EISPIRATEN

Just spectacular !

Merry Christmas to all!

Excellent! Thanks for the recon.

Seriously cute.

And who's the guy walking in front?

[Couldn't resist, no disrespect intended. really]

Too late?

Nice Pix! Makes me wonder why I'm sitting at my desk in the office this AM.

I think I detected the sweet aroma of a NSS (Near Saddles Section) blowing down from the Verdugos this morning.

Beautiful pictures, Dances with Coyotes.

Wanting to say a prayer or two for our fallen hiking Sister in situ , I headed over Baldy yesterday and down the North Devil's Backbone trail a ways. Weather was just spectacular; winds mostly calm except for a few cool breezes blowing from the Stockton Flat side over the saddle towards Fish Fork. T...

Scattered patches past the bowl on the Ski Hut Trail. Summit is mostly clear save for a few patches of refrozen snow. Definitely doable in boots, though a few stretches were much more comfortable with 'pons. I couldn't assess the condition of the Bear Flat trail from my route. https://eispiraten.com...

Gorgeous pictures Mr. Del Rio! I always wanted to take that route. The wide firebreak looks relatively new.

Tracks were on the lower third of the trail in shallow snow. Wasn't paying close attention but I think near gullies below 6621', or 6960' bumps. I am amused by the fact that we coincidentally noted your and Hike Up's boot tracks were discontinued.

No way! My daughter and I were on this trail yesterday from 0700 - 1400. Up from S.F. campground to Islip Saddle and back. We saw bear tracks in snow and were quite pleased that these were post general hunting season.

What a great report and pictures! Thank you all for sharing them.

If I recall correctly from the old Angeles Forest website, Idlehour Camp was listed as 'open'. I'm not one for online rants; I feel like I've been transported onto Bizarro World trying to find ANY useful information on the new ANF site. It really blows dogs. The old site may have been a bit outdated...

Evil twin brother Jake. Blah blah blah... https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/www.electricskates.com/Pix/Other11/IMG_5924.jpg Little Sycamore Campground. https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/www.electricskates.com/Pix/Other11/IMG_5942.jpg Little Rock Creek crosses 5N04.3 as it begins its climb....

There's a pun in there somewhere about replicants and replication.

He only looked in as far as he could see over the barbed wire. At first glance, all this mine's business is down the lined vertical shaft, depth indeterminate. https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/www.electricskates.com/Pix/Other10/IMG_5795.JPG https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/www.electricsk...

My evil twin brother Jake really wanted to observe and photograph what a year's recovery had accomplished around Iron Mountain #2. As usual, he ended up nearby, but elsewhere. He had planned to walk UP Pacoima Canyon to 3N31, to Indian Ben Saddle, then (little) Iron, or Condor. Much like the ill-fat...

Hey M.M. !

This is funny. Evil twin Jake hiked up 3N17.7 yesterday and descended Dorothy Canyon, just below Magic Mountain into Pacoima Canyon. His trip report a little later.

Hey dudes!

When I was through there on 8 August, there were signs all over Buckhorn indicating that it was closing up for rehab immediately following Labor Day weekend. I've seen no contradictory information since.

Rocky Peak (Chatsworth) 10 October 2010.

Congratulations ! That may be the most amazing day hike EVER !

It's Jody's new austerity plan for the Bernardino N.F. No hikers, no trails to maintain or patrol. I can see the call for air tankers for the Yucaipa ridge crossing her new desk already.

Spectacular footage, Ms. Magic. If the SGMDF gave out awards (think Emmys. Sheepies? Tacos?) for capturing the spirit of the Gabriel's this would be a sure winner. The segments of the the solo nelsoni are at least as alluring as the group / action shots, though the latter kind of remind me of Turtle...

Those are some mighty fine pictures. Thank you for sharing them.

Great report ! Zach's got a ton of beautiful pictures in there too.

I'm mortified that the Firesign Theater album cover (yes album, as in vinyl) remeniscent of AlanK's reply is what prevented me from posting the same pictures. I'm guessing that most (many?) SGMDF members are too young to remember "How can you be in two places, etc..."

Great stuff C.M.! What KIND of terrain / geography is this that our four-legged friends pass with such impunity?