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After planning this hike for a while, Tom and I finally hiked Iron via the Southwest Ridge on Sunday. http://www.gpsmountaineering.com/ironmo ... hwestridge I am going to write more of a trip report later. All I can really say at this point is that this route was very challenging. I read a trip repo...

It definitely looks more enjoyable to hike in nice weather, vs a blizzard

Wow, that looks like a pretty serious injury. Did it bleed much? Glad you came out all right and learnt a lesson,

we all have to remember to be careful out there,

Thought some of you might be interested in getting together with ODC to practice self arrest/crampon skills. There have been a few posts of people expressing interest. This is a good opportunity. If you are not an ODC member, you can join for free and only have to pay after your 4th trip. Dear Club ...

Nice video, looks like a cool route. keep them comming.

Good info, AW. Thanks for adding it. I'm up for this sometime relatively soon, snow or no snow (prefer snow). 8) You think it would be better in the snow? I just thought it is always a lot harder and more effort exerted traveling in snow, but I have not tried snowshoeing anything like this. Would y...

I agree with Kathy. I used to hike a lot with ODC becasue of the loose, informal structure. I hike fast, and I would often end up taking off and hiking at my own pace on these ODC hikes and leaving the leader. Often I would find one ot two others who hike at my same pace as we would take off (this i...

I revised the route to include this shortcut, it looks like it will go without too much bush. I am motivated to give this route a try once the snow clears. Here is a Topo map along with elevation profile. just shy of 13 miles 7500 ft. Sound like fun (note: The elevation profile is backwards, anyone ...

For some reason I never noticed this post before, Great video. Very well done. I love the history of this old railway, have hiked it many times. The loop you guys did was a good one. Did you notice if Ye Old Tavern campsite still had wood burning stoves for fires? I heard they were removed, I used t...

Nice Trip Report and welcome aboard! And congratulations for being our 100th member! We have a special avitar for you too if you want it. If you want steep slopes to practice cramponing and ice axe use (self arrest) the Mount Blady Bowl is a good place to go, but with extreme caution if you are unex...

These are supposed to be the first goggles designed for Alpinism... I think... http://www.mtntools.com/cat/alpineice/a ... oggles.htm Might hafta get a pair myself, someday. Prior to this trip it never even crossed my mind that I would need goggles, duh! But after experiencing the pain of the blowi...

As Augie said, in the past I had led hikes with ODC, usually with a disclaimer saying that "you are on your own, I am just a coordinator". But a leader is a leader and must accept some responsibility for the group. That is why I stopped leading. I did not want to take on any liability in a...

It appears that this was an ODC hike:

The hike:
http://www.outdoorsclub.org/Pasttrip/Pa ... eek&area=1

The ongoing dicussion:
http://www.outdoorsclub.org/forum/displ ... Position=1

Very sad, we all must remember to stay safe!

Here is the completed trip report that all 4 of us Mountaineers wrote:

http://www.summitpost.org/trip-report/3 ... ering.html

Wow, what a difference a day makes. I climbed the same route on Saturday and it looked like this: Wow, what a beautiful scene. Definitely looks like an entirely different place compared to what we saw yesterday. The views must have been spectacular going up the bowl, that is one thing we never real...

Here is some of my GPS data and kmz file if anyone is interested: http://www.gpsmountaineering.com/mountbaldybowl2-3-2008 As for snow boarding down the bowl I think I would end up killing myself. I would need to practice a lot on some gentle slopes first. Sorry, but this weekend is just too soon. Th...

More pics from Tom:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/becht/sets ... 3849074485

Good questions, I had the same ones. As for Avy danager, it had been 1 week since the last snow and it appeared to have consolidated well. We asked others going up as well and everyone agreed the threat was minimal. I continually probed the snow with my ice axe on the way up and it seemed to be very...

We ascended just about right up the middle of the bowl, maybe a little to the right (east). The Topo map shows the route. We descended via the regular ski hut trail around the bowl. We had an ice axe each and crampons. We saw someone climbing the bowl with just snowshoes but he looked like he was ha...

Here is my low budget video of our hike:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 9219186063

Being Superbowl Sunday we decieded to climb Baldy's Bowl. Taco Del Rio, Augie, Tom and I all went. It was very windy and cold but we were still able to summit. Here are my photos. We will write a Trip Report Shortly, http://www.flickr.com/photos/trav_and_j ... 845211840/ https://eispiraten.com/image...

He219 wrote:I'd like to get a SGM group together interested to ski/board down the Bowl.
Finally enough snow. One additional foot predicted for tomorrow.
I say in a week or so. Any takers?

I would love to snowboard in the bowl, it has been years since I have. Anyone have a board I can borrow?

The 101th member was spam. I deleted him, and added Taco's image to our offical 100th memeber. Hopefully he will post soon.

thanks for the Trip Report. How were the conditions in the bowl? Was the snow consolidated? Did you sink in or were you able to walk ontop? What time were you heading up it? Did the snow conditions contribute to you turning around? You said your 1st mistake was going straight up, what do you recomme...

If you rent out your PLB, there might be a potential for confusion as far as who it is they are looking for! How do they deal with the I.D. information? I would need to make sure to update the information of who is using it here: http://www.beaconregistration.noaa.gov/ Many companies are already re...

As far as renting is concerned, at $59.00/week or $8.42 per day (plus shipping), I'd rent for that price or something in that range. I guess there might be problems of availability (you, Travis, are out a lot). I suppose reservations/arrangements would need to be made well in advance. Well, all I n...

Very nice! Let me know when you are heading out as I am eager to join you on one of your adventures. We are planning on going up the Bowl Sunday still, if conditions are good, you are welcome to join us. By the way, what you are talking about for measuring the slope is an Inclinometer (also called c...

One day soon, after most of the snow has melted and the rivers level drops, I am planning a hike to the summit of Iron Mountain via Allison Gulch and then the southwest ridge. We would start at Heaton’s Flat, follow the east fork of the San Gabriel River (river crossings and wet feet likely), leave ...

I sent my letter protesting these closures, here is the form letter I received back. Pretty sad. Thank you for writing Governor Schwarzenegger and sharing your thoughts on the budget crisis' impact on the California State Park system. The Governor appreciates your input during this difficult budget ...

I liked Mount Hillyer a lot, there are some real cool boulders in the area that are fun to try to climb (bouldering). http://www.gpsmountaineering.com/mounthillyer Bare Mountain is just down the road and is also a nice hike. http://www.gpsmountaineering.com/baremountain Mount Pacifico is also a nice...

I am still stuck on the topic of these PLBs. I would be more open to buying one if I could share the costs. I read that there are no issues with sharing, you just need to update the information online with who is using the unit. I would even be open to buying one if I knew I could recoup some of the...