EISPIRATEN

Well, it looks as though I'll be doing the ridge east of Falling Rock Canyon tomorrow. I'll be arriving at Icehouse Canyon parking lot at around 6:00 AM in a green mini-van.

Liz: Villager Peak is enjoyable. We ran out of water too early, though, which made it all the more memorable.

Ze: Dissertation proposal? I once spent a year writing various dissertation proposals. Good luck!

Thanks for the info, Taco.

TacoDelRio wrote:Exactly which ridge? The one that's on your left as you hike up Falling Rock Canyon?

Yup, that's the one.

Anyone interested in either of these tomorrow, starting at 6:00 AM?
(1) Complete south ridge of Mt. Baldy, which starts a few hundred yards below Manker Flat.
(2) The ridge east of Falling Rock Canyon to a subsidiary peak of Ontario Peak.

Does anyone know anything about ascending the ridge east of Sugarloaf Ridge -- that is, the ridge directly above and east of Falling Rock Canyon?

Rumpled wrote:Have you tried any of the plane wreck sites?

I poked around a little on the internet to no avail.

Zach: Yes, that is Whitney at the top of my blog. The photo was taken from the plateau just below and south of the Russell/Carillon Col.

Taco: Thanks for the invite, but with two little kids my overnights are far and few between.

Your outings would be more impressive if you did them sans water.

Informed by a route description on summitpost by TacoDelRio (man, that dude is everywhere!), I experienced the Sugarloaf Ridge route on Ontario Peak on Saturday. Here is the trip report: Crazy for the Grovel

I am currently reading "Crazy for the Storm", which is primarily about surviving a plane crash on Ontario Peak, and am wondering where exactly the plane crashed. Does anyone know?

After getting back home, I realized I might have had a chat at the parking with DaddyLongLegs, who was on his way up Falling Rock Cyn. Oops...hope it went well! Yes, that was me in the parking lot this morning! I almost asked if you participate in this forum, but aw shucks, I got shy. :oops: (And y...

Whoa, everytrail.com is cool! I had never visited that site before.

Ok, it's official: I'm doing this on Saturday, November 7. I'll be in the Icehouse Canyon parking lot at around 6:00 AM. In case you want to join me, I'll look just like the guy in the picture on the left (without the Mont Blanc Massif in the background). If I hike faster than you, then I may leave ...

TacoDelRio wrote:Don't think it's the Kaweah group?

Yes. Someone at summitpost made a compelling case that it's the Kaweah group.

moppychris wrote:Is this a recent picture? Are the Sierras that covered in snow yet?

The photo was taken about three weeks ago, but I saw the same view again this past Sunday.

From the summit of Mt. Baldy, the snowy Sierras can be seen far to the north, as in this picture: http://lh6.ggpht.com/_ggE4fR11050/SvJ6baHaV3I/AAAAAAAAAEI/-8fkPn58Xts/s800/Sierras in distance.jpg There are two clusters of snowy peaks in the distance. I assume that the peaks on the right are the Whi...

You should do this after your Palms-to-Pines double on Saturday. You'll certainly be warmed up!

I am thinking about groveling up Ontario Peak via Sugarloaf Ridge on Saturday, November 7. I need to be down by 11:30 AM, which translates to a start time of about 6:00 AM. I'll keep a steady pace on the ascent and might jog down the trail. Here is some info on the route: http://www.summitpost.org/r...

Yesterday I saw a group of Bighorn Sheep meandering around Baldy Bowl:

Sooooo . . . any snow on Baldy right now?

That's too bad. How about Mt. San Jacinto instead?

The ridge I am calling the south ridge is the one the Ski Hut Trail finishes on. It is not the ridge followed by the Mt. Baldy Trail, but is the long ridge immediately up and west of San Antonio Falls. It has also been evocatively called "No Name Ridge" on this forum. From Manker Flat, I d...

Lucky you! That's a great shot. Thanks for sharing.

From Manker Flat, I descended the stream bed to the base of a scree-covered rib that ascends about 1400 vertical feet from the campground to the crest of the southwest ridge. I followed tracks most of the way up the rib, encountering steep scree in places and one wall of thick brush that was circumv...

When I hiked the JMT, I brought a light tarp in lieu of a tent. Had it rained at night, I would have rigged a shelter. But it never rained, so I slept on the tarp every night. In hindsight, I should have mailed food ahead to one or more of the pack stations along the trail.

Mick Fowler (the famous British alpinist) said something like the following: "Mountain climbing is not something I get in shape for. Mountain climbing is something I do to get in shape."