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I recall some sections of that trail up the Middle Fork are pretty steep. There's not much shade until you get to the wilderness boundary, that's why Saturday was sooo nice... Nothing I'd call steep until you start ascending beyond the camp As to the "Third Stream Crossing" camp, I genera...

Hikin_Jim wrote:Good looking stuff. Don't suppose there's a way for us non-canyoneering folks to get to that falls?

Oh Yeah

You can hike to the base of the lower falls...

There has been a crowd there 2 out of the 3 times I've done this canyon

It's way nicer than Bonita w/o the graffiti, trash and tourons

Matt

This is just F*&@ up The volunteers should be shielded by good samaritan laws As the saying goes " No good deed goes unpunished " I have often wondered what motivates SAR team members given all the potential legal ramifications These people should be kissing the ground these SAR team m...

Fremontodendron mexicanum; Mexican flannelbush

simonov wrote: Can anyone identify this flower?

I was poking around MS virtual earth and found these

Two friends and I made a quick jaunt through Middle Fork of Lytel Creek yesterday The weather was ideal, cool and cloudy until we dropped into the canyon, warmish and sunny in the canyon. Cool breezes on the way out! WOW don't think I could have asked for better weather We left the trailhead at 7:30...

Richard
Thanks for the info...

I am hoping someday soon to go down the Fish Fork

Be assured....It will be done, and done safely

Have you ever seen any photos of any of the falls in the Fish Fork Upper lower or otherwise?

Matt

I saw your pictures of the two trail camps. What's your general impression? The camps are not a problem Traversing the open area (landslide) as you start down could be a bit spooky in the dark. As would route finding There are a couple spots it would be easy to make a wrong turn. I wouldn't go down...

HJ My photos are here http://picasaweb.google.com/mattmaxon20 ... ToFishFork# I wasn't aware of the falls near Upper Fish Fork Camp I knew very little of what to expect, except what was shown on the maps These camps are not labeled on the maps As to the trail to Dawson Pk I'd expect it to be in simi...

Hikin_Jim wrote:Matt:
"Upper" Fish Fork is the camp just above the waterfall, yes?

Ah no....

See the photos they are geotagged

As the crow flies the falls shown on the map are 2 miles

Another 2 miles straight line to Fish Fork Cpgd

Have you ever seen any photos of the falls?

Cheers
Matt

Cougarmagic This seems like it would be an Ideal anti-peak bagging route We could blow by these with ease! :lol: 11 NHPS listed non-peaks in one day It'd be quite an non-accomplishment Though not nearly impressive as actually doing it Congrats to ze` and company all around The food couldn't have bee...

No No
The road to Lupine is open...

In their infinite wisdom the road to Cabin Flat appears to be closed permanently.

Matt

I have often wanted to do this trip and Saturday 6/13/2009 was finally the day! I spent the night at Lupine Cpgd, surprising there where other campers there. Though not the usual rowdies that frequent the backcountry camps but families with small children ! Wow ! Must be the economy.... My friend An...

I was in awe of the anti-peakbagging juggernaut that was our small group We blew by peak after peak leaving the only hiker we met all day dumbfounded by our steamroller "How close am I to Mt Hawkins?" he meekly asked "I don't know we didn't stop there" His jaw hit the trail! :lol...

[Welcome, bro, good to have you on board. The guys have covered a lot, but a couple of things to add: Oh Jim! We're trying to encourage 'em not scare'em off! :lol: But he's right about the brush.... Oh man The joke is "Two quarts of water and a pint of blood" is required for a trip... Tha...

AlanK wrote: 15 minutes is a bit over-optimistic, but you are certainly in a good location.

Ok Ok 32 mins...
http://snipurl.com/juion

What is the level of technical skill needed to summit some of these mountains, I've glanced at some topos and it doesn't seem too bad, but I might be mistaken of course. "it depends" But most of the common peaks are reachable by putting one foot in front of the other But as I said it depe...

This was one wild hike. Rain, hail, lightning, thunder--I got it all. You forgot flora & Fauna?... This hike is on my todo list.... You wouldn't happen to have a GPX of your track? And yes the snag in the tree is dangerous :shock: With a GPX I can locate the tree... Getting a trail crew out the...

What no oxygen!

Must be a first... Congrats!


But seriously Guadalupe Peak 8750' looks interesting, but tame.

Matt

So with coolish weather we decided on Silver on the Side as our canyon du jour We did it from the bottom via a route we explored last February Chris Brennen's beta My Alternate route We completed the route faster than our February trip by a good 2 hours leaving Stonyvale by 7:45am and returning by 1...

So I arrived at Islip Saddle at the appointed hour of 6:30am The wind was strong, the temps where low 3 PCT thru hikers came down from Little Jimmy, they where heading for Sulfur Springs After Claudia arrived we decided to nix the 12 mile trip and just make a quick dash up Mt Baden-Powell On the way...

My son Ian, a friend from Arizona and her 2 dogs went to Mt Baldy on Thursday 6/4 We where (I was) determined to take out that tree on the trail around 7600ft and hauled a chainsaw up there. Made quick work of the tree and restored the trail to it's original route We arrived at the summit around 11a...

Looks like there was a wild time in the Angeles high country yesterday.... Richard N posted a bit of a TR on my Waterman Tr thread... Hopefully we won't have repeat of the wild weather today on Mt Baldy! I was sweating it as I rode my motorcycle to work but I managed to dash in between the rain drop...

This is an estimate

Liz wrote:I just read about Badwater-Telescope.

http://picasaweb.google.com/mattmaxon91040/2008_10_25#

Photos I took on the Summit October 25th 2008

It's a nice moderate hike.... from Mahogany Flat

There are several challenging mountaineering type routes from Panamint Valley side to the summit as well.

See what you've done!

Now you're gonna have to do Badwater (-250ft) to Telescope Peak (11,049ft)!

http://www.summitpost.org/trip-report/3 ... -250-.html

Thanks for clearing the downed trees... Although, usually /certified volunteer to hike in and buck it up. Yeah well since I am a certified volunteer (class B faller) and have well over 25+ years experience in these matters I'd say I am qualified, but thanks for your concern If they want to do some ...

congrats!
Quite an accomplishment!

I'll get my sorry butt up there, hopefully in the fall

Regards
Matt

Uh-oh, a controversy has already erupted! I guess we can agree on one thing it's Ceanothus of one sort or another.... Collectively known as Buckthorn or California Lilac It's pretty when in bloom other wise despised by XC hikers for it's tendency to shred you, & your gear Great stuff if you run...