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Looks like nice weather for a hike. How many more Irons are out there?

More pics as editor was complaining.

Looking across to the construction detour - access road carved into the canyon, that scar will be there for a while
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Old pumphouse along the creek, trail doesn't usually get this close
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After retreating down canyon a bit ...

I've been thinking for a while about doing GC again this year so a few weeks ago I checked for space at Mather campground on the south rim, surprisingly I found a few sites available for two nights and booked them. Once again it's nice to be old because with the lifetime pass they are half price ...

I saw this one off-trail in the Wilderness Park last week, maybe two inches across. Maybe Cecilia can identify it...

I went up to Chilao last week and saw this posted. Glad I got my lifetime interagency pass because they are half price for us old guys.

Thanks for the report. I was just looking at this route last week, driving past Shortcut Saddle prompted my search for a short getaway. Seems like the camps are not currently a good place for actually camping.

More pics of the day below.... Although Nate makes it sound fun and easy, it's still a very slow climb - it took 3.5 hours to traverse a little over 2 miles from cars to the summit, although that included a little crag-hopping and photo breaks. It's rocky and there is plenty of small brush to go ...

Nate U wrote: Mon Apr 07, 2025 5:10 pm I love me a good ridge

This might be the largest understatement in the history of the forum.

These two are also upside-down as all the others point down.

And this one a little closer to the Josephine summit.

Great report, that's a lot of elevation gain/loss each day. The water in those pools is amazingly clear!

Love that view of the jagged rock peaks.

I saw the band perform this at the Long Beach Arena in 1980.

Nice outing! That full moon looks great.

It looks like where that camera was placed didn't get burned.

Thanks, I'm adding this to my Kindle collection - I like free!
It's priced at $1000 here. https://www.lwcurrey.com/pages/books/16 ... the-author.
Looks like he also wrote some other books about the area.

Dang, sorry I missed out on this grand adventure. Seems like everyone had a fine pirate kind of day.

A couple weeks ago Cecelia and I walked up here, the main reason for choosing it was convenience and the fact that it's one of the few front range places open. It was a cool and very cloudy day so we didn't get to see the fabulous views from this 3400-ft behemoth. We parked at the lower lot of the ...

Sounds like you were trading road-walking (speed) for bump-navigating (distance).
Did you get any closer to answering your life questions? When I need to be thinking I stay on the easy trails so I'm not distracted.

Nice day out there - I believe this is the correct way to do Vegas.

It was a really fun day out there maybe except for the wind, which was blowing hard enough to knock me off balance a couple times and the higher ridges were a bit interesting to traverse. Fortunately they are broad enough to allow for some weaving in the gusts. Really nice campground too...
Thanks ...

Full moon is September 7, so I think one of the later dates on your list is better. All that light really helps with the section below Lone Pine Lake when hitting the trail between 3-4am.

Teragram Ballroom group hike!

Sean wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2025 8:19 am Extended through Jan. 31. Good luck staying sane, mountain people! Some of the city wilderness parks are open, like Glendora.

Claremont re-opened the Wilderness Park this afternoon too. 5 mile loop, 9 if you visit Potato Mountain.

Contained doesn't mean out or zero risk. There will be a lot of cleanup before the masses should be tramping around out there, and I'm sure many will ignore closure orders too. Meanwhile there are other places to visit, this is a great time of year to explore the desert. I've never been in the Los ...

I'm looking at other cameras too.... Definitely gonna affect hiking in the area.

https://cameras.alertcalifornia.org/?pos=34.2135_-117.9678_11&id=Axis-Arcadia1

https://cameras.alertcalifornia.org/?pos=34.1800_-118.0300_10&id=Axis-Arcadia2

https://cameras.alertcalifornia.org/?pos=34.2100_-118.0600 ...

Damn, that is seriously steep and not just in short sections. Good work out there to complete this route.

I would love to make an attempt to get there. It's been on my bucket list


Maybe starting at the Potato Mtn trailhead would be one's best bet? It would be a big day!


I think the "standard" route has been via the western trailhead/fire road for Sunset Peak. Since the road is closed now it ...

Ocotillo are great when blooming. I've walked near bunches of them in AZ and NM.

I'm proud to be one of those goofballs. While driving to the trailhead I got to see a really nice sunrise in my rearview mirrors, I arrived a little earlier to enjoy a cup of hot chocolate and a breakfast pop-tart. Never having driven through Soledad Canyon, I was impressed with the late season ...