EISPIRATEN

How about Ross, BP, Iron & Baldy from somewhere to the SSE.

Alas, the little rattler slithered away before I could ask it when it was born. I also misspelled 'Crotalus' (as in Crotalus Oreganus) in the original post and the editing window has elapsed.

This snake is a juvenile. I don't think that its pattern has had a chance to develop / distribute along the length of its body yet.

I think the lizard was already still. Oddly I didn't realize what I'd captured until reviewing the pictures later.

I was surprised to see this little Crotalus on the Wildwood Canyon trail in the Verdugos yesterday. If you look closely you'll see the tail of some hapless lizard sticking out of its mouth. Lamborghini wasn't mine by-the-way; wrong color.

I saw this gorgeous Coast Mountain King on the road to Lupine this past Friday:

Many thanks to Girl Hiker, Sean and Jeff for a wonderful day on the trails...

Those would have been microwave relay horns like these...

I had always been under the impression that these were Bureau of Power and Light roads in the Angeles from around 1917 on.

I went up this morning. Ski Hut Trail is a bit snowy and icy just below Jabba (the hut). The refrozen slippery stuff is pretty much continuous across the bowl and upward. Crampons or spikes are highly recommended past the Ski Hut.

Sucks, I'm going to have to rethink my headwear for a month or so...

Very nice report and pictures, Mr. Headsizeburrito. I haven't been down Devil's in a long time.

I've always been a fan of Mine Gulch trail camp. It's basically a bench at the confluence of Prairie Fork, top of the East Fork, and of course Mine Gulch. There are a few remnants of structures from more popular days, though NO remaining amenities. There's always water nearby. It's a pure reverse hi...

Fused by dragons, no doubt... Unless Squatchy can breath fire.

I had an awesome time celebrating this auspicious occasion with an equally awesome crew. Although I didn't take many pictures, I managed to get some decent ones: https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/www.electricskates.com/Pix/Other36/DSC05355.png Fearless leader, Mount Harwood. https://eispiraten....

PL&P = Pacific Light and Power. Awesome report and pictures by-the-way.

I'd be happy with either day.

I think I'm in for 30 September

Nine out of ten. Missed the San Gabriel Peak marker...Doh! Love the quizzes.

It's about 4.2 miles from Dillon Divide on Little Tujunga Canyon Road. Approximate coordinates (allowing for the 7 minute delta between picture's EXIF data and GPS time) are N 34° 21' 43.45" W 118° 19' 54.54" . It's about 100M East of the Laurel Canyon drainage and about a meandering kilom...

Time to check the Henninger trails for Cthulhu and Lion tracks.

Interesting note regarding trenching. For what it's worth, the only bike I saw on Manzanita was in fact riding the trench.

I also missed Lewis.

I'm not sure that I understand how 'TOPO' v9 interpolates the gpx / position data from my GPS. Although it sure felt like 11K, max - min was only ~ 4,741 ft. Whenever it's time to replace my hiking camera (I usually get around five years out of one), I look for the most affordable good glass in a po...

On Saturday morning, Mrs. Elwood unchained me from the shipping container where she keeps me and occasionally douses me with Clif Bars and Shot Bloks. I took advantage of my newfound freedom (actually she had to work and didn't mind my disappearing to the San Gabriels for the day) and hightailed it ...

Awesome data! Note that the mule:acre ratio is higher in this particular section though.

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I feel safer already... WTF ?

It would be interesting to see if the manufacturer's date code is still visible on the tire.

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Hiker Fell/BDF Fatality Search & Rescue Devils Backbone Trail to Middle Fork . . . . . .