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Good Job! I imported your file onto the USFS Map with Caltopo. Here it is>>>>>>http://caltopo.com/map?id=1E0R

I love that soup, I am headed to Iron ASAP! Nice bear sighting!

Yeah, get off of my lawn! Damn kids.

I normally just use my Bandit 5000 Forestry Mower. Its much more powerful than the fiskars, and you don't get your hands dirty.

http://youtu.be/qxfw66cFIdE?t=52s

I use Backcountry navigator on android . I have stopped using my garmin. I have learned to manage the battery and make it last all day. ( in airplane mode, and not recording a track) You can use the usgs, usfs, google sat images, caltopo maps etc. It was free to try and 9.99 to buy. Only app i ever ...

(Owls are particularly sensitive to West Nile virus................... BTW, be careful about collecting and especially displaying ("...a sweet necklace"...) Dang! now I am going to get the bird flu. I was just kidding about making a necklace. When I looking at google images for "hawk...

Unlikely a bear as this was near Diamond Valley Lake in Hemet. I guess a bear could get there, but very unlikely. Could be from a bald eagle, they do frequent the lakes in So Cal during the winter. The feathers i saw looked like a red tail hawk or similar.

I think it is a talon. Not sure what kinda bird...found this:



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Hummm, maybe it is a talon. It does seem more like nail material than tooth.

I found what I think is a lion tooth. It looks somewhat fresh, still some tissue near the top, but the actual tooth is kinda flakey on the surface. It appears more solid near the top, and under the flakey part. Maybe its just build up over the actual tooth? Anyone know if this is a cougar tooth? I c...

Caltopo is the cause of the straight lines on the track, not the gps data. Open the track in mapsource or basecamp, that will show you each and every point that your gps recorded. Caltopo has a limit of 2000 points per "shape" So if its a 5000 point track it will adjust the points to 2000....

Its OK, its for medicinal purposes.

Good trip! I like that area. The area down below those peaks in Hell Hole Flat is a fun area to hike as well.

Good job. I have had my eye on Spring Hill. I wanted to check it out when I hike the other 2, which i have been procrastinating on.

head to the desert. Endless cross country with no brush!

Great trip report! Did you see any signs of previous visitors beyond Ontario? Register, ducks, clipped branches, etc? One of these days I am going to get my hands on one of those cinnamon rolls!!!

Good job! I think this guy is the head of the Angeles National Forest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8tfuBIutLI

Interesting hike. Thanks for sharing! Any idea what the sandbox looking thing is on the floor in this pic?

Good job Ellen. Thanks!

It would be nice if you could do a web based petition. Would probably get a lot more people to sign, and be much easier. Something like this: http://www.change.org/petition

I have recently (in the past month) hiked both roads. I called the ranger station and they said they are both open to hiking but not driving. The roads are in excellent shape and the signage at junctions has been replaced. There were fresh tire tracks on both roads, so someone is driving them.

I haven't wrote a trip report on here in a long time so I figured since I recently have been hiking in the San Gabriels, I should post. It seems the road to Mt. Gleason may never open again, not sure what the USFS is waiting for, but I was tired of waiting. cab and I both needed Fox, Condor, Iron# 2...

I went down this canyon last month with some canyoneering types that knew what they were doing. Here are the pics. I wouldn't try climbing the headwall, the rock is not great, some large blocks that look ready to go. Just below, and just above the headwall are a few short sections with some fun clas...

sarahlynn wrote: ↑.......and drink some whiskey.

I think this is the answer to your sightings.

Good job and great trip report! Thanks for sharing.

It was a failure of common sense. I don't think its common sense. It may seem like common sense to someone that has hiked a lot, but if its your first time out, something as simple as following an easy trail can be tricky. Those mountains are a very tough place once you get off the trail. My guess ...

Looks like 6320 to me. Must be a typo on that web site.

I believe the area is still technically closed. However, we were up there in October......... I can't believe you would do such a thing. Don't you know traveling in the burn areas can transfer seeds from your shoes to the area and introduce invasive species? https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/l...

Good job on the day hike of Mt. McKinley. I day hiked Mt. Ararat a few weeks ago, I nearly lost a leg due to the conditions. (climbing a barbed wire fence)