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Thanks for the info, much appreciated.

Loved the "toss the kid" picture. Family goals, haha!

Scottawr:
Great trip report, I'm a new dad, so this is inspiring.

I got a few questions:

How old was your son when you began taking him hiking at altitude?

How do you like the osprey carrier? I love osprey packs, I'm sure this one is great, what do you think?

Any other hiking with kids advice?

Great pictures, thanks for sharing. "Why does it look so big when it's low on the horizon?" Has to do with the angle at which we view it and how the atmosphere at that angle can magnify it.. I think. But check out Lynch and Livingston's "Color and Light in Nature" (ISBN-13: 978-0...

I have never seen that before!

Just made my day, thanks!!!

I'm gonna have to think on the grouse theory for a minute. Are there grouse (greese?) in the San gabs?

I was exploring the Ridge between Waterman and Kratka last Wednesday (6/20) morning and heard a similar sound. Almost subsonic, I could barely hear the "whumps" but could almost "feel" them instead. Definetly not at waterman, it seemed far away. I've heard these "whumps"...

LA Times reports lower portion of Rte 2 *may* open Friday June 3.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2 ... riday.html

Just heard that the road is open all the way up. :D We were high on the Bear Canyon trail when they opened the road. We could see the line of cars starting up the Wanker Flat road. What a mess! Was that on Sunday? This morning, Monday 12/27 the Forest Service was turning people around at the fire s...

For years responsible freeriders/downhillers have tried to find ways to build appropriate trails or initiate bike parks, but they (we) are always stopped by EIRs, insurance, or just ignorance (from riders and the public). Big bear killed DH riding due to the above reasons. We're still waiting for Ba...

i gotta admit i always feel energized and at peace on Baldy. but then again, i feel that way on any mountain i climb. :) Agreed- My students ask me if I go to church and my reponse is "yes, whenever I'm in the mountains among the trees, I am at church." Tough concept for a 7th grader to g...

Hard to believe, but the Mt Waterman website says they will open this weekend:
http://www.mtwaterman.org/
I wonder how this will work the forest being closed and such...

Good synopsis of coming storms:

special weather statement:
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/total_forecast/ ... OX&pil=SPS

edenooch wrote:this weeks storm gonna be that bad?

Actually, stormS...

Up to 20" of rain in isolated locations of the moutains according to the NWS local area discussion:

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/lox/scripts/get ... k=yes[url]

At least the weather is slowing changing for the better.
Woke up to a marine layer.
Red Flag Warning cancelled, humidity near 20% at Mt Wilson this morning.
According to the NWS 20% chance of T-storms in the mountains today.

Matt- thanks for the maps! sweet

Forest "kinda" closed too: Forest Order http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/angeles/orders/ ... 082809.pdf Both Lower and Upper and Big T closed as well: http://dpwgis.co.la.ca.us/website/roadclosures/main.cfm Bummer- was hoping to tromp around the high country for my last days of vacation. Wishing sa...