, communication, radar data etc between the two. You'll see similar &qu...

Mt Lukens via Stone Canyon Trail twice in one day same-ish distance a bit more elevation gain

Skyline trail ( way too hot now )

hummm I probably saw you as you where heading out CCC ridge rd about 9:15am-ish

I hiked up colby cyn and back down Josephine Pk Rd early getting back about 9am

ACH was crawling with CHP & Sheriff

Slowest_Hiker wrote: ↑Not sure that anyone would be planning to fill there, but I would certainly recommend against it right now. Greenery indicates where the spring would be, but we couldn't see any actual water.

Cannot say I've ever seen water there, it should be called "greenspot"

Excellent adventure Mad Max. That's some remote country you passed through. The only bear I've ever seen while out tramping through the forest was out on Potrero Seco Road. Yeah I saw lots of Bear, some Mtn Lion, various other critter, and tons of deer tracks Lots of Bear scat. Too windy for many b...

http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php ... 2a582e0ab8 I have wanted to do this trip since coming to california in the early 1980s. After much back and forth all concerns where put aside and the date was set. My main concern was the condition of the road. It has been closed since 2011 and there had...

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I have dropped in there to the falls. But there was a steep drop off at the bottom. This was before the fire about 20 years ago

http://caltopo.com/map?id=2N4G

This map shows a route that I have used to do the lower canyon

You could go up canyon from there

I have not seen them anywhere in LA

I use them for hiking the steep bare firebreaks

Wear them out 1 to 2 pairs per year

Amazon is the best

The creek below the old fire camp had a sign there at one time "Poison Creek" I don't know why this moniker was selected bt it never made it very appealing to me I made this 7 miles from Angeles Forest Highway https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.myff.org/gallery/1852857/Poison C...

I assume there is no water along that entire stretch, including at North Fork or Messenger Flats, but if that is inaccurate, I'd be happy to know that. There could be water @ North Fork Station depending on when you go. I don't know the status of the water at Messenger Flat. It needs electricity to...

Rode my mtn bike to Mt Gleason today Sunday 2/15/2015 https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/698496216 I got off the trailhead and started the grind up from Mill Crk Summit and encountered 3 PCT hikers going to Campo I also had a forest service patrol out there too! I've been thinking of riding ...