EISPIRATEN

Many Koreans at the Ski Hut. I don't remember seeing so many during past winters. that's interesting. i did Baldy via the Bear Flat Trail from the village yesterday and while up there we noticed the parking lot at Ice House Canyon was nearly empty. last winter when i would hike up IHC it was always...

Just gotta do what you gotta do... It's all good stuff. Ryan, you got balls of steel though i'm still not sure what your brain is made of? :shock: seriously, it was great to meet you on Thursday and i'm blown away by your sense of adventure. it's always fun to read your TR's and i'm hoping there is...

Great TR's everyone! they were fun to read. it was a wonderful day on old San Antonio and really nice to meet others from the board. what a great and supportive group we had. one more thing i wanted to mention... that rime ice that is falling off the trees is dangerous. ice was whizzing by constantl...

What time did you pass the ski hut on the way down? Did the snow get soft above the ski hut? i can't remember the time? noonish i think. the snow was even getting soft on the bowl on the way up. the blue ice was not. and yes it was mostly soft above the hut. i left my camera in the car, so no pix's...

love the new board main page photo! yeah winter!!

TacoDelRio wrote:GO LIGHT!

roger that.

looks like me, Matt, Ellen and Lilbitmo will be at Manker at 6am. mve and Taco, we're bound to run into you. group hike?... or every addict for himself? :lol: btw... looking at Elwood's TR from Monday and the weather of this week it seems it will be mostly a 'pon & axe kind of day. i'll bring sn...

thanks for sharing. cool music!

seeing your Rhodesian shake and her ears curled back made me miss mine so much. would love to hike with you and your dog someday.

me three!

Awesome photos Elwood! thanks for the TR. it is so "bitchen" to hit Baldy right after a storm and see that splendor. :D Taco, i did a hike in the Sespe yesterday (no TR. repeat of Topa Topa Bluffs with lots of frozen ground.) and came home too tired to get back out again today. look forwar...

Awesome photo Elwood! Look forward to the TR. I can't wait to see it for myself. Anyone interested in palying hooky on Tuesday?...

Dave G was going to post the TR on this, but our day playing hooky has cost him at work and he is working double-digit days to make up for the debauchery. so here is my TR... Being true addicts to hiking/climbing/playing in snow we watched this first storm and knew Wednesday would be the day to get ...

Carol,

your photos are beautiful! the canyon is indeed lovely and i love it's history. i just did it for the first time last month.

i second what EManBevHills said about B-P being deceptively dangerous.

Dave G and i played hooky today and snowshoed the South Fork up San Gorgonio. pristine! we broke trail. too tired to post pix tonight, but will tomorrow.

i agree that the south fork of San G is a beautiful snowshoe route as is San J from the tram. i'm doing the south fork tomorrow. will post conditions.

Zach,

thanks for posting your TR. i'm really glad you made it out OK. after my bivy of '07, i always hike with an extra pair of socks in cold weather. would a signal mirror have helped when the heli's were above you?

I had a thought about the hawk - are they territorial, and do they fight each other? That could be a possibility too. yep, they are territorial. since the blood was fresh, it had to be a recent kill. birds of prey do not eat the intestines of other animals and i could not find the intestines. not t...

Uh, huh... Sure?... Ok?

I went again into the Sespe Wilderness and hiked San Rafael Peak. At 6,666 feet it provided us with views of Baldy, Baden-Powell, Twin Peaks, Mt. Waterman, Wilson and peaks in the closer ranges. It also provided views of the north sides of some of the recent Sespe peaks that i've done. It's always c...

HikeUp wrote: ...and 1 crampon (you only need 1, right?)...

no worries! i'll look for the one broken crampon that i found years ago on Telescope Peak and lend it to you so you can have a whole set!

nice photos. loved the leaves!

I'd never even heard of the Sespe Wilderness until recently. you know, i had never even hiked in the Sespe Wilderness until recently and i am really enjoying it! i did another peak today. San Rafael Peak. it is 16 miles SSW of Frazier Park. i'll probably post a TR soon. Yet another reason to be gla...

Bradley S. and I did a day hike of Haddock Mountain in the Sespe Wilderness of the Los Padres National Forest via Pine Mtn Road. The snow of Friday night and Saturday dropped about 6 inches and made for a beautiful early winter snow hike. Bradley's 2-wheel drive car could not negotiate the icy road ...

you're both wrong! it's the North Pole!

Siminov, Bittersweet TR though beautiful pictures! I call the Point Mugu State Park my backyard since i live only a few miles away and hike there often. Yes, you're right about it being hot in the summer. A couple months ago on a really hot day i suggested a morning hike with friends up the Ray Mill...

Matt, Cougar & all... nice job! Looked like loads of fun! It's not Zion, but the Sespe Wilderness sure is beautiful in it's own way. I was just up there Monday to hike Haddock Mtn. With the Pine Mtn Road closure of yesterday, you had the last canyoneering trip of 2009 off those cliffs for sure. ...

it was a short hike Sunday and always fun for me to hike with Dave, Adam and Phil. but i think i only worked-off one slice of Pumpkin Pie and dang-it, i had two!! i took some pix of Dave & Adam working the class 3... http://lh6.ggpht.com/_tLZpFwoRpyI/SxWmIqTaNsI/AAAAAAAApZw/bq1VXMO4RsA/s640/IMG_...

Yeah Mike & Arthur! a winter ascent of San G. i high-five you for braving that wind chill! Brrr... Looks like a decent amount of snow fell. i would love to see it continue. Mike, how hard was the wind blowing yesterday? any idea of the speed? I climbed Falling Rock Canyon today and it was darn w...

so sad. :( and the summitpost report was chilling. i have only done that hike once and i remember it as being easy and i was not sketched-out about the exposure. though two men in our group of mtn bikers decided not to go on when they saw the chains. for me, the first time i did Half Dome was scarie...

Shin,

THANK YOU for being so proactive with this issue. my words may have been kind but i did nothing with them. you did. i appreciate and respect you for it.

Happy Thanksgiving and let's hope for a positive change.

norma

WooHoo!