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Up to 99 now! So Augie, what prize are you going to give the 100th member??

I just researched and realized that the annual subscription fee is only for the low cost unit ( http://www.rei.com/product/766529 ). If you buy the expensive unit ( http://www.rei.com/product/709917 ) you don't have this fee but just need to fork out upwards of $500. I also read the reviews on the c...

I wouldn't mind having the security of a PLB if things got really bad and I absolutely needed it, however the cost at this point is the deterrent. The initial costs have come down a lot, and you can get a unit for $150 or less, but the $100/year subscription gets me. I would like it better if you co...

Come one! Someone get up there and update us on the conditon

I am also wondering about the conditions of the bowl. Wondering if the avy danger is gone. I would love to climb it this weekend,

I thought I would collect some of the useful links for Mapping and GPS that I use. Please add if you have some others. For finding/sharing GPS tracks: http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/netw ... st/view.mb http://everytrail.com/ Topo Maps: http://mapper.acme.com/ http://www.topozone.com 3D Terrain V...

Did you find any remnants of the plane crash? I guess it would have been hard to with the snow,

Do y'all figure that the snow will have consolidated enough to be safe this weekend? I want to get up the Baldy Bowl but only if it is safe to do so.

thanks,

Here is a Trip Report from the guy who was resuced. http://www.summitpost.org/trip-report/3 ... riend.html Quote from the TR: "Not long after I spoke with emergency services, a voice on the ridge above yelled out my name. I replied, and the climber asked if I was ok. Indeed I was. I don’t know ...

but it is probably lookin like a little too much snow to attempt the north side of Harwood as early as Sunday, doesn't it? Especially without snowshoes. I saw some nice snowshoes in the REI clearnace bin in Arcadia for $100.

I'd stay low, personally. Postholing gets old fast. 8) That said, if we don't get a ton, I might try a new thing on Mt Harwood from the North side on the 26th if you were interested. Do you ever snowshoe? I don't own any but wouldnt mind renting a pair and giving them a shot. It has been many years...

for some reason I found that the links for specific events on ODC usually don't work, if not you need to go back to the calendar for Southern California and look up the trip on Feb.16th. "Three day two night winter backbacking trip in San Gorgonio" Or Maybe this one works? http://www.outdo...

Thanks for putting that trip report together guys...well written...does this trip change(or reinforce?) the mindset about the Big Horn ridge project? I want Travis to take out his magnifying glass and review the Google image of Big Horn Ridge again before commiting to that one. I guess based on wha...

It looks like we are getting snow and going to get more. I heard up to 2 ft in the Baldy area. We were thinking about hiking up the bowl, but it looks like there will be too much snow and avy conditions. What do you figure would be a good hike? Stay at lower elevation until the snow consolidates a l...

Thanks for putting that trip report together guys...well written...does this trip change(or reinforce?) the mindset about the Big Horn ridge project? For me it reinforces that it is possilbe and we can't let a little brush stop us. Wear gators, thick pants (even jeans if necessary), a strong coat a...

we all joined efforts and wrote a Trip Report.

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

These rescues have to stop, seems to be a regular occurence. In that article there was a link to another Rescue at Mnt. Baldy. "January 22, 2008 Mount Baldy, Los Angeles County 2008-003 RMRU has been called to assist L.A. County rescue teams in the search for a Personal Locator Beacon activated...

Nice photos! Looks like we got some more snow up there and even at lower elevations.

yes, the buckthorn was the biggest downside of this hike. I wore thick pants which helped, but I did feel a little like a pin cushion and had to pull out a thorn stuck in my leg. With a little trimming and some cairns making the detours this could be a nice route. However, I don't see myself going u...

I really love the idea of climbing Baldy's north face, but also fall into the catergory of lacking gear and experince. I have never done any mixed climbing with a rope or pro. I am comfortable on sustained 3rd class unroped with sections of 4th class. I have only used ice axe and crampons a couple t...

we are thinking about doing Baldy Bowl this weekend and hiking up the waterfall. Anyone have any idea what the conditions would be like now with the snow? Also, any idea how long the snow in the blowl will stay frozen and good for climbing? We don't want to waste too much time in the waterfall while...

On Sunday 1-20-08 Tom, Augie and I climbed San Sevain LO and Buck Point via the ridge ascending from the North end of Etiwanda Ave. in Rancho Cucamonga. It was great. The ridge/fire break was a little bushy, but most could be detoured around and did not cause too much pain. Once we made it to the fi...

Or, one could do a theoretical "Mountaineer's 3-T's", by heading up Icehouse to the base of Timber's West Ridge, go up that to the summit, go down the North Ridge, then directly up the South Ridge of Tele, then down Tele's West Ridge, and up Thunder's East Ridge, and the fun part being de...

Looks like a great climb! How come you decided not to climb the North-West route off the the ACH? Is that the location where the road is washed out that you originally planned on climbing? I am envious, I have not used crampons this year (doesn't help that they were stolen, but as soon as I have a r...

We are going ahead on this hike this Sunday, 1/20/08. We will start hiking at the north end of Etiwanda Ave (at the gate) around 7 am ish (more likely 7:30). Anyone is welcome to join us, we will be hiking at a fast pace.

travis

I am planning on hiking up to Monrovia Peak (via Sierra Club Route #1 ) and wondering if anyone has been up there recently and can report on conditions of the firebreak leading up from the top of Bill Cull trail to Clamshell. Anyone interested? I was up there last summer, here is my Trip Report and...

A small group of us are planning to attempt Buck Point and San Servaine LO from the south, you are welcome to join us. We plan on meeting at the North End of Etiwanda Ave at 7:00 ish. I invited Taco too. It will be a fast pace, however there is no reason that everyone needs to hike together.

that looked like a great climb. I loved the pics. Nice contrast between the dark blue skies and white snow. Looked like a lot of fun! Thanks for sharing.

i gathered all the info together and put it up on my website: http://www.gpsmountaineering.com/buckpo ... inelookout i am hoping to do this hike next sunday, Jan. 20th. i estimate that to hike to both Buck Point and San Servaine Lookout it would be 16.5 miles and 5500 ft elev. gain, maybe a little l...

I checked it out on google earth, the ridge looks brush free (looks like the firebreak is in good condition). Check out the track (this will open in Google Earth). http://www.class3hiking.com/buckpointgo ... htrack.kmz https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.myff.org/gallery/195643/buck point...