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Started on trail at 4:35am today took R/R to Harwood(8:10) to Baldy(9:17) down main chute..Met "michaetb" from this board at the hut.. Mirco spikes all day today, a few post holeing here and there to the knees. 28 at harwood and 26 at baldy and a warm 45 at the ski hut(10:20) with cloud co...

Hi james, the snow was very soft, at the lip I was able to plant my feet in joses boot print but a ways farther down I had to make my own print as the snow was just giving way, after the rock croping I had a nice smooth glacide down, infact I wish I would have started the glacide sooner...

mark

Hey patrick, two people were ahead of me on the ridge so I didnt have to break trail,I met them part way up changeing to crampons thats when i put my mircos on(it was a last mintue thing,changeing my mind to do the ridge) there were some icey spots but you can go around them, the 2 guys were coming ...

Did register ridge to summit down main bowl today.. had a good work out today...

mark

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Happy belated B.D. Alan... Richard P. asked about you while we were hiking if I have seen you lately, I belive the last time was I was coming down the road from ski hut trail and you were just starting out and your son was doing a meet in Ohio.. Did the Bear Cyn. to Baldy to Harwood down register to...

Had a fun day and into the night on my first hike to Iron Mtn. with Matt and his friends... My bonehead of the day was, after taking off my beanie w/ headlamp in parking lot before we left to put baseball cap on I put beanie in pack but forgot to put lamp in, had my two small emergency lights in pac...

I'm in on this, my chest cold should be gone by then.. not as fast as others but dont wait for me i'll see you on your way back..

Shin wanna car pool??

mark

Sounds like everybody had a fun safe weekend on Baldy.. Dave, saw Fritz at 5:30 sunday evening coming down said he saw you and Norma earlyier in day.. I went up main bowl summited at 9:30pm bivyed at West Ridge, bitchen night and morning... windy all night didnt get much sleep (forgot sleeping pills...

Thanks Taco for putting this together,Simonov for pancakes in the morning..It was really good putting faces to these names on the board.. I had alot of fun, you people are good to hang with(if i can keep up).. Thanks for the pointers everyone who helped, on useing the ice axe with crampons on and of...

Went up to baldy this morning opened up the regester which I never do and looked at sundays people, first I saw was Elwood then Tracei saying where they were going so for the maybe third time ever I wrote down what I was doing today up face down face when I started and when I came out..Nice hike, mo...

I'm in...I like to meet this cartoon character Taco..

If I can't make the weekend class do you do weekday classes, I'll have new vacation and sick time to use

mark

As always nice trip report James, congrats Shin and Ryan..

Like the pictures...

mark

Heard there was going to be some wind last night and today, so with a day off today I went to Baldy, started at 12:15am summited at 3:20am. Windy from the get go the strongest winds were along the West Ridge after you come out of the trees..Summit was windy but not bad 17deg.at 3:25. Took the ski hu...

Nice 22hr. hike you guys..Congrats Dave, good to see ya any time day or night, I was 20min behind ya to the car..

mark

Went to Baldy today, it was nice to see Ernie and his friend, also saw Mark Irving,Norma and Patrick on there way up when I was coming down. Norma glad to see you back on the trail.. Patrick glad to meet you from a distance.. I went up the main bowl today and was wondering what is the best sole for ...

Hi Norma, speaking of flowers Shin and I did Baldy this morning, what are the bright yellow nice smellin flowers on the side of the road driving up to the trail head..

mark

Nice pictures from both of you, it was a really nice day Sunday to be up there. Hit trail at 4:50 summited at 8:15 and got back to car at 11:00, as Mike said "awesome"..

mark

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saw your trails wednesday I went up main bowl followed up ski trails coming down off lip at top of chute, dont know name of that chute, I call it the jump off point for skiers and snowboarders, yes alot of snow accumulated on bottom of pons, after I got to rock where you make left turn up chute I st...

Tracie nice pictures, fun time..see you soon...

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Sam, east side alot of bare showing but did see hikers going up, walking along top saw one chute near the top thin snow with dirt showing but rest of chutes that I saw good snow..

skiers and snowboarders were waiting for snow to soften up, we summited at 9:50....24deg

mark

Shin, Cheryl, Tracy,Eileen and I went up the West Bowl today.

first time I hiked with Eileen and Tracy, nice hanging with everybody today on another great day..

mark

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How COOL Norma thanks alot...And for me many more chute climbs..

learning more each time I hike with people, maybe next year or so i'll climb a chute like giga and friends did last sunday, btw mike nice pictures of last sunday...

mark

Shin and I did Baldy today with fresh snow from the night before, met up with Tony and friends..The 6 of us went up the center of the bowl, my first time up the chutes and loved it..

mark

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Went up west side, great snow for crampons, I probably could have gone without crampons all the way up but thats my habit, after ski hut pons go on.. blue skis all the way up summited at 9:05 clouds were just behind me, not on way down...mark Irving-wpsmb(red helmet) and Kevin R pic.#12, Hamik pic. ...

Shin and I did Baldy today with 12inches of new snow there, had alot of fun.

Thanks Shin..........mark


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nice Norma, it was a nice day that day it was my first time on snowshoes sunday alot of fun....hope to see you Feb 5th

mark

Shin and I hiked the east side of bowl above the ski hut, picked up matthew who spent the night at the falls and he hiked with us.. fun day for all..

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mark

How do I post pictures onto this site...?

thanks... mark