EISPIRATEN

I second that. Thanks to the whole crew here for bringing a bit of the mountains into my dreary office!!

Great report sir, thanks. Havent done Iron yet, must get up there soon.

i dont think i had any local fall color hikes, thanks Jim for the idea! good TR, some very nice pics in there. Cute kiddo too.

thanks for the story man, nothing like home I guess!

robnokshus,
this sounds exactly like what i was after! thanks man! i'm going to look into that right now. in the meantime folks, please keep the suggestions coming. you guys are awesome, you always come through in a pinch, i hope to help as well someday.

So, plan A, Little Lakes up above Rock Creek Lake. Easy 5 miles, beautiful. Problem is we have some possible weather this week and this hike is over 9'000ft. So its time to work on a plan B just in case. I'm hoping for Something in 6000-8000ft range with campsites 2-5mi apart and plenty of water, du...

I'm going family backpacking in October also. A little chilly weather is probably not too big a deal for us as long as its not all gloomy and wet. But check out sespe creek. there no real high peaks above it so there's not as much cold wind blowing through from above. it was a very nice hike, mostly...

Thanks to all of you for the pics, very inspirational to us lowly mortals.

Sespe is beddy beddy nice right now. I understand it dries out in summer but for another month or so it is perrrrfect and it was extremely clean too since you have to hike in. you can swim within a few hundred yards but a mile or two will bring you to some bigger holes. San Antonio creek has some ni...

excellent, thank your for the help. i hope we get to go, theyve been waiting a long time to get the chance.

How far up do the kids have to hike to reach snowshoe worthy conditions? I realize the trail is probably packed down but along the sides can we get some decent snowshoeing right from the trail head? or even in the larger canyon area west of the road? I might just ditch work tomorrow and take them up...

Anybody been to baldy this weekend? My family would like to try snowshoeing and im not sure where to go. Do i need chains to reach icehouse or manker? Is it good conditions right now?

Hi torrey. Im pretty new myself. Welcome, this forums pretty cool by the way. Especially the trip reports.

Icehouse too. I was there sunday. More than half the trail is snowbound and slushy/icy.

Thanks for taking the time to post this. Really looks great up there. How many miles is that? Im looking for a family snowshoe spot.

thanks Burchey, thoroughly enjoying your reports man!

Wow Register to Baldy and down the bowl, with Microspikes? Not advisable for us rookies I guess. Great pics, I've been dying to do that route but I figured I would need crampons. Thanks for posting the TR, loved it.

here is a link to my thread about this hike:

https://eispiraten.com/viewtopic.php?t=3503

edit: hmm, my linking skills leave something to be desired.

I'm planning the same hike this summer. 3 days starting from three points and ending at manker flats. Hiking Jim helped me with logistics which I can share with you if your interested.

thanks lilbitmo. i kinda thought it might get crazy but then for me it takes a while to click into each of the forums and try to find what's been posted. i always find a thread that had been posted a few days ago and somehow i missed it. i'll try the email thing. Or maybe there is a view somewhere t...

I thought i saw a 'watch this forum' link somewhere but i must have been high cause i dont see it anymore.

I'm new to this site so part of this may be just that I'm not good at finding stuff yet. I notice that some folks seem to know right away when something gets posted. Is there a way to get RSS feeds or something? I'm not seeing it.

Btw, I got your beers whenever your ready. You just say the word mister.

Your right though, Guffy to Ski Hut is a long haul without water! I hike up there alot, maybe I'll stash some near the summit before the trip.

"There will be water at each of your two evening stops (assuming you stay at the camp on Blue Ridge and know where the water is)." So uh, where IS the water? :) "Worst part is going back to get your car." I have a secret weapon. My wife can take us from our cars at Manker to the ...

After reading through yer "things to be aware of", I was thinking about skipping all that bushwack and staying on the PCT until I come to the backbone trail. We were trying to keep this around 3 days/3nights, no reason to go the hard way. So now I'm thinking Day 1 Three Points to Little Ji...

Shoot, pics is the least I can do. I hope I can pull this thing together, hikers can be a finnicky lot.

HJ, I really appreciate all the time you took to put this together for me. Very enlightening indeed. Our plan was to make this a 3-4 day trek, seems doable. 2 of us are what I would call very strong, having recently done cactus to clouds, Big Iron, etc. I'm doing ski hut to Baldy Summit fairly comfo...

Yes, that was the route i was considering Jim. It was still up in the air, as is the entire route, open to things like water avail, xcountry opportunities, etc.

I'm excited, thanks all.

USC grad/fan? Hmm, inside joke maybe. Over my head, sorry.