EISPIRATEN

Girl Hiker -- Very nice pix! Sean -- I know the feeling...but there's hope! I first set foot in the San Gabriels in 2002, at age 56...did 43 of the HPS peaks (including Rattlesnake and Big Iron) the next year at 57...did Baldy for the 12th (and sadly last) time in 2012 at 66...did the Brand Firebrea...

Thanks for the Idoni link...that confirms the wreck is beyond (north of) the Ski Hut, not south of it (I wasn't been able to go beyond the Ski Hut since my last visit to Baldy in 2012)...Dima knows much more than I do, so follow his info from there...but Edward's info rings a bell...I took the photo...

I can post a photo...but can't remember exactly it was...definitely west of Ski Hut Trail...I think south of Ski Hut, but might be along the part after you cross across Baldy Bowl and get up to the west ridge...try both, it was pretty easily spotted from the trail...see if I can post a pic of it fro...

what jeko1034 said...so sorry to hear that news...

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Don't say duck to a long-time bird photographer who was told early in his hiking career to watch for the ducks marking the trail turnoffs, and wondered how they kept them from flying to other spots after being placed... I still call them ducks, by the way...but no longer listen for quacking... ;o).....

Cool...

Who has the energy to build stuff like that while climbing something that steep...?

Well, there were plenty of rocks...

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Do cairns have to be on summit? This was one of two on the way up Hoyt, 13 June 2013...

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So disappointed...I was told there was a great cairn on Sawmill...I searched carefully, but couldn't find it...must have been hiding behind this thing...26 September 2014...

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11 August 2011...I was 65...

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Yeah, neat hike...and nice pix!

The volunteers who man the fire lookout can drive about halfway there...but not sure I'd want to park there during an earthquake...

Thanks for the posts!

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Very cool! By the time I discovered hiking, I was a long-time birder...so when I first read about ducks marking trails, I wondered, "What keeps them from wandering off?" I liked trail ducks except the ones on Twin Peak East...there were so many, couldn't tell which one I should head toward...

Wonderful write-up and photos...some beautiful scenery, beautifully recorded! I got a ticket for parking at Guffy when I did Pine and Dawson in 2003 (gate on road to trailhead was locked at Guffy despite website saying it was open)...that's the only part of that area I've ever seen. Thanks for showi...

Yes, coming down Hoyt is the scariest thing I ever did hiking (and I did manage to do Big Iron in 2003, Rattlesnake in 2003 and 2004, and Sugarloaf via Falling Mike...er Falling Rock Canyon in 2005)...came down those standing up, but like HikeUp, came down Hoyt on my butt, too (in 2013 at age 67)......

More not-current info...but I tried that road from Red Box to Barley Flats in September 2014 and found it too brushy...so did Markham and Lowe from Eaton Saddle instead (and met "Don Viejo," that even-older-than-me gent who'd posted the note about seeking a lady hiking partner, auditions o...

Thanks for the good info and pix, and congrats on doing the epic hike! Brought back good memories of Catalina... During my younger days, I flew the family Mooney (4-seat lightplane) to Catalina 587 times between 1969 and 2011 (the Trans Catalina Trail didn't exist most of that time, but saw a lot of...

Google "Cranston Fire"...

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I think you're right with Wilson's Warbler... A lot of birds have been showing up out of their normal habitats this year...we had a Brown Pelican for a month at Lake Balboa (Sepulveda Basin, San Fernando Valley) back in May and a Black Skimmer for a day a couple of weeks ago (both unusual away from ...

Thanks for the nice report and pix! The water thingie reminded me of my hike up Fox and Condor in 2003…I ran out of water about 5 miles from the car on the way back, and swore I’d never allow that to happen again… The very next week, I set out to do those Shoemaker tunnels again (last time I’d set o...

Funnee... I "discovered" the HPS peak list in 2002 (at age 56), and in October, having scaled 8 of their peaks, headed out one afternoon to do Markham and Occidental from Eaton Saddle to make 10...Markham was a little scary for a newbie but made it...but gave up on Occidental Route 2 after...

Nice report and pix! I did the opposite…all my Jones and Hastings hikes were from Bailey Canyon via the route you describe here, while I did it just once via Bastard Ridge (on my 67th birthday in 2013, after learning about it from a report on this forum)… I never scaled that summit rock on Hastings ...

Thanks -- for getting the photo up there, and for the monumental effort to keep this wonderful forum going!

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Yes, that's a wonderful area! Unfortunately, trailhead is a 166-mile roundtrip from my apartment...;o( Looks like the summit cairn has stood the test of time (well, almost 3 years, anyway)...but the monks have moved on...see photo from September 2014... Thanks for the fine report and pix! oldcoot oo...

9 of 10 for me, too (although I must confess, I lucked out with wild guesses on several)...I too missed the telescope one...and I peek at the 150-foot Solar Tower Cam Website frequently...

Keep 'em coming!

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It'll be in very good hands...thanks for doing it, Sean (and Jim and Dima and all who contribute)! (And thanks to Taco and Travis for their efforts!) One of my favorite Websites!

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I second Ellen's comments...always enjoy your trip reports (and Cecelia's)... I did Jupiter twice, back in 2007...first time (in February) went up the "official" trail, and collected more ticks than on all my other hikes combined (stopped counting at 100, and that was before I got to the s...

Ditto what HikeUp said...

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Dunno the answer to the trivia question, but good memorial video for the fire camp...

About my bed time, but thought I'd drop in and say "Hi"...

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Really nice pix! And enjoyed the write-ups!

And thanks for this most excellent website!

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Thanks for the report and pix! Closest I've been to Gleason is Mill Creek Summit, so nice to see what the area looks like! Sorry 'bout the benchmarks...yeah, the big fire might have "disappeared" 'em...bless the firefighters...

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HikeUp --

Sent a PM via this site...but haven't had much luck with that...so short answer, Sepulveda Basin, just NW of the 101/405 intersection......

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