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Dave - nice pics. That area is so beautiful. And thanks for the new word "graupel" or rather "graupel snow". I never heard that before. Did you need crampons at all? The snow cover looks minimal and manageable, but I'm jsut curious. I'll be climbing nearby next weekend and if all...

Taco - you got some cool pics there. What was the temps like mid day? Looks pretty hot.

Sounds ike good times. I saw a rattler two weeks ago. It was coiled up so I'm not sure of the length, but y guess would be close to 4 feet. I think it was thicker then both my trekking poles combined.

Mike - another forum member and I did Bear Creek up to Smith Saddle and down to hwy 39 and then back to West Fork trail head. The TR is here with pics: https://eispiraten.com/a ... highlight= I know you want to go from Hwy 39, to West Fork SG, but we did it the reverse way. I think we had to cross t...

Hey Norma R. Nice pics. Looks like you two had a really fun day. I heard your Shasta trip is off. Bummer. I was supposed to go back on the 21st, but that one fell apart too. I'm bummed, but have a couple other trips in mind now. I'll PM you some invites.

Dave G and Norma R - nice pics. Haven't heard from either of you in awhile.

2 weeks in a row? crazy! that's the sort of thing that will temporarily burn you out from hiking! matt, I have coordinates from when i did it last fall: http://socalhikes.com/2008/10/cactus-to ... ip-report/ Yeah - it burned me out, but luckily not from hiking, just Skyline for sure. Wasn't really ...

Hey Zach, The Denver area has some really nice loop hikes real close to the city, but they are mostly under 11 miles. Not sure how close you can stay to Denver while trying to find solitude for 4-5 days. Just north of Denver in Rocky Mountain NP, you definately need to do Long's Peak via the Keyhole...

Wow EnFuego, You refused to do this hike with me, and now you've done it back to back weekends. I must really intimidate you. :evil: Well, maybe just for the H&LL of it, I'll do it this weekend and next weekend until I see you on it. I doubt it though. I'll be in the Sierras on the 30th. And ye...

I'm rolling two trips into one report: Last week on Friday (5-15-09), I hooked up with a friend to do the C2C trail. I wasn't exactly excited to do it, but was looking forward to seeing just how challenging it was. We started at the museum at 4:15am and a third person I had met in the parking lot ha...

Something like this sounds like some fun. I wish I could join you guys, but I'll be on another mountain. Please post your TR with pics.

Good luck.

Cool beans. Maybe I'll use that as an excuse to get up there for a quick little hike, then buy the book on the way down.

I picked up a Mountain Hardwear Sprite 1 ultralight solo tent, and now i'm thinking I was a bit to quick in buying it. I just locked down 2 trips in which I need another peice of gear more urgently. Asking $120, but may be able to work with that. Shoot me a PM if interested. This tent has never been...

Are you selling or just showing some great memorabilia?

Is this yours? Did you just aquire it?

Incredible stuff. This guy is insane. I have a female friend who does water ice speed climbs in Russia. She has sent me vids and I can't believe ow quick they can move with a couple fiffi hooks and and some kind of special crampons with front points and single heel point only. thanks for sharing this.

Sounds pretty cool. Did you take a tent up with you or sleep in the open? I did C2C on Friday, and could see a little bit of snow on the upper reaches of the south facing slopes. as I was broiling in the heat on my trail and wishing I was over at San G, you were actually there. Glad you made the sum...

Bill - when you planning this hike? Are you doing it as an overnighter?

Sounds pretty impressive.

you're going to hike on private property?! someone who will not be named would not approve! :P hehe!!! We wouldn't want to start another never ending thread on that subject. :lol: :lol: :lol: Calico - where abouts did you see the bear? About how many miles were in when you saw it? I used to ride my...

haha. Thats pretty funny that you caught Ze. Makes me think of a pretty funny idea. Maybe you can hide one of your cameras on a well traveled trail and see how many SGMDF'rs you can catch on trail?

Turn all this into reality TV show.

Matt - that inventory of what you saw is pretty cool. Are those all the flowers you saw in one two hr trip to the summit? Thats a lot of flowers.

Thanks for sharing that. Very beautiful. Where exactly is Wildwood?

No pics???? No proof!!!!

Looked like a pretty cool trip. glad you had all day to enjoy it. Do you know why the squirrel tail was ripped off?

Pretty nice photos. I haven't explored the GC much, but it looks like a pretty exceptional place.

You're ready to do the rim2rim2rim now. In fact, you can prolly add an extra rim in there too. Don't wait till spring. Do it in October. Do the c2c now too.

Nice photos by the way.

Thanks for TR Augie. Weather looked perfect for doing Iron. I can't even imagine doing it in 3 hrs +/-. Did Rick stop at all on the way up? Maybe to change out his jet packs something?

Congrats on your first timers. It's a toughy.

I'm not even sure I know what you're talken about. Are you talking about the picture that is next to the "San Gabriel Mountains Discussion Forum" title of this board? Are you looking for a "non" snowy picture of something in the San Gabriels for the spring, summer, fall months? I...

EnFuego- If you would really help us out, and commit 100% we'd give you some $$ and agree to everything else you suggested! I told you I could help you and I'm willing to commit 95%. Sicne you haven't locked down a date, I need to reserve 3% to back out. And I also need to reserve 2% in case you do...

When are you planning this? I wouldn't mind doing some hiking/climbing or bouldering in the lone pine area, meet you on a certain day in a certain area and then I could take you two back to "the other side". Of course there would be dinner, drinks and kissing a$$ involved, but I could do i...

Cool deal Taco. Glad you're feeling strong and made it to the summit of gastrodome.

Alabama Hills looking pretty shweet.

Hey Bill. Nice TR, thanks. Nice pictures too. I haven't been that far back in a mighty long time.

I never even heard of Mt Sally. Cool none-the-less