EISPIRATEN

Beautiful documentation of a "lost" trail. Great pictures to boot. Thanks for sharing this terrific experience. Are those frogs as tasty as the Mountain Yellow-Legged variety?

Cool blade, cool tarantula!

Nice footage of our ursine and vulpine neighbors. Was their interest in the boulder coincidental or chemically-assisted?

Ms. Magic, I find long day hikes, like this 29-and-change mile beauty to be fulfilling as well as physically demanding. I've discovered through much experimentation that maintaining a comfortable pace, near the upper range of aerobic exertion, is sustainable seemingly indefinitely, provided adequate...

Turtle and I decided it was time for casual hike in the Baldy-Cucamonga area so... Early Saturday morning, September 18th, Turtle and I dropped a car at the Icehouse Canyon lot and continued on up to Wanker Flat. We were on the hoof to the Ski Hut Trail around 0425. Temperatures were in the mid-fift...

Nice find C.M. Somebody should chase that cat down and give it back its quarter.

And a theme song:

'Hey mister talus man'...

Buckhorn campground is within the Los Angeles River Ranger District. Their telephone number is listed as (818) 899-1900. You might try calling the Chilao Visitors' Center at (626) 796-5541 for more relevant contact information. The Forest Service office and the Ranger District office are listed as M...

I'm very relieved to know that your and Zach's clear thinking prevailed here. The situation could have ended somewhat worse. It would be interesting to know what other route, technique and/or gear choices might have made this a more pleasant experience.

I'm glad you enjoy the pictures. I REALLY enjoy taking them. I couldn't decide whether I preferred the first picture over this one...



Elwood

At 0545 Sunday morning, Turtle and I headed up from the Angelus Oaks trailhead after having dropped a car at Vivian Creek. We reached the shuttle car around 1822, twelve hours and thirty-seven minutes later. While I knew we would be attempting to hike through to San Gorgonio Mountain, I was unsure t...

Very cool report and pictures! Looks like fun.

Hey Lilbitmo!

Congratulations on the puppies Jake and the Elwood! I had a pair of namesake cats, though only Elwood remains. It's a real heart breaker to lose one and I can honestly sympathize. I hope to see the three of you on the trail sometime soon.

Gain / loss is around 770 feet in 2,856 feet of trail, or ~ 27% . In terms of exertion it's probably easier to descend. Doing so would probably scar the sandy terrain pretty easily.

Sunday was a beautiful day in and around the Cucamonga Wilderness... I hit the Icehouse Canyon trail early Sunday morning. One gentleman passed me just below the Saddle, and a young lady was trailing through to the summit. I crossed a quiet Icehouse Saddle around 0806. After gawking at a bunch of ne...

How cool is that !!!

Of course. I amaze myself with my dumbassedness. I took this from South Hawkins two frakkin weeks ago!

I'm inclined to agree with Hikin Jim. Triplets' ridge, Smith Mountain, but what looked like GRR confuses me.

Very nice work. Guess that makes us all a bunch of Thok suckers.

This past Saturday (7/31) there were three other hikers on trail in the four-and-change hours of my ascent; 0545 - 1030. There were approximately fifteen as I descended 1140 - 1345. I always forget how much work it is to ascend this trail.

How's about Copter Ridge, w/ Ross between you and Iron?

I believe Idlehour to be open:

http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/angeles/recreat ... osed.shtml

That rattler looks open for business! Was it rattlin' ?

Great snake picture and video. I concur regarding the I.D. : Crotalus Oreganus Helleri. Last time I hiked up Bear Canyon from West Fork was before last year's fire and before the very wet winter. The trail was complete from W.F. to the trailhead near Coldbrook Guard Station (site). My trek also prec...

Beautiful footage, beautiful cat. Is that the miraculous cat attractant in your hand?

I think this is as good a picture as I have of the gully in question. Last year's shots aren't any better.

Whilst Jake Knievel was busy riding his scooter over repurposed ACH signage, I added another chapter to my tome Poor Choices In Summer Hiking. Missing out on a perfectly good early morning descent of Eaton, I drove out to Rancho Cucamonga and parked at the top of Haven Avenue. I started up Deer Cany...

I agree with Zach. Wait till they get around to blaming the fire on all those darned trees.

Unless there's a more convenient route of which I am unaware, this is the closest road to upper and lower Fish Fork trail camps. Follow 3N06.1 around six miles just past Guffy, turn down 3N39, continue ~ 3 more miles down to Lupine. A foot trail from Lupine follows up past the spring on an abandoned...