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TacoDelRio wrote:I'm not exactly sure which terrain feature you're highlighting in the map.

The drainage immediately northwest of the summit of Ontario Peak. From the map, there is only one (at least as I see it). Does that help?

Does anyone know how to access the drainage northwest of the summit of Ontario Peak? And does it have a name? It is the drainage directly west of Cherry Canyon. I understand that the Chapman Ranch at its base is a major obstacle.

Here is a link to a map.

That was a good time, Norma. Here is my trip report, which also includes a video.

You're a mountaineering machine, Norma! Good luck reconnecting with your goggles.

Well, depending on what you want to do, you might only need crampons and an ice axe. SummitPost has route descriptions for Sugarloaf Ridge and Falling Fir Ridge on Ontario Peak. They are both nice routes.

I think that REI rents crampons, ice axes, etc.

TacoDelRio wrote:Probably a big Charlie Foxtrot, in military terms.

I don't know what that means.

Thanks for the pics. I am surprised how little snow there was, but that is changing. That couloir right of Register Ridge could be a nice alternative some day.

More snow is in the forecast for Saturday, February 27. What do you suppose the conditions will be on the Mt. Baldy road at dawn on Sunday morning?

Jim: Wow, nice job descending the couloir. How was the skiing through the narrow constriction (which I called the gauntlet)?

Yeah, Hamik, that was some enjoyably zany stuff.

I think those photos, and the posting thereof, are part of Taco's lucrative sponsorship deal.

Thanks everyone. Incidentally, I have heard of one prior ascent now.

On February 15, three of us climbed "The Galena Gauntlet" to Yucaipa Ridge and then traversed to Galena Peak. Here is the trip report.

Does anyone know if this route has been climbed before?

I don't understand the wink at the end of the opening post.

Nice effort and thanks for posting.

Those photos are awesome. I can almost feel the wind and snow.

Interesting. With all of this snow I have been wondering about routes on the south side of Ontario Peak.

I just added a page for Falling Fir Ridge on Summitpost, so sign the climber's log and add some images!

Nice, Solo1. Thanks for posting those photos. Telegraph Peak looks pretty burly in that first shot.

Ok, I did it: I made a Summitpost page for Falling Fir Ridge. So sign the climber's log and add some images!

Ok, I'm doing it: I'm making a Summitpost page for "Falling Fir Ridge".

Sam, that's the official name now, FWIW. There are lots of un-named features in the SG's, just gotta name 'em after you get to know them. Have you made a page for it on Summitpost? I have thought about making a page for "Falling Fir Ridge" on Summitpost, but haven't yet. Should I do it so...

Nice! Looks like you had a brilliant day. And thanks for calling it "Falling Fir Ridge".

Roughly two more feet of snow is forecasted for the Mt. Baldy area on Tuesday/Wednesday.

I was hoping to get over to the Costa Mesa Rockreation tomorrow. I haven't done any roped climbing in a few years. Anyone interested?

Here is the route we took on Dobbs Peak:

Awesome photos. Thanks for posting.

mve wrote:Almost forgot -- did you guys see this on Vivian? Where did that come from? Doesn't it look like an airplane toilet seat?

I didn't see that toilet seat, but that has to be the most spartan outhouse I have ever seen!

Thanks for the kind words, everyone. And better luck next time, lilbitmo!

Nice pictures, Norma. And I see that you have a mild obsession with naming a route with the the word "cwm" in it.