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Thanks much Lilbitmo & atomicoyote - great ideas. I found Chapman Ranch's address so if my other source doesn't come through I will hit them up with the question. atomi, I shoulda mentioned that I did check through John Robinson's The San Gabriels , will check the Trails of the Angeles too. Wow,...

Is there anyone on this board that might be able to answer a question regarding a business that may have been located in the Mt Baldy area? Or a contact point for someone that might be able to at least try and answer a question or two? I've tried google searching already but coming up with nothing.....

AW, Please tell me there's some footage of this hoisting :P http://www.sgvtribune.com/crime/ci_18554654 Man rescued from San Gabriel River near East Fork Road Posted: 07/27/2011 08:59:36 AM PDT ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST - Officials and friends resuscitated and rescued a man from the San Gabriel River ...

...that some people continue to be so selfish that they use a PUBLIC road as their personal race track. Maybe they will crash and not hit an innocent motorist but why does this have to be concern for people that want to drive this road and not have to fear what is coming around the next corner. This...

No offense to all you folks that still actually hike - but this is my kinda 'trip report' :P - discussions of hash browns, lunch, dinner, showers, beds, fireplaces! The one thing I often hated after hiking was having to leave the mountains. Woulda loved to have a cabin to go to... Driving past all t...

Reading AW's misc news18 and the Glendora Mountain road stuff made me think of this one...

Cool TR --- any idea what this is --- any chance of it being a succulent? I really like succulents but can't be for certain if it's a succulent. The leaves and the flowers seem to lean in that direction. Maybe an echeveria ??? https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/photobucket/i261/albums/ii57/VanLo...

Thanks very much for that link Cougarmagic! That really helped me sort a few questions regarding the the canyon and the waterfall. Good to hear that the Alpine Tavern area was spared in the fire. Hope I'm wrong but one of the Station fire maps seems to show much of the Grand Canyon as part of the bu...

1. March of this year? Does anybody know how much of the Grand Canyon was burned in the Station fire - thought I heard it was hit pretty hard. 2. I always wanted to get down in the bottom of that canyon but never did. Anyone here been down there? If so, anything memorable/nice scenery ? tia... http:...

Umm, can we hear more about that pizza? And I aint be jokin' That thing looks real real good!

Love to know the ingredients - plus that crust looks perfect.

I thought I was decent at making homemade pizza, but you got me topped with those toppings

Sunday, May 15th, 2011 - 7:30pm - ok, not enough snow for your kinda fun, but still, it's snow 8) ...

Who was up there

Pretty strange that he ended up at the Mt. Wilson parking lot.

Is this some odd way of 'sorta' returning to the scene of the crime?

What goes up must come down????

:lol: :lol: :lol: I'm not sure about that yellow one - you know it's a color that us white people shouldn't really wear - uh, that and orange. Regardless - this photo is just begging for a Taco head photochop! It almost looks like he's dodging a rock to top it off... http://zedomax.com/blog/wp-conte...

Man, I want one of those!

But not until they redesign it with arms...

And what's up with the black - when they come in bright pink or lime green, I'm so there...

Thanks very much for posting these! A few other cool ones I liked from your album... Nice... https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/lh6.googleusercontent.com/_tLZpFwoRpyI/TW7PTN-TZnI/AAAAAAABJuk/Zpo-WkOdMqw/s720/P1110734.JPG You're right, that's sweet... https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/lh4.go...

Thanks Taco, the changing perspectives of the San Gabriel Mountains are always interesting, but this one is up there with the 'most puzzling'. You'd think the bowl would show it's gentler slope from where the photo was taken but noooooooo. Last week I was in downtown LA - and it looked like Mt. Wils...

Killer TR pics! At certain angles, it seems like Baldy Wall could be a proper name too... is it really that steep - or is that just an early Heineken illusion? I got drag out and scan a picture I took of a Baldy summit post --- wow, someone was up there on a summertime overnighter and they were on s...

Thanks Lilbitmo! Wow, that quote from the John Robinson book ==== 1860 :shock: :!: I remember checking those links and there are some great pictures and information provided. Going by the following quote from the 'A Capsule History of Icehouse Canyon' link: "The first documented activity in the...

Recently it was brought up on this board that Ice House gets it's name because it's a canyon where blocks of ice we stored [or something along those lines]. I'm not doubting this or anything like that but I was curious if anyone has seen any form of documentation of this information. I know it was a...

Please pass along the thanks, Terry

Wow, the San Gabriels sure are amazing - all the times we passed that area, never knew that sweet spot was up there...

Great stuff PackerGreg - took another look at the Adam's Pack Station site - well done, everything about it...

Not to spoil anyone's surprise - but do you have any pictures you'd care to share of the East Fork area or Adam's Falls?

Please pass along respect to Glen Owens - I adore his book!

Beautiful... now my desktop picture, nice.

I'm sorry -- but going by what I saw on that live tv rescue of violin boy in Eaton - this is a time when maybe they should just let him spend the night up there and think about all the danger he caused - that or fine his butt for that helicopter ride. Any fool should know not to end up where he ende...

Dang :shock: you are one tough Taco! For a good while I was fascinated with those poles that used to be on Back Bone - who put them there, when ,,,,,, then who decided to take them down, etc etc... Now to see that they were just tossed 'aside' is classic! I've only seen one picture of them 'in actio...

Killer pics - beautiFULL! Reminds me of the Blue Mountains in Jamaica...

settle for the saddle! ding ding ding we have a winner! :lol: {Sound of applause as I reach the podium on the saddle for my acceptance speech}: I'd like to thank my fellow failures of the trail for this unrewarding award... of course none of them can be found on this forum - all you peak baggers po...

Saddles have beautiful views, nice breezes in summertime, and are great places to have lunch. It's well known that saddles are preferred travel routes for wildlife. (Ever see a bear on a peak? Of course not!) :P :lol: :P That's exactly why we used to call it a day when we hit the saddles - the swee...

I remember several encounters with mountain bikers on narrow hiking trails - especially around the Mt. Lowe area. Are mountain bikers supposed to yield to hikers - or are we all on the same page when it comes to trails? I really didn't appreciate it when these bikers would blow down the narrow trail...

Love some of those Morris Dam pictures!

The wall at the base of Rubio Canyon, not so much.

How in the hell do these things happen?

And why do I have the feeling that is how Taco rolls towards Baldy once the first snow of the season hits