EISPIRATEN

The plan was to hike up the Ski Hut trail, but the road was closed and cars were backed up all the way to the village. I decided to go up Bear Canyon knowing that I may not top out since I got a late start. I passed up 8 hikers or so and at ~8200 ft. or so found myself at the front of the line. That...

Very sad. Rest in peace.

I am definetly interested, all depends on the final date.

Awesome, congrats.

Beautiful and very scary. I usually hike solo and I can only imagine the kind of fear three mountain lions would evoke.

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Nice Pics! This hike is on my "to do" list, looks like route finding will be a challenge, maybe first time out I'll only go half way and do a bit of exploring.

Nice pics. I need to check out this area some day.

Got a late start and parked at Islip Saddle. Only car there. Headed up the PCT and after 1 mile I went right on the forest road that runs along Mount Islip. X-country up to the summit. Still a bit of snow up there. Took the ridge down to Windy Gap and followed the Crystal Lake CG trail half way down...

I don't think it's a rattler. Didn't make a sound and was very docile. It didn't budge and I had to go around. This was on the trail to Sunset Peak.

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This was last week, top of the Chapman Trail. My poor wife was a bit worried.

The grey fox is hilarious. I love these videos, keep them coming.
I hope you get a cougar soon.

Encl. are a couple of pictures from this weekend. First one is a Horned Lizard, this is the first one I have seen. Second one is a big dump, Bear? Mountain Lion? My partners boot is next to it. What do you think? https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.myff.org/gallery/750434/Horned Lizard.JP...

I have often wondered about my calorie burn. Good stuff, keep it coming.

Great trip, nice pics and the snow cave is very impressive.

Thank you for posting this. I was thinking about buying a Garmin Oregon 550t, but I'll wait for this unit to come out. It has the topo feature that I want and the spot feature with messaging capability is a tremendous bonus. I know that I'll have to bivy in the woods sooner or later because of darkn...

HikeUp wrote:Yeah, that'd leave a mark. Looks like it is near where the road traverses around Mt. Harvard?

You are absolutely correct. This whole side of Harvard looks very dangerous, lots of loose rocks ready to come down. Not a place to be when it rains.

Boulders like that can can ruin your whole day and I don't think a helmet would do much for you. Pictures taken on 3/04/10, one from below and one from above. https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.myff.org/gallery/728327/Mount Wilson 006.jpg https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.my...

Fascinating stuff and I admire your ability to figure this out, but this song keeps popping into my head, "too much time on my hands".

Started at 8 a.m. and was planning to do a loop, up the east ridge, down the south ridge. My first time on this trail, so the tunnels were interesting. Missed the turn-off for the east ridge, there was supposed to be a duck, but no such luck. Headed up were I thought I could catch the ridge, but had...

Thank you for posting the pictures. I was surprised to see my register entry on 11/24/09. Kinda neat, I just casually looked through the pictures and out jumps my signature.

Thanks for the info.
All I wanted to know is what thecurrent conditions are and the first reply gave me that info. I have no intentions of going up there without the right equipment putting myself and others in peril.

Is it possible to hike these peaks without crampons at this time?
Thank you, any info is much appreciated.