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Very nice! I miss these sort of hikes.

I love these threads with people bringing their unique historical experiences!

Excellent!

Next, how about Baldy - Iron - Baden Powell? I think about 13,000' of elevation gain.

300' is a lot. Depending on location, that could have been directly in the upper part of Clamshell Canyon.

Those old trails... my mind may be off, but I thought I remember some historical topos clearly showing them at higher resolution. Like 1940 ish year. 1.7 miles where it gets steeper sounds like at the intersection with the old Bill Cull trail. I remember one friend and I went on it a bit (I can't re...

The first time I hiked Clamshell Peak, on return I was too busy chatting and mistakingly took us down the wrong ridge (ended up to the ridge just west of route). This route ended abruptly at ~2800' where there was thick brush, but oddly a chainsawed section heading southeast into Clamshell Canyon. W...

I met her on a hike up Bear Canyon to Baldy randomly when I lead hikes. Then she came with us on hikes up Iron, Cactus to Clouds, Big San Gorgonio and San Jacinto Peak loops. And she progressively got into more technically challenging stuff like mountaineeering, ice climbing, rock climbing etc... A ...

Just saw this post. Intuitively I would think the 2nd half to be slightly more work. My old calories calculator agrees http://hikingscience.blogspot.com/p/cal ... ed_22.html I assumed 3.8 miles 1st part 2700 ft and 2.6 miles 2nd part 3500 ft (have to double the mileage to enter in the calculator RT)...

Our fellow mountain lover and forum member Tina Fiori tinaballina sadly passed away this weekend from a fall in Joshua Tree. She was full of spunk, lollipops and middle fingers. We did many adventurous hikes together and she did many with other old forum members here. (San Antonio Ridge, Snow Creek,...

AW~ wrote: ↑

Ze Hiker wrote: ↑But did he bag Triplet?

Supposedly he was short....at the top of the last gully, where you cant proceed straight down.

Where exactly?

You mean where you can't proceed down the ridge and have to go down the last brush filled gully?

I did it twice, but it's been a while (2008 and 2010). I don't remember parking being an issue as long as you are there by like 7, but again maybe it's more popular now.

Strava link or it didn't happen.

But did he bag Triplet?

It ain't over yet.

The Boring Company is trying to significantly reduce tunnel boring costs.

If they do, I guarantee there's gonna be a long tunnel cutting though the San Gabriels.

Sugarloaf?

WAG: Mt Islip?

HikeUp wrote: ↑Close up view of what peak? Taken from what peak?IMG_1095.jpg

Mt Sally from Vetter?

HikeUp wrote: ↑Brown. I flipped a coin between Brown and Lowe and lost.

Your turn!

David R wrote: ↑

HikeUp wrote: ↑Mt. Lowe. South ridge.

Incorrect, you're close though! (Pretends to be person who posted the pic)

LOL. Correct not Lowe.
"Ask me again, and I'll knock you down"

From 2008. What peak is on the left?

Is it at all recognizable above Iron Fork? It really isn't at all below there. Most older topos have PL&P labelled. For instance CA_Mount San Antonio_293210_1955_24000_geo.pdf Nice I had only seen 1940's available years ago, those didn't have the named labeled (but trail was there). Yeah I foll...

2009 ?

After a recent fire I believe

Nice! Apparently Hiking Jim said the trail past Iron Fork to Fish Fork was also the PL&P, which I explored a 10 years ago.

So basically I can't even remember the name of a "trail" I was on before. Sad!

Is there any topo map where this trial is named?

David R wrote: ↑Jones, if I'm right, I pass my obligation to anyone who wants it.

Got it. SE Ridge.

Well I have no real idea. Never heard of an explicit trail name for it, and haven't been on it in case there was an old trail sign. But I believe presumably it is the old target path for the old Road to Nowhere? Aka Convict Road? So my guesses are: Devil's Gulch Trail Iron Fork Trail Shoemaker Canyo...

A more boring name. Not in the fire zone

What peak am I approaching?

Will Thrall Peak and Pleasant View Ridge benchmark x7938 (pallet)

Interesting, the photo is definitely on that ridge, but maybe took it before meeting up with the route 2 coming out of the canyon.