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Took a trip up to Mt. Baldy then over to West Baldy. With the recent snow I couldn't resist. I took the Ski Hut trail up the western bowl through the trees to the top. There were a few people who took the bowl direct and made it. There was evidence of some surface slides, but nothing major. I did no...

Got one last Sierra Backpack/Climb in before the first snow. Trip report and blog are here: http://calicokat-hiking.blogspot.com/20 ... ridge.html East Lake https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/calicokat.smugmug.com/Hiking/Sierra-Nevada/Mt-Brewer-via-East-Ridge/i-cRrTPF9/0/M/IMG1554-M.jpg Start Of...

Went on a peakbagging/backpacking trip in the Mineral King area and took some photos....enjoy Sawtooth Pass https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/calicokat.smugmug.com/Hiking/Sierra-Nevada/Mineral-King-Loop/i-4FvV3rj/0/M/IMG0601-M.jpg Sawtooth Peak https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/calicokat.s...

Backpacked the JMT from 07/22 until 08/06 and took a few photos. Enjoy.... (blog and TR here.... http://calicokat-johnmuirtrail2011.blogspot.com/ ) Yosemite Domes https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/calicokat.smugmug.com/Hiking/Sierra-Nevada/John-Muir-Trail-July/i-zkGL2kc/0/M/IMG8647-M.jpg Half D...

Thank you al for all the comments, much appreciated.

Our packs weighed 31 & 36 pounds respectively. And I was wearing a Patagonia Down Jacket w/ Hood.

Norma and I have been wanting to camp out at Sentinel Dome off Glacier Point Road for some time now. We were all ready to go a couple of weeks ago, but were weathered out by our increasingly strange weather this winter/spring. We sorta had a weather window this past weekend, snow and wind for Saturd...

Great looking photos. How was the road. Drivable without chains perhaps. Looking to go up Wednesday if anyone else is interested

Winter Alta is the highest point on the Alta ridge. It is about a hundred plus feet higher than Alta Peak. We chose this peak due to Avy concerns in the bowl above Pear Lake. I was able to climb to the top with snowshoes on the whole way, don't think that is possible on Alta Peak due to its class th...

Thanks for the comments all. Trip data: 4.0 Miles, +2200' To Heather Lake Camp, 3.5 Miles, +2600' To Winter Alta. Total For The Trip: 15.0 Miles, +5600' (Lots Of Up And Down After Heather Lake) Dave, I summited Winter Alta. Norma who is much wiser than me :o stopped and waited for me at 10,300' to h...

Norma and I took advantage of the incredibly mild sierra winter conditions of late and took a winter backpack trip into the Pear Lake, Emerald & Heather Lake basin this past weekend. The weather was great, the food was great and the company was great. Just a great weekend. Giant Sequoias https:/...

Here are the photos from the Baldy trip on March 7, 2010. Enjoy :) https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/calicokat.smugmug.com/Hiking/Southern-California-Mountains/Mt-Baldy-via-Baldy-Bowl-March2/IMG4970/806799248_U4xm6-M.jpg https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/calicokat.smugmug.com/Hiking/Southe...

Mark and I decided to climb up to Baldy as a prep trip for our upcoming Matterhorn (Sierra Matterhorn, not Disneyland :o ) trip. Earlier in the week it seemed the weather would keep us away, but the storm forecast got better as Sunday neared so we decided to give it a go. Forecast was for scattered ...

Hello all.....I am in the guy with the big camera in the picture.....I went solo up to the summit yesterday upon meeting a few of you on top. I have some photos of Taco's arm that I will post as soon as I get them uploaded. It was a beautiful day, there is some solid ice (Ice Axe and Crampons barely...

cool photos of the caves....ever see the movie Descent

Great trip report and photos Norma, I want to do this trip someday.....

Here you go

Thank you. That is the Baldy Bowl from the dead tree forest on the way to Ontario Peak. I used a circular polarizer to get the effect.

Beautiful photos and trip report, I will be headed that way this weekend

I wanted to climb Baldy in the snow before it all melted or became too patchy. So, I decided to give it a try solo on Thursday March 26th. I started up from Manker Flats at 0800. Did not need crampons until just past the Ski Hut at the base of the bowl. I took the west bowl route up just inside the ...

Thanks for the info. When I woke up this morning, it was raining, so I went back to bed. I will make an attempt again on Wednesday if anyone is interested.

I am looking to do a snowshoe/crampon hike on Monday.....Baldy, Bighorn and Dry Lake all come to mind....are you going to be around

Great trip report and pictures. Made me feel like I was there. I am going to try and snowshoe/crampon my way to the top on Saturday....weather permitting of course

Here is one of Baldy I am fond of..taken from the Dawson/Pine Mountain traverse.