EISPIRATEN

Link to ACH closure article and pictures of road sections washed out.

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_14328787

I think the altitude exposure I got the previous day really helped. In your case, if you camp a ways up, you'll get the same effect. The only problem may be getting good sleep at high altitude. P.S. I read the bike forum once in a while. Good stuff. Think I could get pass CHP and ride up the 2? The...

Well, I apparently have made the newbie gaff of proclaiming "I'm going to train for Mt.Whitney"...and worse, let out some 'details' of my planned two-day ascent in June. Oh, well. I have noted in your blog post and elsewhere that the steepness of grade is not that big an issue on Whitney b...

Thank you for your insights. I thought about doing the Whitney climb after my second hike up Baldy but, wanted to think it over a bit before I splashed all this up on a mountaineering forum. I figured it best to throw out a few particulars about myself and see what the reactions would be. I like cha...

TR excerpt from a cyclist riding Baldy this past weekend: "Rode GMR/GRR today, Sun. Jan 31, some wet road surface areas, some light snow on the ground outbound, melted by the time I headed back toward Glendora. Snow is off to the side of the road above about 4,000 feet; heavier (but still on th...

Thank you for sharing your insights. While I'm still in play here - I need to build a climbing library. These two titles come with high marks. Any others that a beginner would/should have for the San Gabriels/San Bernardinos and Mt.Whitney area? Paul Richins, Jr.: "Mt. Whitney: The Complete Tra...

I'm new to hiking/climbing. I'm a long-distance cyclist who enjoys climbing events around the San Gabriels, San B's and such and would like to get off the bike and start viewing up close these beautiful mountains. For the spring/summer I plan on training with climbs to Baldy via Ski Hut to prepare f...

Kinda epic.... 8)

http://lostcoastbike.blogspot.com/

".. this is an area where no one has gone for many, many years. There are no roads or trails in there. There's nothing but some old mine shafts and mining scars.".....and helicopter-taxis.


http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-via ... 9250.story