EISPIRATEN

Sounds like a very nice hike. I love when the trails are uncrowded. I haven't done Icehouse Canyon since I was in my low teens. I've wanted to do it again for a long time, but same as you, this trip has always mananged to slip to the back of my list. Maybe I'll knock this off my list by end of Febru...

Bill wrote:A definate maybe. Did you decide on 8:30 then?

Bill - I think as a whole, we would like to leave the trail head at 8am sharp. If you are a definate, but can only make 8:30am, I'm sure we can accomodate that.

By the way Bill, are you the same Bill that picked up my snowboards?

I ran across a pretty interesting web site. This site has many mountaineering, trails, etc books online. Many of which are very old, (like 1800's old) and make for some very interesting reading. The site is a little hard to navigate, but with a little effort, there is some nice literature on here. h...

Looks like you all had a very nice trip. Excellent TR and nice photos and video.

Zach wrote:I'm interested in going...

Being interested won't cut it.

Come with, bring your GF too. We could use some nice scenery....errr, good company.

yoskolo wrote:Why not bring her along?

Yes, bring her along. The SGMDF Rescue Crew could use the practice of delivering a baby. And if she doesn't deliver, we still haven't practiced rigging a litter yet, so she would come in handy there too.

HikeUp - thats a good point. Under most water conditions, I have always managed to cross. But, I was never with a large group and I have always found ingenious ways to cross (use nearest Yucca Tree as pole vault :shock: ) But, if the creek does seem too high and crossing will mean we need to get wet...

HJ - there is one steep spot that I can think of in each direction. Both steep spots are less than 35 yards long. First steep spot is almost 4 miles in and consists of a couple easy switch backs to gain elevation from river bed to old trail to bridge. The time of the hike is dependent on the number ...

UPDATE - Meet-up time is 7:30am, Saturday, January 31 We Will start hike at 8:00am Please meet at the East Fork Trail Head http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=34.2 ... 8&t=h&z=18 I don't know if the Taco-Baldy-Lodge-Beer-Forum-Meet-Up-Thingy happened or not, but I thought I would extend ...

SIGN-UP THREAD SO FAR:

EnFuego (not so lonely a place anymore)
Dirt_Poor
Lilbitmo & Lucy (2nd prettiest girl around)
Alex
Zach
Zach's GF (hopefully! with or without Zach )
Taco

TacoDelRio wrote:Wait, the spires near Crystal Lake?

http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock ... -Crag.html

Otherwise...

Sorry - those aren't them. I think I'm heading up to east fork this week, so I will take a picture from the road (thats where I usually see them) and I will post for you to see.

Since we just spoke out in the hall.......

I know this is probably a long dead thread, but maybe this will interest someone. Given the year (1959), the film in their cameras was probably a very slow ASA reversal film. Most likely something similar to Kodachrome with a speed of 12 or 16 was loaded. A very slow and stable film like that would...

If you decide you need any of your gear back, we can sell it back to you. Same cost tha tyou sold it, plus 5% handling fee.

Depending on temperatures and wind: Light (up to 20mph) to no wind, temps from low 40's to low 60's - I wear REI Mistral pants only (yes underwear too). These are soft shell pants (rated windprrof up to 10mph or so and very, very water repellent), 4 way stretch, side zip from bottom of pant to high ...

thats a rarity....to be the only one on a mountain. And in Southern California no less.

Awesome pictures too.

Well, it's a start. And it's better than 0"-1" of snow I guess.

That might be it. As I recall, there is 2 or 3 prominent spire like peaks. But I don't remember it being a long way in. Maybe now it is, since we can't drive to Crystal Lake area. Maybe we should volunteer to do some trail maintenance with DamOTclese. He's got keys back there. Then we ditch'em. :lol...

Bear Creek to the pinnacles? Eh? :?: I can't remember the trail name. But I know some where north of West Fork San Gabriel, there are some small "needle" or "pinnacle" type spires that I hiked to once many, many years ago. At that time I wasn't into rock climbing, so to me, it w...

Check your PM

With the optimistic weather report and limited snow on the ridge I couldn't pass up the opportunity ... plus getting to meet up with some of the strongest hikers/climbers around was a real treat. I may have to sneak up on these guys again sometime ... hehe. Rick - I read your report and saw your pi...

Wow. This is soo awesome. This guy selected me to help him transfer 11 mil and for doing nearly nothing, I get 55%. Wow!!! What am I going to do with all this money? I guarantee you guys this, when I get the final transfer of all this money into my account, I will organize a trek for all members of ...

East Fork San Gabriel to the Bridge to Nowhere and then to the Narrows is a nice 12-14 mile round trip. You said they were serious hikers. Serious as in they want butt kicking steep trails? Or jsut serious as in they like the outdoors and hike often. Bear Creek off the West Fork San Gabriel up to th...

Hey Zach - sorry I couldn't make it. Had to work. But thanks for the invite. Looks like I missed some fun times.

I heard of another location thats looks really fun, plenty of rappels and closer to home. I'll pm you the locale.

what the hell is going on? are you selling your soul too? :shock: Taco - You can auction off your soul here (or buy one if you need another): http://sell-your-soul.com/how_soul.htm This site will give you cash for your soul: http://www.wewantyoursoul.com/ http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-d...

Thanks for the 411 on the sequencing shots using gimp. I actually have that shareware program on my computer, but never use it. Didn't think it was worth the space it's taking up on my computer. I'm glad now I haven't deleted it yet. Whenever you get a momment, could you try to "highlight"...

I'll take the file bastard.
I'll take the shoulder harness too.

Sounds like you guys had a wonderful time. I'd have those conditions anytime over what we have now. Yes - lets pray for more snow to come soon.

~EnFuego

Looks like you guys put a lot of effort into looking for some fun snow to ski.

I really like the sequence shot. How did you do that? If you don't mind releasing any secrets.

Also, the 8th pic, where approximately was that shot?