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has anyone here ever hiked that trail that begins at the summit, near the two overlook benches? i haven't ever started there and gone west - although it is a popular hiking trail / trail running route to cerro noroeste. go here for details / photos about that 5.5 mile route: http://longstair.com/~p...

thanks for sharing!

i'm looking forward to my dayhike 8.22.12.

glissading potrero john.

Taco wrote: ↑Descending a canyon you know nothing about without canyoneering gear is never a good idea.

this links to the other explorer's trip report of that day - the one who came up with this grand scheme:

http://davidstillman.blogspot.com/2012/ ... -from.html

congrats on a great hike.

nothing to sneeze at - it's a strenuous hike out and back.

nice pix too!

great hike and photos.

love the ram! what a treat.

mt. pinos is the highest point in ventura county. it is possible to drive to within two miles of the summit and walk on a dirt road to complete the bagging. we did not do that. this is a drive from almost everywhere, but the two trail camps, especially sheep, would make for a great overnighter. pics...

Nice, clear photos. What program are you using to insert text into the photos? Very good travel log feel to the photos. Nice detail; nice TR. HJ thank you for your compliments. i use microsoft 'paint' for labeling the pix. if a photo needs a bit of work - i try to not do any other editing - i use '...

Very nice, I'm with Norma, that heat kills me, you'd of found me hiding under a tree after the first 8 miles. Picture make the place look like fun, what's the elevation for that hike, Start? Middle? High point? Thanks for sharing this :D - the piedra blanca trailhead elevation = ~ 3000' - willett c...

link to pix here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/bardley.sm ... 01_Willett
last two images = trip report

https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/lh6.googleusercontent.com/--qMcf11J33I/Tg_FiONGfSI/AAAAAAAAErM/ZbC-TvjXAuM/s400/2011-07-02_MatilijaCanyon%2520%252815%2529.JPG https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YvTaEvPs1JM/Tg_Ffw84l5I/AAAAAAAAErE/929kNSPzE2o/s400/2011-07-02_Mat...

as seen in matilija canyon, los padres national forest. https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ESbSPSmBrOQ/Tg_FPdiXjRI/AAAAAAAAEqQ/jZMAmEvouoY/s400/2011-07-02_MatilijaCanyon%2520%25284%2529.JPG https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5EiJ_ZDtggw/T...

a BIG shout out to cab, Taco and Norma R for their information, assistance and guidance prior to this hike in the forest. lots of cars, for a monday, at manker flats. didn't miss the unmarked ski hut trail trailhead, been here before, and didn't miss the unmarked register ridge trail trailhead, been...

i'm 100% with simonov.

car door to car door.

and you?

So.BayMark wrote: ↑when you going up? I'm going up R/R this weekend just not sure when...

mark

hey mark, monday, depending on traffic, maybe 0800 + / - 30 mins. hard to say from ventura county.

I didn't want to be a drama queen about it, but maybe had one foot on the HACE train. Not sure, it wasn't fun though. Dropping 1200 feet or so we noticed a major difference in my behavior, though. congratulations on a safe trip. it says a lot about you and your newly-found co-trekkers that all of y...

cab: thank you for that. i'll leave a cairn at the dbb junction if we plan on returning that way. taco: thank you, too, taco. have been up ski hut and dbb, just never this way. my questions will probably seem silly once i see the route, but silly is the unasked question. thanks again, and thank you ...

how well trod is the register ridge trail?

easy to see since rain / snow?

any places to keep an eye out for where it might be possible to get off trail?

they may be silly questions, but one never knows.

thank you in advance.

hj, thank you for making the effort to tell us the story of your trip. great photos and a narrative to explain it all. thanks!

update with the rest of the story.

bummer. it was warm and beautiful up here yesterday.

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2011/may/06/ ... is-friend/

i know you are all careful. stuff happens. be careful out there.

a popular spot up this way. i know several of you have been in this area.

my sympathies for those involved and for their families.

chp reporting 'hikers'; ventura county fire reporting 'climbers'.

local news:

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2011/may/05/ ... f-injured/

norma r "I wonder if it's still running?" hey norma, it was on monday the 25th. flow is slightly less - wasn't flowing off the right-hand side as it was two weeks ago. follow the flagging - the flagging route doesn't always follow the topo trail - and take loppers to help get through some ...

That looks like an Awesome waterfall. Cool pictures it truly is. one of the tallest around. little seen due to the true difficulty of traveling upstream to see it from below, traveling from the western side - like we did - is challenging @ 23 miles and dark to dark, and trying to hike either up or ...

obie wrote: ↑That's very cool...thank you!

you are welcome. not always easy to travel outside your normal area of adventures to have another adventure. pics bring it home.

Hikin_Jim wrote: ↑So, let me see if I've got this right: you hiked to the little point marked 4069 on the topo map and could see the falls from there, yes?

yes, sir.

Hikin_Jim wrote: ↑VERY cool falls!
HJ

very cool falls, indeed. and roaring away!

on a topo map a couple of years ago i saw an unnamed trail that appeared to stop just shy of santa paula canyon / creek in the los padres nat'l forest. research revealed it to be a potential waterfall vista. on 4.11.11 i went. photos here: https://picasaweb.google.com/bardley.sm ... fallVista# i hop...

Just wondering what places are best to avoid as far as people breaking into cars. Going to start planning some overnighters with the family and just want a heads up. TIA this would be one place - chumash trailhead @ pch - near mugu rock. also anywhere in matilija canyon, ojai ranger district - noto...

So I would like to do an over-nighter the middle next week. Wed-Thurs. My friends and I usually go to Tar Creek and waterfall jump, but the road is closed and we don't feel like walking up it and down into Tar creek. So I was thinking about another option up there. Anyone have any suggestions? I wo...

All markers are approximate... "B" is where the bike ride on pavement starts "D" the road becomes dirt "C" is the junction of Piru Creek and Agua Blanca Creek. We went West (ish). If you wanted to go to Frenchman's Flat, you would go North on Piru Creek. This is also w...